by Kelley | Jul 10, 2015 | Articles2
FORTUNE has published an interview with Karen about our work with General Motors, Creating an iPad experience — on four wheels. FORTUNE discusses how GM turned to InContext Design to help create its new flagship in-vehicle computer system. To read the article...
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 | 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 Luke | Apr 25, 2015 | calendar entry
Karen Holtzblatt recently gave a talk about “What makes things cool?” at Carnegie Mellon University’s 20th Anniversary of their HCI program. Watch Here!
by Hugh | Jan 25, 2015 | Snippet
Books with chapters by InContext Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases: Through the Systems Development Life-Cycle Edited by Ian Alexander and Neil Maiden John Wiley & Sons: NY, 2004. This book includes a chapter by Karen Holtzblatt, “Role of Scenarios in Contextual...
by Hugh | Nov 13, 2014 | publications
We’ve received a tremendous response to our Cool Concepts and the resulting changes in Contextual Design. Now our first book on the topic explains how we overhauled Contextual Design to help teams design for the way technology now fits into peoples’ lives. This...
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 Hugh | Oct 3, 2014 | publications
This cover story from the ACM Interactions Magazine introduces InContext’s research into what makes someone describe a product as cool and the key constructs uncovered as core to the user experience of cool.
by Hugh | Oct 3, 2014 | publications
This white paper describes the process used to understand how Cadillac owners were responding to GM’s new driver interface (CUE) and to design for the future of highly-connected cars.
