Category: Design
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Learning to Frame the Problem
I got my control redesign grade: 88. It’s a decent grade, though I’m not that concerned about the grade. Since giving my presentation, John’s question, “Who wants gas without flame?” has bubbled to the surface of my brain now and again. So it wasn’t a surprised when his feedback said the problem with my solution…
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Pittsburgh IxDA
I went to a Pittsburgh IxDA meeting tonight. I believe this was the third meeting, so it??????s really in its infancy. There were only five of us, including two CMU graduate design students (Simon and me). The meeting was organized by Michele Marut, a human factors specialist at Respironics. There was also David Bishop, Director,…
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Emergence Photos
I posted the photos from Emergence to Flickr. There is also an Emergence Flickr group.
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Emergence 2006: Service Design
Today I attended Emergence, a conference put together by Carnegie Mellon School of Design graduate students. The focus on the inaugural event is service design, which the students identified as an emerging field in design. This conference is the first international service design conference. I didn??????t really know much about service design before the conference.…
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CMU Design Alumni Inspire; “IxD” Discord
Design Grad Alumni Reunion Okay, so I mostly went to the alumni reunion party for the free food. When you’re chin deep in loans, “free” is the magic word. After the food and a drink or two, we convened for some Q&A with a panel of alumni. I don’t remember any of the names (I’m…