With the average user unlocking his or her smartphone 150 times a day, there’s less tolerance for a bad experience. Clunky design may have been forgivable when we used computers only a few times a day. But the shift of technology from our desks to our hands and wrists has made design essential, and the tech world is realizing it.”
—Matt McFarland, The Washington Post
During a presentation at South By Southwest 2015 on Sunday, Maeda argued that not only is Silicon Valley taking design more seriously; design is actually taking over.”
—John Brownlee, Fast Company
Is there a design solution for the tech industry’s diversity problem?” “Well, it’s a systems problem, really.” —Ben Johnson, Q&A with Marketplace
Maeda said that the consumer shift towards mobile technology had made design much more valuable to tech companies.”
—Dan Howarth, Dezeen
Design in Tech Report 2015
View the inaugural 2015 Design In Tech Report which has received over 1M cumulative views to date, and was one of SlideShare’s Best of 2015.