Comments on: Seeing Things Differently http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/06/seeing-things-differently/ A blog by Kicker Studio on the new Product Design Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ryan Drewniak http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/06/seeing-things-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-2636 Ryan Drewniak Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:05:42 +0000 http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/?p=848#comment-2636 Jennifer, A wonderful post on opening your perspective aperture, and such unexpected value gained from a tour of the Cisco lab. I'm sure the experience was very Zen-like, as it produced thoughts which lie at the implicit level of cognition. How (specifically) do you plan to apply the knowledge you gained towards your products? Best, Ryan Jennifer,
A wonderful post on opening your perspective aperture, and such unexpected value gained from a tour of the Cisco lab. I’m sure the experience was very Zen-like, as it produced thoughts which lie at the implicit level of cognition.

How (specifically) do you plan to apply the knowledge you gained towards your products?

Best,
Ryan

]]> By: Srikanth Jalasutram http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/06/seeing-things-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-2564 Srikanth Jalasutram Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:28:46 +0000 http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/?p=848#comment-2564 Dan, I felt good reading about your experience with that person with visual impariment. Most designers are never trained in designing for the aged and the disabled. So its important for an influential designer and speaker, such as you to undergo that experience and write about it. Thank you. As all of us grow older, our physical abilities will degrade , making touchscreens unusable, aesthetic color gradients unseeable with our foggy eyes, clicking small icons accurately impossible with lack of fine motor control, and shiny plastic phones hard to grip with low dexterity of our hands. This fact of life ; ageing, questions the very design intent of most of our mainstream consumer products. However , as a design student interested in both physical and digital products I have not heard of universal design of interfaces. It frustrates me to see young designers neglecting the old and disabled people in their quest for better user experiences. Dan,
I felt good reading about your experience with that person with visual impariment. Most designers are never trained in designing for the aged and the disabled. So its important for an influential designer and speaker, such as you to undergo that experience and write about it. Thank you.
As all of us grow older, our physical abilities will degrade , making touchscreens unusable, aesthetic color gradients unseeable with our foggy eyes, clicking small icons accurately impossible with lack of fine motor control, and shiny plastic phones hard to grip with low dexterity of our hands.
This fact of life ; ageing, questions the very design intent of most of our mainstream consumer products.

However , as a design student interested in both physical and digital products I have not heard of universal design of interfaces. It frustrates me to see young designers neglecting the old and disabled people in their quest for better user experiences.

]]> By: Jennifer Quigley http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/06/seeing-things-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Jennifer Quigley Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:14 +0000 http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/?p=848#comment-2517 The Cisco tour sounds very interesting, and worthwhile. — It's quite amazing what one can learn for observing the blind at work. I was fortunate enough to spend time in a lab & meet a computer instructor for the blind while taking an evening program refresher course many years ago. I couldn't believe how well the blind can work with computers provided the site or software is considerate, and also the employment opportunities this creates for them. Since then I've been a stickler for accessibility considerations on many web projects, though have sometimes been told not to allocate time for it in development. It really is important that we create with special audiences in mind whenever possible or beneficial, and with translations that make sense to them. The Cisco tour sounds very interesting, and worthwhile. — It’s quite amazing what one can learn for observing the blind at work. I was fortunate enough to spend time in a lab & meet a computer instructor for the blind while taking an evening program refresher course many years ago. I couldn’t believe how well the blind can work with computers provided the site or software is considerate, and also the employment opportunities this creates for them.

Since then I’ve been a stickler for accessibility considerations on many web projects, though have sometimes been told not to allocate time for it in development. It really is important that we create with special audiences in mind whenever possible or beneficial, and with translations that make sense to them.

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