Notoriously Notched X Not iPhone’s Ruination
According to a click-bait link to Slate, and a slew of articles elsewhere, iPhone X sales are “abysmal”. However, the 3rd party data in the Slate article, data that says 30% …
Irredeemable 2-Spacers (Aka Teaching Outmoded Skills)
A little while back, our office had a rather lively email debate about how many spaces should be typed after a period—no, I’m not joking, this actually happened. Anyway, about …
But We’re All Designers!
Sooner or later, everyone who works in design hears something along the lines of but we’re all designers – usually from a Project Manager who didn’t agree with the designer and …
Silence is Deadly
My posts always argue that as designers (and engineers, manufacturers, etc), we have a responsibility to create smart, beautiful, and useful products for our users. But lately, I’ve realized that …
Because the Ballpoint Pen Inspired Roll-On Deodorant…
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. To explain what we’ve done, I must first …
How To Tick Off Your User….
The other night I was peacefully asleep, enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly…. After a few confusing seconds, I realized it wasn’t my alarm clock. It was my Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) …
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 …
So Many Choices: Navigating a Changing Discipline
Matt Beale will be presenting at the 2013 IDSA Central District Design Conference later this month. Check back for an article delineating his ideas after the conference, but in the meantime, the …
Enlisting Engineers and Designers for Informative Research in a Short Amount of Time
The beauty and the curse of product development lie in the initial hurdle of design — the existence of a multitude of unknowns. Wading through this large pool of uncertainty …
B2B Social Media
We recently hosted an interesting lunch & learn at our office on the topic of Social Media as a B2B tool. Presented by The Culture of Innovation Collaborative and moderated …