I was happy to find this article by Andrew Maier at UX Booth last week. Happy because it touches on a topic that I’ve struggled with once I began working in Canada two years ago. In my past in Europe, I was a Concept Designer, and my role was very close to a UXD-oriented ACD/CD. [...]
Graeme Wood has put together an excellent, comprehensive roundup of what’s happened in marketing and communications, where are we coming from and where are we headed. From the value of a brand in mass marketing to the value of a brand in the world of social media, recommendation and reputation. You can read the whole [...]
It’s winter time in Ontario again (thanks to that, I didn’t miss my brunch today), and tomorrow marks the first day in my new job as Sr. Information Architect at Organic here in Toronto. Though the time I spent at Publicis Modem as IA, helping to build an agile digital team at the traditional mass [...]
I took a little break from giving presentations to people at the office about information architecture and the IA’s role, but this coming week I’m starting again. I’ve created a modified, new version of my presentation – this time trying a bit more visual, yet simple ways of showing what the basic process and its [...]
Half inspired by Google’s Chrome comics, half by T. Scott Stromberg’s sketch notes from Adaptive Path’s UX Week, I attached a comic-like drawing to this article. The drawing includes some of the sentences I hear often at the office from the mouths of different members of the team, including my own. Previously, in my first [...]
Conceptology is the personal blog of Karri Ojanen, an interaction design leader, usability consultant, creative director and digital marketing strategist. The posts cover a wide area from advertising to corporate culture, mobile technology to social media, and product design to design techniques. . Subscribe via RSS »
