Signposts for the Week ending May 4, 2007
by Adaptive PathWho knew that innovation was something that could be quantitatively measured? Apparently BusinessWeek did.
“When every US department store website looks like it was designed by the same person on the same day, and left that way year after year, something is dreadfully wrong,” says Andy Rutledge. Andy also has this to say about Apple: “Apple succeeds because it has come to represent the diametrical alternative to that represented (or perceived to be represented) by its chosen and logical rival: Microsoft. Apple succeeds because of contrast.”
And speaking of Apple, Peter tells why Apple is Bad for Design.
We’re frightened about the return of Boo.com.
Heidi Adkisson reveals The Art of the Conceptual Prototype.
“Today’s challenge is in bridging the distance between those designing hardware and those designing the user interface,” notes Frank Tyneski, Senior Director of Design and Human Factors for Kyocera Wireless.
Andrew Blauvelt turns a critical eye on Design’s Ethnographic Turn.
AOL does “homages” to Yahoo’s Home Page and Google Search Results.
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