usability design

My Beautiful Medical Device

As you read the title to this blog no doubt some feelings popped into your consciousness that you associate with the word ‘beautiful’, like high quality, effective, highly usable, sophisticated, maybe even expensive.  But you may have also thought ‘oxymoron.’  We don’t usually think…

Internet of Things: Should Designers Focus on Devices First or Services First?

So often, the Internet of Things (IoT) is discussed in terms of the technology that enables it, particularly focusing on cool, smart gadgets that will propagate in our lives. There is inevitably mention of in-vehicle entertainment and navigation, smart home appliances, wearables and robots. At…