by Zafer Bilda, PhD — How do people experience interactive installations, and what can designers learn from this? It’s been ten years since I completed research around this question. Now I feel it is time to talk about it again. Why? Because we are already designing for new interface paradigms (sound, gesture, conversation) and interactions beyond the screen. Experience designers will be hired to design in mixed realities…

It’s a social imperative. And when done correctly, a source of tremendous added value. Talking in a can connected by a string to another can. What is Remote Work? Remote or distributed work is any situation in which one or more employees aren’t sitting in physical proximity to other members of their team. This can take a lot of forms: organizations with Work From Home (WFH) policies, teams…

by Strategy Human Adah Parris — The other week, I was speaking to someone about the recent Marina Abramović’ The Life: in Mixed Reality exhibition that was hosted at the Serpentine Gallery in London and curated and produced by Tin Drum (https://www.tindrum.io/). This was to be groundbreaking immersive experience because the artist was working with Mixed…

By Design Partner Jason Mesut — Twenty years ago, I was working in Reading on a work placement at Yell.com. It was my first proper design job, sandwiched between some intense years at Brunel University. Every day I would churn out another website, to a crappy brief written by a sales consultant who was used to…

by Photo Human, Simon Walker — “And he sexually abused me for seven years.” Wade Robson talks directly to camera and flatly describes his sexual abuse by Michael Jackson. Despite little that was new in Dan Reed’s ‘Leaving Neverland’ documentary, first aired at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and subsequently on television across the world, it…

by Design Human, Paul Bean — This last Christmas morning, I rediscovered the childlike freedom of whooping out loud when opening a gift, as I tore the paper off of my very own copy of ‘Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible’. Thumbing through (and yes, smelling!) …

by Product Design Human, Trip O’Dell — I think I have one of those faces, an approachability that makes people feel “this guy looks harmless enough; let’s ask him.” I avoid giving directions (I get lost a lot), but I’m told I give good career advice. …

by Creative Human, Jane Evans — The commercial opens on the sweeping vista of the Arizona desert. The camera swoops up a tall rock formation to reveal a Native American standing proud. He unwraps the blanket around his neck and holds it aloft like wings. He jumps. He glides and swoops through the air darting through…

by Design Human, Matt Lindop — Your washing machine has a secret. Your favourite shoes have a secret. Hell even your shampoo has a secret. They won’t be around for ever. You may love them now but one day they will need replacing. For some items (like your shampoo) this will just be a matter of…