User-Centered Design: Phase 3 Ideate
For this installment in our series looking at the User-Centered Design (UCD) process, we get to the part that most people think of when they think about designing products. This …
User-Centered Design: Phase 2 Define
This is the second in our series that’s diving into the User-Centered Design (UCD) Process. In this article, we’ll be walking through the second phase of UCD, which is Define. …
User-Centered Design: Phase 1 Discover
In a recent post, I talked about the importance of embracing both usability and usefulness in user-centered design in order to ensure the market success of a product. I argued …
Why Do Design Research – Part 1: Deconstructing the Excuses
It happens. A project has a tight budget or schedule or (gasp) both and the team decides something has to go. Design research is often that something. On the surface, …
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 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 …
Differences to Consider Between Clinical and Home Environments: User Research
Several of our group recently presented at the 2011 Plastics in Medical Devices Conference, in Huron, Ohio. Here’s what Carolynn Johnson had to say on the importance of conducting Design …