This week, we share our strategies and motivations for teaching design at work. In The Sidebar, we talk about the shape of software, how we visualize the tools we build, and what it means for software to feel like something physical.
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Follow up:
- Ben Pickering recommended Sci-Fi Interfaces.
- Steffen Kotschi recommended Make It So, Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction.
- Connelly Rader reminded us of the original Xbox UI 🔥
Main Topic:
This week, we share our strategies and motivations for teaching design at work.
Cool Things:
- Brian shared the At Ease Hoodie from Lululemon. It’s so comfortable, strong recommend.
- Marshall shared the Hue Sync Box and Smart Lightstrips to create a really immersive movie-watching experience.
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