The brand new Intuity workshop Since we do a lot of tinkering, prototyping and hardware hacking in our lab (for instance the PeeNodes project) we decided to transform our photo studio into the “Intuity workshop”. Last monday we celebrated the opening of the new office space. Finally we have a place for brazing, hammering, screwing, [...]
This post is a follow up to our recent article about low-cost electronics, it’s another quick report about our ongoing expedition into the world of interconnected things. In our previous report we identified our perfect low cost hardware for wireless communication. Now it was time to find out how we can put these modules and [...]
Interaction designers develop our digital everyday life. They concept, sketch and create new possibilities of interaction, which are evaluated with functional and technical prototypes. The book “Prototyping Interfaces – Interactive Sketches with VVVV” covers the applied handling of interactive sketches with the visual programming language VVVV. The book is the result of the bachelor thesis [...]
Ever wanted to connect low cost devices in realtime wirelessly to the Internet or simply building a sensor network? We too! This is why we started a little research initiative on possible solutions and their dis/advantages. Since this aim seems to be like a big piece of cake, we decided to slice it into smaller bits and [...]
Starting the day with custom breakfast cereals containing your favourite mix of nuts and fruits, leaving for work wearing a nice tailored suit and perfectly fitting shoes, both even quite affordable. At first that might sound a bit unreal but it is not. The keyword is “mass customisation”. corpus.e lightbeam This Software helps customers finding [...]
The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Since publishing the article about applying emotions to interaction design I’ve been fascinated by this subject, tackling questions like: How do you design animations that trigger positive emotions? What does it take to create a transition that feels vivid and is fun to use? Today [...]
Thanks to TrendONE for this great snapshot! Wow, great news from Las Vegas! Last tuesday Mercedes-Benz CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche delievered his first keynote at this year’s CES in Las Vegas and talked about Mercedes’ second generation of mbrace, the car-sharing service car2go and – car2gether! “Some colleagues still think that car-sharing borders on communism, but if [...]
Intuity is invited to present its approach to UX and design at the Mediacampus at the Hochschule Darmstadt. By giving insights in our three service levels, Designing for Experience – Creating Vision – Shaping Ventures, Markus Turber shares learnings from our daily work. We share our experience from a designers, but also from an innovators perspective [...]
Last Friday, we released the new Intuity Website with our new corporate font FF Netto. That’s why we take part at this year’s Web Font Awards. Loads of other smashing websites are up for election, so just take a look and vote for your favourite!
Bild via Junkers Bosch Thermotechnik und Intuity entwickelten gemeinsam JunkersHome, die Smartphone App zur einfachen und komfortablen Bedienung der Heizungssysteme von Junkers. Diese wurde nun vom Design Center Stuttgart mit dem Internationalen Designpreis Baden-Württemberg prämiert. Der renommierte Designpreis genießt im In- und Ausland hohes Ansehen und wird insbesondere für seine Seriosität und nicht kommerzielle Ausrichtung [...]
