Showing posts with label usa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label usa. Show all posts

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Vaccinations: to end possible pandemics or not?

Lucky for me, my parents felt comfortable having me vaccinated for many extremely harmful and contagious illnesses when I was little. Additionally, the United States of America had rules in place that protected me from illnesses while I was beginning school as a child, but sometimes you wonder why other people don’t want the same for themselves or their children, especially when exceptionally

Monday, May 12, 2014

Co-creation in the Audi Virtual Lab


Audi faced a design challenge in 2004: how to use the lessons learnt from the poor reception of BMW’s iDrive to put together their own user interface.  Their
aim was to create the ideal embodiment of intuitive use; consoles that would
allow drivers to access information, communication platforms and entertainment that
would appeal to different customer segments. It needed to be Vorsprung durch

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Can Sushi change customer behaviour?




I came across this interesting article about a Sushi Restaurant in New York City, bucking the American tradition of tipping.



Brought to attention by food critic, Ryan Sutton, Sushi Yasuda has implemented a “Gratuities not accepted” rule. In Ryan’s blog post, he goes into detail behind the owner’s decision to cut out tipping. The main reason, as explained on the restaurant’s receipt, is that