Monthly Archives: July 2008

Tim Mott on the role of user research in the origin of the Desktop Metaphor

Tim Mott and Larry Tesler developed the desktop metaphor at Xerox parc back in the 70s. I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that it’s probably one of the most significant developments in interaction design in the past 50 … Continue reading

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

If you’re ever involved with field research, or if you just have an interest in human behaviour, you will find this video fascinating. It’s a clip from William H. Whyte’s “Social life of Small Urban Spaces” (1979). Moving on to … Continue reading