Offsetting what?

There are a million entertaining things about living in London and this is definitely one of them. With all the press about offsetting your travels, it’s interesting to see the term used in a completely unrelated context (the mortgage industry apparently has always used this term to define payments made) and questions perhaps its power… Continue reading Offsetting what?

Xmas suggestion #1

Subtlety was never my thing :) Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories: A collection of sustainable design essays.

Visions of the future

As echos of Half-Life 2 from the other room force me into headphones mode, it made me think about the ways in which entertainment likes to make us see the future. Games, comics (hmm, sorry graphic novels) and movies show us a future where things have gone wrong, dystopian, weird and dark. In design however,… Continue reading Visions of the future

You are an alpha geek if:

(Any resemblance to any living person is purely accidental and unintentional) 1. You no longer listen to round-table introductions 2. You attend conference because there will be “the usual suspects” 3. You prepare your slides while others present 4. You have reached your quota of AIM buddies 5. Have a ratio of 1:10 following: followers… Continue reading You are an alpha geek if:

About definitions

Must be the weather. I’ve changed the blurb on my website for the first time since I started freelancing. Before: This is the online portfolio of Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, freelance interaction designer. I am interested in the way service design ties product design and interaction design together to create meaningful experiences for people both in the… Continue reading About definitions