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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

In 2008, Lloyds Pharmacy conducted 20 minute interviews 1 with 1,961 UK adults. Subsequently, leaflets are heavily regulated in the way they need to be designed, written, and produced. Possible Design Improvements. Possible Design Improvements. If it works poorly, it can lead to adverse side effects, harm, or even death.

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Emotional Design with A.C.T. – Part 2

Boxes and Arrows

model, a user-friendly take on using existing frameworks for designing emotional experiences. Designing relationships. Design goals, types of reactions & triune brain. At this point, you may be wondering how all of this relates to designing emotional experiences that encourage relationships. Design Goals.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

The concept was popularised in the influential book, Nudge, by economists, Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, published in 2008. org is a non-profit group founded at Harvard University whose mission is to use the power of behavioral science to design scalable solutions to some of society’s most difficult problems.

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Designing for Meaningful Social Interactions

Boxes and Arrows

Now the time has come for us—designers, working on digital products—to step up our game and act like real gatekeepers. We have a huge responsibility here as designers. It’s up to us how we design these platforms and what social norms we set there. helps designers to craft useful feedback to each other. Source: uxfol.io.

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Designing for Social Interaction

Boxes and Arrows

Let’s look at each type of tie, and how we might design for them. 9 So, when we’re designing for strong ties, we’re designing for small groups of people. When designing for strong ties: Think about their existing means of communication. Think of the people in your life. Phone calls, text messages, email.

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What you can learn from history about innovating during a crisis

Board of Innovation

The companies that grew the most during the 2008 financial crisis were those that invested in innovation. Here are some of our suggestions for your strategy based on information from previous crises. The post What you can learn from history about innovating during a crisis appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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IDEA 2008

Boxes and Arrows

The speakers pushed the boundaries of what it means to design complex information spaces of all kinds. This conference addressed issues of design for an always-on, always-connected world. Aradhana Goel , the Service Design Strategist at IDEO , discusses connections between these emerging trends, design thinking, and service innovation.