This is a blog by Nicolas Nova. I undertake user research/design ethnography at LIFTlab: I study people's practices as well as usage of technologies and turn them into insights, ideas, prototypes or recommendations to inform design and foresight.

This blog is a selection of the material that I collect, especially in fields such as mobility, urban environments, digital entertainment and new interfaces. I am also part of the near future laboratory and teach user researchin different design schools.

Email contact is: nicolas [dot] nova [at] gmail [dot] com

Social web stuff: LinkedIn, twitter: @nicolasnova

• the near future of tourism services based on digital traces, Swiss e-tourism forum, Sierre, October 21st
• The near future of Digital Signage, Daum GMC, Korea, September 15th
• Panel at "Shaping the future of communities through network-, content- and consumer-oriented technologies", Celtic Workshop, Institut Telecom, Paris, June 15th.
• i move and i interact in torino, i realize, Torino, June 10th
• Lift Conference Screening Process, ZHDK, Zürich, May 15th
• Failure as a design strategy? the importance of documenting failures, Nokia Design In&Out Session, San Francisco, April 2