Japanese industrial design 1960s-1980s
I recently read about how transistor technology enabled a whole new range of products, or at least the shrinking of products. Japan was an early adopter of transistors…
Tag: product design
Fisherman’s IoT
We spent a week in Anstruther, Scotland for an #OpenIoT design sprint organized by Mozilla and the University of Dundee. Here are some thoughts reflecting on our work…
Understanding the Connected Home: Who has root access to your home?
Understanding the Connected Home is an ongoing series that explores the questions, challenges and opportunities around increasingly connected homes. (Show all posts on this blog.). Update: As of…
A family of Good Night Lamps
Yesterday I received a box I had been very much looking forward to: My family of Good Night Lamps (GNLamp for short). If you’re not familiar with GNLamp,…
Smart appliances & consumer priorities
The other day I ordered a new washing machine. Our old one had broken down, mid-wash, and the cost for the repair would have been out of proportion.…
Startups: If you want to earn money, get your invoices right.
International rollout is hard for startups. There are complex, tough questions to sort though: legal regulations, cultural differences, language and interface barriers to name just a few. And…
A service pack to take the pain out of event organizing
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how to streamline event organizing. There are a lot of tools out there, some of them excellent. Some aspects of the…