I noticed this small article in the New York times the other day about a restaurant that has started to use the iPad as a wine list. To me, it makes perfect sense – wine is an emotional affair and the iPad give emotionally rich experiences – a great match. Not only does it give […]
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100 products as services
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I just wanted to link to a blog created by two clever students at AHO. They are in the middle of their master project in which they are attempting to transform 100 products into services (their blog is mostly in Norwegian here). I like this project for several reasons. Firstly, I think its a nice […]
Recent research confirms the trend that people regularly combine television viewing and other types of media. Data from online surveys of over two thousand people showed that people regularly update their facebook profiles, send IM messages, send text messages or surf the web while watching TV. This is particularly a part of life for 18-24 […]
There seems to be a major gap between businesses’ view of design as essential partner in innovation projects and research that shows the value of design. This is something I have been thinking about for a long time, and my experience is that companies have to experience the value of design to be able to […]
I have been meaning to blog about this for a while – the old spice adverts (link) and their effect. Almost everyone has seen and talked about the Old Spice adverts on YouTube (if you were holidaying this summer – look here), and the clever way that he created YouTube answers to questions received via […]
Way back, I worked at Telenor R + D together with a clever technology guy called PÃ¥l Malm. We worked on a large project looking at how the internet would change our lives. At that time, PÃ¥ls hobbyhorse was how internet connections from things (that think) communicating data to each other, would eclipse internet connections […]
Annoying services
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A recent article in the New York Times (link) highlights the frustrations we all have with services. They refer to a consumer reports survey (link) in which people were asked about everyday annoyances, with 10 being the most annoying, and 1 the least annoying. I guess it doesn’t take much to guess that high up […]
Richer than thou
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I re-found a treasure today whilst looking up the bakery that tweets as its produce comes hot out of the oven (link). Its the global rich list and a very nice (and so old its retro-trendy) website that does one thing incredibly well. It makes you step back and think about your own financial situation […]
I am working in the project planning the 2010 Government design competition in Norway, which will be focused upon healthcare. I am also hungrily looking for references related to user experience. Today I found some really useful documents that show how the NHS in the UK is really beginning to focus upon a patient-led health […]
At this years annual innovation conference run by the Norwegian research council, the AT-ONE project was invited to run a two hour workshop to give an introduction to service design and the AT-ONE method. We had 17 participants from a broad range of disciplines and companies and had a busy two hour session. We chose […]