Sheryl Cababa is a user experience designer with technology and product design firm Artefact in Seattle who studies the impact of social media on people, communities, and society. One of… Read More
For those who remember Clippy — Microsoft Office’s animated paperclip assistant — would you have liked him better as a typewriter? What about a stapler? Back in the mid-1990s, Rob… Read More
Technology is pretty great, but it can come at a cost. Attention spans addled by screen time and that unreachable star known as multitasking; privacy invaded by web trackers and… Read More
Dr. Ian Malcom would get a kick out of Sheryl Cababa. “I jokingly compare myself to the Jeff Goldblum character in the original ‘Jurassic Park,’” said Cababa, the executive creative… Read More
Picture a scandal that has rocked the tech world in the past year or two and chances are the people or company involved have been blamed for launching a product… Read More
In the tech community, there are countless entrepreneurs who think they have an idea that’s so original, it’s bound to change the world. But is creativity really the secret ingredient… Read More
What if you had a sleek, stylish backpack that synced to an app and signaled while cycling? That is precisely the idea behind BrakePack, the new backpack made specifically for… Read More
Mattel faced a huge backlash recently for a passage in its Barbie book, “I Can Be A Computer Engineer,” which implied that girls can’t code. So you already know what not to get the young… Read More
We can carry thousands of everyday pictures on the smartphones in our pockets, but what about the traditional notion of a carrying treasured photos in a beautiful locket, worn around the… Read More
Camera technology company Lytro is getting lots of headlines this week for its second-generation light field camera, called the Illum — a DSLR-style device that creates “living images” designed to be refocused after taking… Read More
Lytro this morning unveiled its second-generation light field camera, called the Illum — a DSLR-style device that creates “living images” designed to be refocused after taking the shot. As a follow-on… Read More
We’re getting very futuristic on this week’s GeekWire radio show — starting with our thoughts on Amazon’s surprising “Prime Air” delivery drones project. Then we get the inside story of… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Jon Mann is a design director at Artefact, the Seattle-based technology product design firm. This post and graphic are republished with permission from the company’s blog.] Remember when… Read More
It’s time to pull up a chair and sit around the dinner table with a bunch of smart people for some great conversation and a juicy slice of the future. That’s… Read More
Ah, wearable computing. Whether it’s geeky wristbands you can wear in the shower or the Seattle bar that’s already banned Google Glass, the discussions and ideas for embedded electronics on… Read More
Artefact, the Seattle-based tech consultancy founded six years ago by two former Microsoft product designers, has spun off a new tech company that is set to release its first product… Read More
Our latest Geek of the Week is looking to change the world, one water bottle at a time. Product designer Fernd van Engelen, industrial design leader at the Seattle-based firm… Read More