Tag Archives: Research

Defining Innovation

March 13th, 2012 - 1:49 am

Share/Bookmark Innovation is a process, the means to an end goal. That end goal is defined differently by various fields, organizations and individuals. Creating something that is innovative can imply higher productivity, streamlined efficiency, or competitive edge. Social Innovation, however aims … Continue reading →

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Curiosity

February 23rd, 2012 - 2:29 pm

Share/BookmarkDo you know what killed the cat? It certainly wasn’t curiosity. Curiosity is a necessary means of achieving insights and key learnings, as it applies to research. But that doesn’t mean it should be limited to research settings. I recently … Continue reading →

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Off the Seat, Up and About!

August 16th, 2011 - 6:16 pm

Share/BookmarkAfter a six-month long research and design project around behavior change, my design partner, Marnie Meylor, and I decided to present our work through an exhibition rather than a traditional Power Point. Our exhibition entitled, “What If’s, Aha’s and Now … Continue reading →

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Retail Immersion: Designing accessible retail environments.

June 17th, 2011 - 1:01 pm

Share/BookmarkOne of my first experiences immersing myself in user research was during a college course, when I spent a day in a wheelchair in an effort to understand issues of accessibility.  At the shopping mall the narrow aisles and high … Continue reading →

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Work Imitating Life

May 27th, 2011 - 3:37 pm

Share/BookmarkSomewhere between becoming an adult, being an adult and thinking that I am an adult, creativity was put to the wayside. Though I am a designer, and while I’ve been regarded as an artist or a creative or “different” (whatever … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking: Part 2

October 21st, 2010 - 7:24 am

Share/BookmarkOkay. Here we go. I started by searching “third leading cause of death in america.” One of the first websites that returned was The Healthy Skeptic. It references an article called “Is US Health Really the Best in the World?” … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking

October 19th, 2010 - 3:27 pm

Share/BookmarkThe most retweeted statistic from Transform 2010 (watch the videos!) was this one. “Receiving healthcare is the third leading cause of death in America.” The statistic was part of a presentation by Jill Morin and Jim Rasche from Kahler Slater Experience Design. … Continue reading →

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The Value of Making and Thinking

September 3rd, 2010 - 7:10 am

Share/BookmarkI love to make things with my hands. And while I’ve made many things that were irrelevant, tangential or just plain ugly, the act of creating helps me sort through ideas and tease out what works and what doesn’t. In … Continue reading →

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Exhibit A

August 25th, 2010 - 3:12 pm

Share/Bookmark Last September I spoke at our Transform Symposium about the power of conversation. In that talk, I mentioned that there was a significant amount of research out there to support my thesis that a healthcare delivery system focused on fostering good … Continue reading →

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The Bus Stop

August 17th, 2010 - 2:21 pm

Share/BookmarkA colleague shared this radio story, The Bus Stop, a podcast from WNYC’s RadioLab, as part of some research we were doing into the experience of living with Alzheimer’s.  I was struck by the imaginative shift in the goal of the design. … Continue reading →

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