What we're thinking about, what we're up to, and what comes next

I am thrilled to announce the brilliant minds at Tectonic are now in-house at Blink as part of our design studio!

Blink continues its expansion with the purchase of a well-known Seattle design company, Tectonic.

Get to know Holly Prouty, a user researcher on our team with a background in industrial design that often comes in handy.

Blink is getting ready to move into our new 28,000-square-foot studio office space which we have been designing and building out for the last 8 months. 

Karen talks with Loren about designing complex systems through Evidence-driven Design, examples of how voice is changing healthcare for seniors and people with disabilities, and how voice can make it safer for truckers.

At Blink, we believe every interaction can be made meaningful if designed with a deep understanding of human behavior. The evidence we uncover through research drives our design process.

This year had a lot of firsts for Blink. We reached over 90 employees, covering research, strategy, design, and development, and a fantastic support network keeping the company running like a well-oiled machine.

Blink is proud to announce that we have signed on to 100% Talent, an employer-led gender equity initiative launched by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Women’s Funding Alliance.

The past month has been a whirlwind for the Blink team.

Blink continues their expansion into California with a new office in San Diego, CA.

After three years of planning, Blink’s expansion efforts are starting to take shape, beginning with the recent opening of a new office in San Diego. San Diego is the first of several new West Coast offices, and then we will be heading east.

In the spring of 2016 I had the good fortune of starting a blog on Forbes.com in the Entrepreneur channel.

We often perform tests on digital devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and computers. However, there are times when we need to observe user behavior that extends beyond a screen – and this always excites us!

The benefits of the web are not evenly distributed. It promises easy access to content and tools for everyone, but frequently fails to include the needs of people with impairments, whether permanent (over 57 million people in the US alone) or temporary (all of us at one point or another).

In this follow-up we’ll be diving deeper into some of the specifics of what makes a great user experience for IoT products, focusing on the critical areas of onboarding, support, and security.

Smart homes. IoT. Connected devices. VR. What happens when buzzy, emerging technologies begin to infiltrate the everyday?

Nailing down note-taking methods is like the white whale for user researchers. I’d like to share with you a few ways we at Blink have gotten a few steps closer to bagging that whale.

Here are five key UX opportunity areas healthcare systems are looking at for improving the patient/provider experience.