Category Archives: innovation

Merry UXmas

I’ve been wrapping presents for many a year, and this is the first time I recall seeing this little UX enhancement to wrapping paper. Naturally, designers have always focused on creating a seductive experience of the gift recipient. Wrapping paper can turn anything into an object of desire. But the gift giver also has a …

December 25, 2010 – 1:13 pm | By jasonsack | Posted in innovation, UX | Comments (2)

Culture-Hacking the Barbie UX

In the late fifties, entrepreneur Ruth Handler invented the Barbie doll after watching her daughters play with paper dolls. She noticed that they were injecting themselves into the dolls as part of the play experience – personifying the dolls by imagining themselves as grown-ups. Thus was born this iconic aspirational toy (well, that and finding …

March 2, 2009 – 7:35 pm | By Jason Sack | Posted in Academic, Activism, Culture, Design, information architecture, innovation, UX | Comments (0)

Firefox 3: Microcosmic Innovation

I have recently upgraded to the new Firefox 3 browser, and it shows off some subtle but significant user-centered design innovation. One change in particular I noticed was the default address bar interface, that takes on the microcosmic engagement of the back/forward button. Who would ever question a convention that has become so standard and …

July 5, 2008 – 2:45 pm | By Jason Sack | Posted in Design, General, innovation, interaction design, UX | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)