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Tristan Cooke

"Working for a time when the phrase user centred design is redundant."

PhD Candidate in Human Factors / User Centred Design with Mobile Mining Equipment.

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Down with the Butterfly Ballot: Accessibility Starts with Making the Current Ballot Papers Readable

I cannot believe the horrible, error-prone, design of American Ballot Papers. Better readability would help all but especially those with vision issues.

January 25, 2012, 06:43AM 299 views 8 comments 13 applause

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The Indie-Rock Club Behind Omaha's $100 Million Creative Boom

This story from planet money is awesome. It explores how Omaha accidentally had an upsurge in (for want of a better word) cool due to an art-house movie theatre and an indie rock club. This 'cool' lead to change and growth.

November 13, 2011, 10:58PM 664 views 1 comment 4 applause

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Designing Dublin

Two month project in Dublin to find "The Hidden Potential of Place’ in Clongriffin, Dublin. There was no breif - just a participatory design process involving 17 designers and 100s of local residents. It resulted in 5 projects.

November 13, 2011, 09:50PM 304 views 4 comments 3 applause

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May 02, 2011, 03:24AM

Tristan and his collaborator, Tom Nelson, blew us away with their Mother Mati winning concept on the Maternal Health + Mobile Technology Challenge. Not only did the brilliant video to visualise their ideas catch our eye – but their collaboration with other OpenIDEATORS to refine the concept was applause-worthy.

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Vincent Cheng

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April 21, 2011, 01:45PM

Congrats Tristan & Tom on your winning concept! Well deserved: you guys did a great job of fleshing out this concept in depth. Also Tristan, appreciate the inspiration you posted to help frame this challenge from identifying what phones are prevalent to charting the major causes of health issues.

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