Bo's Update

I like these infographic style illustrations made for IBM by The...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:13:33 +0100

I like these infographic style illustrations made for IBM by The Design Surgery (click for more).

I was in New York for the first time in 11 years in ‘12 on...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:42:00 +0100

I was in New York for the first time in 11 years in ‘12 on a work related trip to do some user research in relation to the project I am working on at Novo Nordisk. It was great to be back in the city eventhough our hectic schedule did leave much time for all the stuff I wanted to do and see, during the 10 days we where there. But I did have one day off, and carried the camera with me most of the time. Here’s a peak (the B&W version) of some of the images which I caught with my lens. More on my flickr account.

"Best wishes for year 2013, ya’ll! Lets make it a good one."

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

“Best wishes for year 2013, ya’ll! Lets make it a good one.”

I kinda like KiBiSi’s take on a height adjustable desk,...

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0100

I kinda like KiBiSi’s take on a height adjustable desk, the X-Table (for Holmris) - but the little storage unit called ‘Trolley’ was what really caught my interest. Nice one boys.

One of the truly grand architecs of the century Oscar Niemeyer...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:59:00 +0100

One of the truly grand architecs of the century Oscar Niemeyer died yesterday 104 years old.

Read more at the Guardian (UK) or Politiken (DK)

Not many modern bikes catch my attention, I like the classic...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:41:00 +0100

Not many modern bikes catch my attention, I like the classic metal frames much better, but this one I like.

Bill Moggridge 1943-2012

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:08:41 +0200

Bill Moggridge 1943-2012

Olafur Haraldsson made this truly awesome movie,...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:33:00 +0200

Olafur Haraldsson made this truly awesome movie, illustrating rays of electricity over a speech by Nicola Tesla from 1893. All the pictures was shot of the beautiful landscape of Olafur’s native Iceland. The film was produced as part of the iPower project (sister project to etrans) as a way to raise awareness of our perception of electricity.

Happy to announce that I will start on a new exciting project at Novo Nordisk next week after 2...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:59:00 +0200

Happy to announce that I will start on a new exciting project at Novo Nordisk next week after 2 great and meaningful years with the etrans project.

Currently writing on a collection of advice on how to work with change and transformation in complex...

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:09:00 +0200

Currently writing on a collection of advice on how to work with change and transformation in complex systems, based on experience we have gained from the innovation challenges in the etrans project. Should be printed and publicly available during this fall. Stay tuned…

Braun Brochures

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:35:00 +0200

Braun Brochures:

aisleone.net July 11th, 2012

I stumbled upon these Braun brochures on the Das Programm’s Flickr and I love them. There are two distinct designs at work here, but they’re both well-done. Great photography, color and the product is king. Wish I knew who designed these, but if I had to guess I’d say they were done by Wolfgang Schmittel.

Photo

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:25 +0200

"Frustration is where my creativity comes from"

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:19:00 +0200

“Frustration is where my creativity comes from”

- Tony Fadell from Nest in this Q&A session. Similar to one of the points made by Banny Banerjee last week, who pointed out that friction and frustation often is a sign that you’re uncovering a trapdoor, which can take your project to the next level.

I just stumbled upon Nest, a really well designed thermostat /...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:07:00 +0200

I just stumbled upon Nest, a really well designed thermostat / climate control system, which learns your habits and routines and help you save energy. It has been developed by some of the smart folks who also helped form PalmOne, iPod, iPhone etc., headed by Tony Fadell, who you can hear talking about his experience in this 20 minute Q&A.

Sweet idea from CIID student Marco Triverio. Feel Me is a...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:56:25 +0200

Sweet idea from CIID student Marco Triverio. Feel Me is a messaging app which aims at enriching digital communication. I hope this get snatched up and implemented (and Marco get’s a great carreer).

Last friday I was at the Co-Creation Conference organized by...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:22:00 +0200

Last friday I was at the Co-Creation Conference organized by Copenhagen Business School [CBS] and Danish Design Association [DDA]. The keynote speaker was Banny Banerjee, Design Program Director from D.School @Stanford, whom I heard and met when he was in Copenhagen in 2009. Just like then I was asked by DDA to take some photos, some of which you can see above - and more @my flickr as well as DDA’s ditto.

In his speech Banny started out by highlighting the difference between collaboration (each contributing within ones own field) and co-creation (coming together and creating something new witch is bigger than the individual competences) as well as the needed pre-conditions for co-creation. He pointed out that co-creation is especially necessary if you’re trying to transform and solve complex challenges. If you succeed with this you’re likely to have created systemic change and a win-win situation for all the involved stakeholders. The difficulties that co-creation is facing is that in it’s nature it is faced with obstacle such as differing goals, values, objectives, taxonomy etc. Therefore it is extremely important to focus not only on the quality of the outcome but also the quality of the process. If not, Banny claimed, you won’t have much success with co-creation.

The intense and compressed workshop which followed, highlighted these issues, as the participants was asked to co-create a co-creation process on various challenges. A big task to fulfill within a few hours in a team of strangers, but it worked perfectly to emphasize some of the important points, which we have to be aware of when co-creating in multidisciplinary teams, involving different stakeholders.

Most importantly we shouldn’t expect the process to me easy or conflict less, but rather accept and embrace the friction. The conflicts are often trapdoors to get to the next level in terms of the possibilities you’re dealing with.

Great insights from Banny Banerjee, who also told me that he was working on a book on the subject.

Leap is definitely an interesting product, but I must admit that...

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:10:24 +0200

Leap is definitely an interesting product, but I must admit that I am a bit sceptic about all this gesturing in the air. Interacting with the intangible air doesn’t seem super natural (Similar to what Bret Victor pointed out 6 month ago).

Will be interesting to see how this developes and we adopt.

Using my laptop screen as a light table.

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:03:33 +0200

Using my laptop screen as a light table.

Currently working on 2 exciting service design challenges: How...

Thu, 03 May 2012 08:32:43 +0200

Currently working on 2 exciting service design challenges: How to make the experience of carsharing sharable for Letsgo - and how to make the charging experience better and greener for ChoosEV.

Testing out the new Tictrac app with lets you collect, track and...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:38:00 +0200

Testing out the new Tictrac app with lets you collect, track and visualize your own private data. Pretty nice interface and experience, but it’s still in closed beta, and does not yet sync with enough services to make it relevant for me. Read more in this article in Wired