Designing for the Age Enhanced: Taste and Smell
Welcome to the latest article in our “Designing for the Age Enhanced” series — which internally we’ve started referring to as the “Getting Older Sucks” series. We’ve already talked about what …
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 …
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) …
Designing for the Age-Enhanced: Cognitive Changes
If you’ve read the previous posts in this series, you understand the changes that happen to our vision and the changes that happen to our hearing as we age, and, …
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 …
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 …