Bye bye Switzerland. It’s time to challenge my comfort zone. Off to China. Three weeks on the road and (mostly) off the grid. Backpack & camera gear ready. Let’s go. As usually with a rough plan at hand and the willingness to throw everything over … Read More →
Tag Archives: design research
Getting From Here to There
I recently gave a presentation on the role of Design Synthesis during (innovation) projects titled ‘Getting from here to there’. Thanks to @hal1974 for inviting me to the Customer Experience Xchange and for hosting the session. ¡Muchas gracias! to the audience for the lively discussion.
Compact Camera Posture II
Samsung took the time to decode the experience of taking a picture of yourself. Their answer? Dual LCDs.
Synthesis Synthesized
Despite silly season we had a great time during my workshop on design research synthesis at the IxDA Munich meeting. We worked in three mixed groups and we tried to visualize the synthesis process, including input/output, activities, methods and tools used, stakeholders involved, ways of … Read More →
Post-its, Patterns, Preservation
Tomorrow Monday (July 26th) I will be hosting a workshop on design research synthesis during the Interaction Design Association meeting at IDEO Munich. See the official announcement on IxDA Munich or Linkedin. Slides of the presentation will be available here after the workshop. Drop by … Read More →






Gargles Blasted
Spicy: The earthly version of a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster at the Boxing Cat Brewery, Shanghai. Thought of the day: for the researcher of human experience, when is time to up the ante? How can you feed extremly contextualized experience back into the design process? What … Read More →