This Generic Work Process diagram is a very interesting and resourceful toolkit, that covers many phases of the design process. It not only displays the different stages of a user-centered design process, but also describes them; each phase has different tasks/methods, with a description, the purpose of using that particular method, and points out some […]
quarta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2008
A very simple, but interesting project that promotes a sense of closeness and intimacy. Just turn on your lamp, and someone related to you will have it’s own lamp (a small version of yours) also lighted on. The Good Night Lamp project is a family of lamps which allow people to communicate the act of […]
sexta-feira, 7 de novembro de 2008
Apresentação feita durante o 2º Encontro Brasileiro de Arquitetura da Informação (EBAI), São Paulo
sexta-feira, 17 de outubro de 2008
Apresentação feita durante o 8º P&D Design, Congresso Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Design, em São Paulo
quarta-feira, 8 de outubro de 2008
If you, like me, love plants in your home but have little knowledge about how to take care of them, you may find this very interesting. I’m never sure when am I supposed to water my plants, and even when I water them, it’s hard to know how much water they need. Each plant has […]
sábado, 27 de setembro de 2008
I’ve just published an article about a discussion that has been going on for decades in Brazil. Should design professionals have a regulation or not? This article is actually a letter I wrote some time ago, to a colleague that was gathering people to discuss this subject. Take a look at it: Sobre a regulamentação […]
sexta-feira, 22 de agosto de 2008
I just made some improvements on this website. Now it’s also “printer-friendly”: when you print a page, no menus, no sidebars and no search fields are printed, only the “core” content. This is specially useful for the ‘Articles’ section. I guess some people will find it strange, because this way “what you see is NOT […]
quinta-feira, 21 de agosto de 2008
It’s been a while since the release of Helvetica, a film by Gary Hustwit. I only got to see it now, although I already knew about it a long time ago. Helvetica it’s not only a nice documentary about Helvetica typeface. It’s a very interesting film about how designers from different times thought typography should […]
quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2008
Last year I wrote an article about ‘experience design’. The article has been accepted by the brazilian journal Design em Foco, and it was supposed to be published in the first half of this year. Well, the journal had some problems with it’s database, and after waiting for about 6 months, I’ve decided to publish […]
terça-feira, 15 de julho de 2008
O artigo apresenta as diferentes denominações utilizadas para definir profissionais que desenvolvem projetos de mídia interativa, com o intuito de fornecer material para discussão sobre esse campo de atuação em constante evolução. Descreve as principais alterações que ocorreram ao longo do tempo no perfil dos profissionais envolvidos com projetos de mídia interativa, partindo do design de interface e culminando com o surgimento do design da experiência. Apresenta um panorama das principais características que têm sido associadas ao design de mídia interativa ao longo das últimas décadas, dando ênfase especial ao design da experiência. Menciona as principais características que ora distinguem ora aproximam o design da experiência de outras especialidades dentro do campo do design. Conclui que a importância do design da experiência tende a crescer no futuro próximo com a intensificação da pervasividade e ubiqüidade computacionais.
terça-feira, 15 de julho de 2008