Monthly Archives: August 2009

Very pleased to announce that the second edition of my best-selling introduction to the field of interaction design is now available for purchase on Amazon or at fine bookstores near you.

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A closer look at Project Natal: http://bit.ly/yC2w8 # Bad designs in Star Wars: http://bit.ly/RWxrq # Are screens ruining museums? A Screed Against Screens: http://bit.ly/WFCrS # Robot Fish: http://bit.ly/1a3YRx #

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Here’s a 2004 New York Times article on the creation of the first TiVo remote control: http://bit.ly/ivixo (via @tivodesign) # Nice! FOKS @billder in an “exasperated tone” showing of Ziba Design’s new headquarters http://bit.ly/1tuMvX (via @niklasw) # Six Killer Use Cases for an Apple Tablet by @lukewdesign: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?872 # Gartner’s 2009 Hype Cycle for Emerging [...]

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#lazyweb We’re looking for stylish desk chairs that aren’t Herman Miller Areon chairs (either in style or price). Suggestions? # Someday, A Tiny Subway Will Deliver Your Groceries http://is.gd/2dQpr We’d love to help design this system. # We have a puppy in the studio! Yay! # “UX Origins: How childhood experiences shape design choices” http://is.gd/2fwFa [...]

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Mentions of Kicker Studio in the press for July 2009.

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Our studio moved around the corner to 300 Brannan Street, Suite 207.

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Gill Sans and Avant Garde shouldn’t be on the otherwise decent 25 Classic Fonts That Will Last a Whole Design Career list http://is.gd/21dgP # Sparksheet interview with Kicker’s @odannyboy about touchscreens, interaction design, UX, appliances. http://is.gd/22fRW # Just signed the lease on our new office space. 300 Brannan St., Suite 207 here we come! Woo! [...]

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The Top Ten Influential Interactive Products. Last in a series.

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Our entry was shut out, but check out the 2009 IDEA Award winners: http://www.idsa.org/IDEA2009/gallery # Really one of the best articles ever summarizing why Apple is what it is (and why it is so hard to be like them): http://is.gd/1UExx # Interface Nostalgia http://is.gd/1UOvF # Many of the IDEA winners of 2009 look suspiciously like [...]

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