The Design Flaw in PA’s COVID-19 Reopening Plan
Our government is terrible at naming things. The latest example comes in the form of the Pennsylvania Coronavirus Reopening Plan. In case you’ve not heard, there are three phases for …
Delightful Microinteractions
I’ve written in the past about how poorly-designed micro-interactions can undermine your users’ confidence in and commitment to your product or platform, and why you should seriously undertake the effort …
Keeping Users in the (Feedback) Loop
Imagine your sister just had a beautiful baby boy. Now imagine being awoken at 5am a few days later by a text from your sister that said only “omg”. 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 …
Conventional Thinking Parallels Conventional Brainstorming
When Daedalus was sponsoring the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s event The Creative Technology Network’s Innovator Series Presents Roger Martin: Gaining Competitive Advantage with Design Thinking (5/22/2012), I decided to read Martin’s The Opposable …
Daedalus Sponsors Upcoming Roger Martin PTC Talk
Daedalus is pleased to announce our sponsorship of an upcoming PTC talk by Roger Martin, a leading business speaker and global Design Thinking evangelist: The Creative Technology Network’s Innovator Series …
Differences To Consider Between Clinical And Home Environments – Industrial Design
Several of our group recently presented at the 2011 Plastics in Medical Devices Conference, in Huron, Ohio. Here’s what Chris Connors had to say on the importance of considering the …
Design Thinking: Designers Don’t Get It
Okay, the title is a gross generalization and should more likely be “Design Thinking – Some Designers Get It and Some Don’t.” In May of last year I spoke on …
What Is Design Thinking?
What is design thinking? It’s undoubtedly a term that has exploded in use over recent years, but its meaning is a little more than fuzzy. Some believe it’s the key …