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Shanghai World Expo: WALKING TOUR

The site of the Shanghai World Expo covers an area of 5.28 km2 in the Nanpu Bridge–Lupu Bridge region in the center of Shanghai along both sides of the Huangpu River […]

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Listen to Russ Unger & Ross McClean’s “Living Personas – Visually Displaying Brand Insights and Connections to Consumers” talk at IA Summit 2010

In this session Russ Unger and Ross McClean examine living personas—an interactive and engaging format that goes beyond flat paper personas we are used to. They discuss how this technique will change your perception of personas, no matter what you think of them now, and how it can showcase how real people are behaving related to your brand, product, or project […]

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China, Technology, Innovation & the Environment: power generation capacity has exceeded 900 million kilowatts

China’s installed power generation capacity has exceeded 900 million kilowatts after a reactor under the second phase of Ling’ao Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Guangdong Province recently […]

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Don’t miss UX Hong Kong: FEBRUARY 18th, 2011

UX Hong Kong is a 1 day intimate UX program to learn, discuss, experience, share and immerse with some of the best UX international talent and local community from Hong Kong and Asian region. Our very own Daniel Szuc has invited speakers to provide snapshots and workshops on the topics of UX strategy, design research, mobile design and the UX toolkit. Everyone attending will have an opportunity to preview all speakers in the morning and then an opportunity to choose 1 workshop in the afternoon to go into a topic more deeply with one of the speakers […]

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Watch “3-D Printing Is Spurring a Manufacturing Revolution” video from NYTimes.com

A wealth of design software programs, from free applications to the more sophisticated offerings of companies including Alibre and Autodesk, allows a person to concoct a product at home, then send the design to a company like Shapeways, which will print it and mail it back […]

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Watch Malcolm Gladwell’s “Spaghetti Sauce” talk on TED

Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce — and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness […]

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Visual Communication in China: “Prohibition Surmounts”?

Chinglish 3, originally uploaded by Ai de ke.

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Listen to Daniel Brown’s “Eight Principles of Information Architecture” talk at IA Summit 2010

Daniel Brown talks about eight principles of information architecture that influence the rules and frameworks that govern the experience, why each is important, and why they are immutable […]

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Listen to Don Turnbull & John Tolva’s “Metropolitan Information Architecture: The future of UX, Databases, and the (Information) Architecture of complex, urban environments” talk at IA Summit 2010

How does information architecture and design synchronize with urban architecture? How does mobile communication and web culture impact the streetscape?

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Autodesk extends AutoCAD to iPhone and iPad

Autodesk will soon introduce a free mobile version of the AutoCAD that will run on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch […]