Design Hotels: An Interview with a Fan

Part 5 of 8 in the series Deliverables.

My boyfriend Bernie is an avid fan of Design Hotels, a company that represents and markets a hand-picked collection of hotels from across the globe. Bernie appreciates the curation work that Design Hotels has done and especially likes that he can get to know the persons who have built and now run the hotels. Together we have stayed at about ten hotels in the Design Hotel family.

However, after a redesign of the designhotels.com site two years ago Bernie could no longer log in to his account or book stays via the site. While those major issues are since long resolved, usability problems still exist on the site.

I recorded a chat with Bernie about his travels and specifically about his experiences with Design Hotels.

Photo from 25hours Hotel in Vienna, Austria.

NISO conference talk: From somewhat awful to pretty great for librarians, a new e-commerce tool

We started building an e-commerce tool for librarians to license individual eBooks. The first version was partly good, partly awful. It is getting better, a little at a time.

Interaction design: The Bolibompa dragon

Part 13 of 13 in the series Some of my skills.

All adults know that dragons giggle when they are tickled. But many kids have not found that out yet. So we in the Bolibompa team set out to build a digital dragon who kids relate to and whom they want to tickle! A Ticklish Mission.

Design research: How we 3 to 5 year olds behave

Part 12 of 13 in the series Some of my skills.

Sure, we are individuals. But when we are given an iPad many of us behave quite predictably. We always relax ... and are always active.

Welcome to my brain