Today I asked myself why many of our metaphors often connect trees and rivers with life? I came to the conclusion, that it is because the tree's roots and the…
Over the last few weeks, we met our global teams for the first time in VR to develop a workshop agenda. We used the application Engage to see each other…
MySpace. Sounds familiar, does it not? What is merely a phantom from the past nowadays used to be the social media platform back in the early 2000s. After its launch in…
Quibi was a smartphone app with shows and movies split into short episodes of five to ten minutes. The idea was to give people quick entertainment during commuting or waiting.…
April 28, 2017. Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington published a farewell note. The app they built for four years, which was once valued at $400 million, was shutting down. Square…
Why the Amazon Dash Button Failed – A Design Thinking Perspective on Problem, Functionality, and Value Emma Bongartz The Promise: One Push to Reorder When Amazon introduced the Dash Button…
The High Cost of Skipping Empathy: Why the Virtual Boy Was Dead on Arrival Have you ever wanted to play a video game through the periscope of a submarine? Nintendo…
Vorwerk is one of Germany’s most admired engineering companies. Their Thermomix, a 1400€ multifunctional kitchen machine, became something close to a cultural institution. So, when Vorwerk announced the Temial in…
By now, everyone has seen at least one video filmed with smart glasses. It could have been a funny prank, maybe it was an impressive sports stunt or perhaps something…
The Humane AI Pin was a standalone AI companion device released in 2024 by the startup Humane Inc., which was founded by former Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno.…