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9:00am Monday, 03/09/2009

Holistic Service Prototyping: Sketching Hardware and Software

Computing, Mobile and The Web, Objects
Location: Gold Room

Matt Cottam (Tellart, Rhode Island School of Design and Umeå Institute of Design), Maia Garau (Dynamic Diagrams), Jasper Speicher (Tellart LLC), Brian Hinch (Tellart)

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(4.00, 5 ratings)

The Economist has defined services as “products of economic activity that you can’t drop on your foot.” Where businesses once viewed services as a necessary but inconvenient accompaniment to their product offerings, they now increasingly look to designers to develop holistic, human-centered, and innovative service solutions that can help expand profits and cement brand loyalty. Read more.

1:30pm Monday, 03/09/2009

Maps from Scratch: Online Maps from the Ground Up

City Tech, Computing, GeoLocation, Mobile and The Web
Location: Crystal Room

Michal Migurski (Stamen Design), Shawn Allen (Stamen Design)

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(3.83, 6 ratings)

Designers and developers are advancing the state of online mapmaking at a dizzying pace. The introduction of global slippy maps in 2005 represented a new era of interactivity and sophistication in geographic user interfaces. Are we on the cusp of another such leap? Stamen says yes, and shows what new work and new advances are being made to push the envelope still further. Read more.

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