Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

The Design of Innovation

This design discussion can and should be applied to UI ...

"Craig Vogel directs the Center for Design Research and Innovation at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. As co-author of The Design of Things to Come: How Ordinary People Create Extraordinary Products, just published Wednesday, he worked with Carnegie Mellon professors Jonathan Cagan and Peter Boatwright to reveal how companies create products that change lives. Following is a discussion with Vogel about the ideas in his book.

Why is innovation such a buzzword in business today?

Quality is no longer enough to make your company distinguishable from others. Every class of consumer wants nicely designed things now. Even in the poorest nations, movies, TV, and other media make consumers aware of design too. Turning out a safe, decent product won't make you money automatically, so we have an emphasis on innovation."   continued ...   (Via )

Design Innovation - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics


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