Johan Peens
Solutions Developer
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Creativity & design
Creativity: Challenges the path of least resistance. Constantly constructs and destructs ideas to achieve better end results. Is woven into a variety of disciplines such as science, research, programming, humanities and arts. Does not restricted itself to visual literacy alone. Does not only focus on detail – expressionism, minimalism and pop art have proved this…
Bridge the digital divide.
Our understanding of interfaces started with simple text input, evolved into skeuomorphic graphics and treaded into the flat lines and gradients we now know. Much of what we started with, was about relating and understanding digital in terms of the screens, keyboards and traditional inputs we use. Automation, voice recognition, single scan interfaces and augmented reality…
Innovation Station
All aboard! Kick out your shoes, grab a cup of steaming coffee and let’s get the imagination train running. In an age of radical change, the world economic forum has escalated creativity to second on the top needed skills by 2020. But should we leave creativity to the creatives alone or can we learn to…
The Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny valley….if you’ve never heard of it before – were crossing this bridge with AI. The human likeness in recent demonstrations by Google and Microsoft’s voice assistance have all too much resembled people themselves . Nevertheless, changes still need to be made to remove the awkward demonstrations that meddle with our privacy. If we think…
Comfort UX
Before I dress myself in chefs’ attire, I would like to present an interface as old as space exploration itself… you guessed it, the microwave. Each day I stand and watch as my colleagues nuke their lunches and press at least 2 to three buttons to get their amazing diets warmed up, I’m sure at least…
The Mercury of tech and UX.
Your tech may move in any direction, but if the basis of your experience is flawed, you might as well go back to the DOS like frameworks of the past. User Experience has become the shining edge of the mercury-like-movement we call technology. Companies simply cannot afford to let interactions pass by their fingers, or can they..?…
Year of fusion
The year has almost ended and as with each year there has been a couple of trends. Trends include Block-chain, Cryptocurrencies, machine learning, automation and hyperactive color schema’s in the UX space . It has been a year of whats seems to be confusion in ergonomics and I believe that the end of it will…
Hacking your UX
UX designers have many roles and responsibilities which include researching users, planning and mapping interactions etc. UX simply drives the innovation of a product and demands a high standard of delivery on all platforms. It is for this reason most UX designers are Futuristic by trait and and loved by clients and product owners alike….
Back to the future Africa
A few months ago a friend of mine traveled to DRC to excavate mining propositions. Within his travels, it became apparent that the illegal trade of gold was vastly based on real-world stock market prices (or at least a value just below that). The rural locals, used smartphones to pin their valuable gold to actual prices. Their…
Experience – Switching on the lights
A few weeks back we moved into a new home. It wasn’t long before we realized that our electricity bill was a bit more expensive. We immediately started replacing some of our normal lights with led bulbs. Needless to say, it didn’t down our costs, but it did get me thinking. What is it about lights…