Methods in Collision

Products are produced by using a process – the way people organize themselves to get things done. Whether it is a formal process with a name or just the habits of working that get built up in a culture, nothing is produced without some kind of “way” of doing things....

“Contextual Design: Evolved”

We’ve received a tremendous response to our Cool Concepts and the resulting changes in Contextual Design. You can now read our first book on the topic. Contextual Design: Evolved explains how we overhauled Contextual Design to help teams design for the way...

Contextual Design: Evolved

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...

Karen presenting at Carnegie Mellon University

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...