How To Avoid the #1 Mistake in User Research
“So, you really think we need to talk to them [users]?” – Anonymous client As a product design firm, Daedalus advocates understanding the users of the products we design and …
A Better Way To Wake Up
Summer is officially over and the days have become noticeably shorter here at the 40th latitude. This is the time of year when I become increasingly reliant on my alarm …
The 7 Deadly Sins of User Interface Design
In the 1967 Peter Cook/Dudley Moore comedy “Bedazzled,” the embodiments of the legendary 7 deadly sins played minor (and sometimes not so minor) roles in the ongoing temptations that the …
Designing for the Age-Enhanced: Hearing
Recently we posted the first in a series of articles discussing the changes we undergo as we age and how those changes affect our interactions with products and interfaces. The …
Avoiding Conflicting Requirements in the Development of Home Healthcare Devices
This April, Daedalus will feature an article in Horizons the award-winning publication from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). Our article, Avoiding Conflicting Requirements in the Development …
Management System for a Pediatric Heart Pump: A Design Research Case Study
Carolynn Johnson, Daedalus Research Manager, recently presented Management System for a Pediatric Heart Pump: A Design Research Case Study at the 2013 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in …
Designing for the Age Enhanced: How Vision Changes
Recently, one of our clients asked us to craft user-profiles and design recommendations for a product centered on older populations. If you search the internet for this, you’ll find dozens …
Grounds of Mystery: A Design Research Experience
Every office has them — the people who can’t function without a morning cup o’ joe — and Daedalus is no exception. Recently, this crucial morning ritual mysteriously turned bitter …
The Meaning of Experience
My mom is barely old enough to remember a world without color television. As far as I remember, we’ve always had a computer in the house, and my younger brother …
My Product Is on TV!
There is always a flurry of emails at Daedalus when one of the products we helped design is spotted on TV or in a movie. For some reason, the excitement …