by Karen | Jul 26, 2015 | Articles3
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....
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 | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog, Featured
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...
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...