Category Archives: UX

Wabi-sabi and Experience Design

When I was teaching interactive design, I used to try to explain the concept of wabi-sabi to my students. It was a daunting task, and I’m sure I didn’t do justice to the aesthetic ideal and mindset. Nevertheless, I’ve continued to study it, and the more I learn, the more connections emerge between the mindset …

June 17, 2009 – 6:26 am | By jasonsack | Posted in Academic, Culture, Design, Inspiration, interaction design, UX | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Experience Design + Community Building – MinneWebCon ’09

I had the pleasure of speaking at the University of Minnesota’s MinneWebCon event on Monday, April 6th. I even got Doc Searls’ to autograph my copy of his legendary book The Cluetrain Manifesto. Enjoyed meeting everyone – keep the conversation going. UX and Community Building, University of Minnesota – MinneWebCon 2009 View more presentations from …

April 2, 2009 – 7:41 am | By Jason Sack | Posted in Academic, Culture, Design, Inspiration, Social Media, UX | Tagged | 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)