I’m trying to think, through Lirec about what the difference is between designing a robot and designing a teapot. I will probably go back to Don Norman’s book (even if I hated it the first time around) shortly but in the meantime, here’s 3 little things I’m thinking about that would possibly justify developing a… Continue reading Principles of robot design
Dreams of the techno-home
Homesense is ticking along nicely with Russell finishing up 2 projects this week while I was visiting this. There’s stuff there I hadn’t seen in the past 10 years of Milan Furniture Fairs. Projects and depth of thought people don’t put into their work anymore. A slowness about it I liked. I will make something… Continue reading Dreams of the techno-home
The French
Chasing the Future: a talk on emotional robots
Chasing the Future: challenges and opportunites in the design of emotional robots View more presentations from Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino Look for the speakers notes for details. I’ll write a separate event report on RoboLIFT tomorrow.
On roundabout vs valley
2 things I jotted down during an event I spoke at 2 weeks ago. 1. Startups and VCs need to be near their customers. 2. VCs in the UK are like football season ticket holders, they always think they know best but have never actually tried playing professionally. Most VCs in the US in tech… Continue reading On roundabout vs valley
Tiles: Twitter as visual dictionary
(Warning: Firmly in the “things I don’t know how to build and can’t be bothered to learn how to” category.) I grew up flicking through the Dictionnaire Visuel on my mother’s bookshelf right next to that year’s Larousse Universel. It shaped my knowledge of words and the world beyond my bedroom in the 13ème. I… Continue reading Tiles: Twitter as visual dictionary
100 years
Happy International Women’s day
Curious Scarves: thoughts on the costs of making things
I’ve just launched Curious Scarves today and lots of people are commenting on the price. That’s good. People aren’t commenting on the idea. This is the second thing I make for sale. The first one was Topoware. I learnt that there are a few ways to go about making things for the world and have… Continue reading Curious Scarves: thoughts on the costs of making things
Sticks and bananas
I like this very much.
R.I.P. 2007-2010
A little self-indulgent but was quite cathartic, so there (all my notes are there, just click through to Slideshare). 9 things no one told me about running a business View more presentations from Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino