I am currently a full-time doctoral research student, as well as editor/conference reporter for an online interaction design magazine.
I started a full-time PhD at Northumbria University in October 2010 on the "aesthetics of touch" and how designers can better learn to articulate haptic qualities. (For more on this project, see my blog of the same name)
My undergraduate degree project at Unitec New Zealand looked at how electronic devices could help children learn music, and my Masters project (also at Unitec) combined phenomenology and craft in the service of mobile phones.
Please find here a list of some of the articles and presentations I'm rather happy with. My complete lists are on Johnny Holland and Slideshare.
Writing
Johnny Holland
Selected articles (see site for full list )
- Good IxDers Borrow, Great Ones Steal ...
- Design in the Open: Baring Your Wireframes in Public
- Intuited Interfaces: Remembering That People Don't Know
- Phenomenology: Invisible Interfaces Are a Myth
- Design and Meaning: An Interview with Nathan Shedroff
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The Power of Prototyping: An Interview with Todd Zaki Warfel
- The Web that Wasn't and the New York Times: An Interview with Alex Wright
Live Cycle Thinking (Locus Research Blog)
Blog of my former workplace
- Selling UX — Dan Szuc
- Creating a More Sustainable World — Nathan Shedroff
- Sustainable Brands Outreach 09
- Positive Development, Dr Janis Birkeland — "Poor urban design is killing more people than terrorism"
Mentions:
- Mocoloco: Milan Design Week Food Chain Toys - 2008
- Prodesign Magazine: Marine Toys - 2008
- Radio New Zealand: Four for the Future Car Project (radio interview) - 2005
