by Karen | Jul 5, 2015 | Articles4
Check out our latest article “Finding a Product’s Cool Factor” published in the Wall Street Journal, and find out what the key factors in a cool product are. We can help you apply our “Cool Concepts” and design principles to your...
by Karen | Jul 1, 2015 | Articles1
I’m pleased to say that our Cool Concepts garner attention in the industry. Read the lively discussion between Fast Company author Ryan Bradley and me about what makes technology “cool.” Like many, he started from the assumption that...
by Karen | Nov 11, 2014 | books
Contextual Design is a user-centered design process that uses in-depth field research to drive innovative design. Contextual Design was first invented in 1988 and has since been used in a wide variety of industries and taught in universities all over the world. It is...
by Shelley | Sep 24, 2014 | calendar entry
Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute is one of the world’s leading university HCI programs and Contextual Design has long been part of the curriculum. So as a friend of CMU’s program, we’re especially pleased that Karen has been invited to give a...
by Hugh | Aug 21, 2014 | calendar entry
We’re excited to report that Karen will be in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. On September 29th she’ll be conducting a 1-day workshop sponsored by UXPA Minnesota that covers the Contextual Design techniques that bridge the collection and analysis of user data to design....