On August 16, 2012, Kicker’s Jody Medich presented a talk at the IDSA 2012 International Conference in Boston, MA. Jody’s talk “Design for Physical Thinking” was part of the design education series and it was based on the idea that people are physical beings and…
On August 16, 2012, Jody presented a talk at the IDSA 2012 International Conference in Boston, MA. Jody’s talk “Design for Physical Thinking” was part of the design education series and it was based on the idea that people are physical beings and their mental…
A Discussion on Multimodal Interactions At this year’s D3 conference, participants selected one of three afternoon tracks, designed to deepen the conversation around natural user interface. There were two panel discussions, in addition to a workshop on prototyping natural interactions. One panel was called “Designing…
At D3 2012, we shook things up a bit by breaking the afternoon session into three tracks, so that the conversations about natural user interface could deepen and the conference attendees could get more intimately involved. One of the afternoon tracks included a workshop called…
Kicker Studio hosted its 3rd annual Device Design Day on August 3, 2012 at the San Francisco Art Institute. The day was filled with inspirational conversations around the topic of natural user interface. In case you missed it, or in case you wanted to be…
Earlier this month, Kicker Studio hosted our 3rd annual Device Design Day. This year’s conference focused on Natural User Interface (NUI) and its intersection with product design. Teaching technology to speak human–to enable natural communication and interaction¬–is the next frontier of product design, and it’s…
A week ago today, Kicker Studio held its 3rd Device Design Day conference. This year’s conference was a resounding success. Over 150 attendees gathered at the gorgeous San Francisco Art Institute for a full day of inspiration. From robots that get things done to Jinn to haptic prototypes…
On August 3, 2012 Kicker Studio will host its 3rd annual Device Design Day at the San Francisco Art Institute. This year we are shaking things up a bit. D3 2012 offers a full day of lively dialogue in different shapes and sizes around…
On Monday May 21, about 40 people cozied up in our studio to hear Massimo Banzi, co-creator of Arduino talk about how Arduino came to be and how it continues to impact the relationship between design and technology. Fresh from a weekend at Makers Faire,…
We’ve always been fans of the Arduino platform. We use it to prototype our design work at Kicker Studio, and we’ve followed its evolution and impact on the maker and start-up communities over the past several years. As the technology advances, the opportunities for Arduino-enabled…
