Chipchase’s CHI Talk - Describing Extremes

By Various frogs - April 11, 2009

As a Design Researcher, hearing Jan Chipchase’s talk at CHI was inspiring. He discussed his nuggets of discovery around the world and told the stories with beautiful photography.

Jan brought up a range of contrasts that I found interesting. He made the point that innovation often happens at the socioeconomic extremes - with technologically advanced cultures as well as very impoverished ones. As he describes, “when the cost is so low, acting becomes easy.”

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