Twenty percent of smartphones equipped for facial recognition by the end of 2012
By the end of 2012, almost 20% of annual smartphone shipments will include facial recognition capabilities. In five years, sales of smartphones and tablets with the technology is predicted to...
View ArticleAre You Harnessing Biomimicry to Drive Innovation? | Innochat
From @drewCM: This week's guest moderator is Graham Hill, a long-time #innochat regular and one of our European stalwarts. The following is his framing for this week's chat. Thanks, Graham......
View ArticleOne Of Facebook’s Top Designers Is Leaving, To Fund Designer-Led Start-Ups
A few months ago, Ben Blumenfeld had one of the best, most thankless design jobs on the planet. He’d worked at Facebook for five years. He spearheaded app integration, then took charge of community...
View Article‘Information is Beautiful’ shortlist illustrates data visualization trends |...
An information design Web site enlists Brian Eno and other high-profile judges to recognize excellence in data visualization. Follow the links within the article not only to see the dataviz, but to...
View ArticleA Collaborative Animation Platform, From Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, And Google
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan: "Over the past three years, Google Data Arts creative director Aaron Koblin and director Chris Milk have produced some of the most powerful music videos of all time, by...
View ArticleUX of User Stories Workshop
Deck for the UX of User Stories workshop, which I did at Agile 2012... from @andersramsay Using Lean Agile methodology... all driven in a visual framework, of course, with a sample use case. See...
View ArticleYelp Product & Engineering Blog: Firefly: Illuminate Your Website's Performance
One of Yelp's core values is "play well with others." So it's no surprise that Yelp thrives with open source projects written by others, and gives back by sharing projects of our own. BUILD YOUR OWN...
View ArticleService Design Tools | Communication methods supporting design processes
An open collection of communication tools used in design processes that deal with complex systems - and a fantastic resource library for visual thinkers, User experience designers, service design...
View ArticleMax/MSP/Jitter at GAFFTA from an Educator and a Data Scientist - GAFFTA
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts brings together the best creative coders, data artists, designers, and makers to create experiments that build social consciousness through digital culture. A...
View ArticleA New Formula for Quantitative UX Decision Making | UX Magazine
Although there's great interest in the possibiities #bigdata brings for unearthing treasures of information regarding users, here is a formula (and a link to an online calculator to do the heavy...
View ArticleInfographic Thinking : Workshop with Francesco Franchi
Information designers, editors, illustrators, animators, and journalists came together at Gestalten Space in Berlin on July 2nd and 3rd for a two-day “Infographic Thinking” workshop, the latest in a...
View Article7 principles that make your website more engaging with Dr. Susan Weinschenk
Dr. Susan Weinschenk shares seven principles to make your website more engaging - principles of Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust (PET).http://www.humanfactors.com/PETposter.aspSee it on Scoop.it, via...
View ArticleWorld of Work vs World of Warcraft | Digital Play
What's the connection between the world of work and the World of Warcraft? Depending on your age, if you are even aware of the game, you might dismiss World of Warcraft as a playground for nerdy...
View ArticleEvernote & Moleskine Merge Paper & Pixels in "Smart Notebook"
Evernote signed a treaty with Moleskine Friday at the Evernote Trunk Conference, formally declaring a truce in its war on paper.See it on Scoop.it, via Visual Innovation
View ArticleOn your mark, get set...
A RAFT of contests and open calls to experiment with data visualisations have begun.The ECONOMIST article notes a handful of contests (some with cash rewards, some with just bragging rights) that ask...
View ArticleVisual Thinking: Where Learning Meets Design | 21C Learning Innovation
Innovative design crosses over all aspects of education. The American Society for Innovation Design in Education, or ASIDE, seeks to infuse curriculum with new approaches to teaching and thinking.See...
View ArticleInnovation through Design Thinking
In April 2012, Deutsche Bank held a one day Design Thinking Workshop at the University of Cologne. Sponsored by the Strategy & Business Management department...Please note the use of visual...
View ArticleCapturing Authentic Narratives
Journalism can be much more than reporting. An authentic, human narrative touches audiences and keeps them reading. Learn how to shape a human-centered news story, and the importance of facts, context...
View ArticleEnhancing Creative Thinking With Design Examples
One of the ways that art students learn to paint is to copy the work of a master. Of course, there are many more complex and abstract design, creativity and innovation challenges than traditional...
View ArticleHow To Curate a Visual Mood Board
Robin Good: Mood boards are a way to visually convery a type of "look", feeling and atmosphere for a marketing campaign, a brand identity design effort or for an event project. Mood boards are...
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