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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Beijing tops the Chinese Nouveau Riche list
Recently the Hurun Research Institute published the 2009 Chinese Nouveau Riche Consumption Standard Report on the new rich in six cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Shenyang; and the winner is: [...]
Posted in China, consumer behavior, economics, trends Also tagged bank, Beijing, Chengdu, entertainment, France, Hangzhou, holiday travel, Hurun, japan, Kyoto, Liaoning, Luxury Items, luxury products, Macau, Nouveau riche, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Sichuan, Spring Festival, Tokyo, United States, Yuan, Zhejiang 4 Comments
Watch Camille Moussette’s “Sketching Multimodal and Haptic Interfaces” talk at IxDA | Interaction ‘09 Conference
In this presentation, Camille Moussette explores the opportunities and challenges related to developing new multimodal interfaces specifically based on the touch sense. It will present various methods, techniques, tools and processes that interaction designers can use to assess, sketch, create and evaluate dynamic haptic and multimodal interfaces [...]
Posted in design, innovation, software Also tagged Camille Moussette, canada, design, gestural devices, gestural interfaces, Haptic technology, IBM, Interaction '09, Interaction Design, interface, Interface Object, IxDA, mobile systems, Montreal, Multimodal, Nokia, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Perception, Québec, Sketches, sketching, software interfaces, Sweden, tangible interfaces, Umeå Institute of Design, virtual reality Leave a comment
Elizabeth Gilbert’s “A different way to think about creative genius” talk at TED
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk [...]
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Design in China: Shortage of creative talent in Shanghai
Shanghai has a shortage of creative design talent, experts said at a forum at the China International Industry Fair recently. Chen Tianzhong, president of Wiselogic Investment Group, said in seven industries in Shanghai, including construction, advertising, light industry and multimedia, are eager to find more design personnel [...]
Posted in China, design, innovation Also tagged advertising, designer, Economic Development, Game, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, tourism, United Kingdom 1 Comment
Measuring “Design Innovation”
People love trying to measure and quantify things, because then the incomprehensible seems like it makes sense. Psychologists try to measure anger; dating websites try to boil ethereal qualities into 'match' numbers; and now Roberto Verganti and Claudio Dell'Era, researchers at Italy's Politecnico di Milano, are trying to measure 'design innovation.' So what did they find?
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Watch Rachel Armstrong’s “Architecture that repairs itself?” talk at TED