Comments on: Tickling our 'novelty bone' http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/2007/09/06/tickling-our-novelty-bone/ News and ideas on user experience. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:31:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: philbuk http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/2007/09/06/tickling-our-novelty-bone/comment-page-1/#comment-25 philbuk Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:20:22 +0000 http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/2007/09/06/tickling-our-novelty-bone/#comment-25 As you say, Kelsey, design that focusses on aesthics and emotional response is interesting and valuable stuff, but far from being the whole story. Here's an article from the New York Times about ultra-functional design for the worlds poorest billion inhabitants. "MIT has turned its attention toward concrete thinking to improve the lives of the world’s bottom billion, those who live on a dollar a day or less and who often die young. This summer, it played host to a four-week International Development Design Summit to identify problems, cobble together prototype solutions and winnow the results to see which might work in the real world." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/science/11mit.htm As you say, Kelsey, design that focusses on aesthics and emotional response is interesting and valuable stuff, but far from being the whole story.

Here's an article from the New York Times about ultra-functional design for the worlds poorest billion inhabitants.

"MIT has turned its attention toward concrete thinking to improve the lives of the world’s bottom billion, those who live on a dollar a day or less and who often die young. This summer, it played host to a four-week International Development Design Summit to identify problems, cobble together prototype solutions and winnow the results to see which might work in the real world."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/science/11mit.htm

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