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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Smart future showcased at Shanghai World Expo
With heavy coverage from newspapers and television, you may have become quite familiar with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo - "Better City, Better Life."[...]
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Academic Excellence in Engineering Supported by Autodesk at Formula Student 2009
Helping to promote careers and excellence in engineering, Autodesk has sponsored Formula Student 2009, the largest student motorsport event in Europe (Silverstone, UK, 16–19 July 2009) [...]
Posted in design, innovation, software Also tagged 3D computer graphics software, 3D graphics software, Autodesk, Autodesk Aliasstudio, Autodesk Developer Network, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault, Automobile Industry, education, Europe, Formula One, free software, Germany, Imperial College London, Learning and Education, London, marketing manager, Mike Jelinek, Motorsport, Paolo Zambon, Principal, Ross Brawn, simulation, sketching, Technological Innovation, Technology Innovation, United Kingdom Leave a comment
Watch “Master’s of Design 2008″ video from Fast Company
A Dutch superstar, an unyielding architect, a force for good, a style soothsayer, a digital visionary and 71 perfect products. That’s what you’ll find on Fast Company's fifth annual report on the intersection of business and design.
Posted in design, economics, innovation, trends Also tagged architect, architecture, Creativity, design, Fast Company, John Maeda, Product Designer, sustainability, sustainable, Valerie Casey 1 Comment
Watch Jason Beres’ “Building Better User Interfaces” talk at DevDays 2009 The Netherlands
A great user experience starts with the user interface. In this talk, Jason Beres explores best practices in user interface design in a learn-by-example approach of the good, bad and the ugly in user interface design. From web sites to rich client, you will learn how areas such as navigation, layout, typography, controls and dialogs can make or break the usefulness of an application [...]
Posted in design, information technology, innovation, software Also tagged Den Haag, Interaction Design, interface, Jason Beres, Microsoft Windows, product manager, typography, user experience, Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF 1 Comment
“The Design Eco-System”: Bill Buxton’s Keynote at IxDA | Interaction ‘08 Conference
Bill Buxton, in his keynote during for the opening of IxDA | Interaction ‘08 Conference, asks us: 'How Can We Design Great Products if we don’t First Design our Environment?' Great ideas are not enough. In many ways, they are the easy part of design. The hard part is seeing those great ideas through to reality. But the weight of that hard part can be significantly lightened if one has the right tools, the right team, and is working in the right physical and cultural space. While this sounds obvious – banal even, the reality is that in the technology sector, the eco-system in which much design takes place is not conducive to the task. Designers are generally significantly out-numbered by technical staff. Unless proper attention is paid to details, the resulting physical and cultural eco-system will be determined by those with the larger numbers...
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior
With the opening to new markets and the growth of the Chinese economy, a new social class has emerged -- to some extend, unthinkable in a Communist China: the millionaires. According to a survey from Cap Gemini/Merrill Lynch, the number of millionaires (in US Dollars) in China have reached more than 230,000. The large majority of these new riches choose Shanghai to invest their money and also spend their money...
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Interaction Design Association (IxDA) 2010 Global Student Competition: THE FINALISTS