From Designing Products with Sound by Amber Case and Aaron Day:
Sound eases cognitive burdens.
Sound is also a powerful brand differentiator.
Sound is emotional.
Finally, sound impacts productivity.
But also:
Not every product needs sound design.
Nick Foster has put the audio of his fantastic dConstruct talk together with his slides.
It’s a terrific, thought-provoking presentation, superbly delivered …and it even has some relevance to progressive enhancement! (you’ll know what I mean if you watch/listen to the whole thing)
A deathwatch for Google products.
See also Charles Arthur’s historical data on Google shutdowns.
A nice profile of BERG’s Little Printer. That Matt Webb is a smart cookie. He is also a very thoughtful cookie.
Inspired by dConstruct, Ellen is going to start exploring the world of smart objects.
These are like chindogu, but they’re all available from Amazon with accompanying reviews.
A spot-on analysis by Khoi of the changing perception of the value in product design, as exemplified by Apple.
Those lovely BERG chaps profiled in the New York Times.
A rallying cry from Russell, urging us not to rely too much on the intangible.
How does an object’s character and/or behaviour tie in with communicating its purpose in life, how it looks and how it should be used?
A great article about the rising prevalence of "rough consensus and running code" in the real world.