Shared spaces

Article — 23 December 2019 — 1,503 words

Pedestrian ways

Accessibility — Architecture — Human-centred approaches — Society

Town planners in the mid-20th century faced a big problem. The advent of the motor car brought increased congestion and safety risks. Planners wrongly thought that separating pedestrians and vehicles on different levels was the solution. If you know where to look, you can still see remnants of this thinking.

Article — 3 December 2018 — 1,188 words

When individual experience isn’t enough — what shared spaces teach us about the challenge and opportunity for user experience

Society — User experience

There is a problem with user experience. But if we’re smart, it’s also an opportunity to become more relevant, and solve some of society’s biggest problems.