An Overview

My goal is to foster connections — between people, communities, products, and services — while encouraging interaction and communication.

Design, Research, StoryI practice at the intersection of people-centered design, research, and storytelling. I help corporations, non-profits, and community organizations build effective platforms for delivering communications and services.

People-centered design is a rapid and iterative interaction design methodology focused on understanding and engaging individuals in ways that are useful, usable, and desirable.

People-centered design approaches are cost-effective and scalable; applicable to both large and small projects, they can be used to generate ideas, to facilitate communications within a project team and with external stakeholders, and to refine and improve interactions on existing applications. Find out more.

A Few Links To Articles On This Site

Over the past few years I’ve posted a number of articles on various topics on this site — here are some links to a few that might be interesting:

Design Strategy: An Overview
An overview of what I do and how I work (sometimes)

Rethinking Cultural Heritage Tourism
An explanation of how historical and cultural groups can begin to connect with new audiences.

What If? Design
Some thoughts on emergent design and how to create the future…

What is Concept Design?
Using Design Strategy as a tool to achieve business transformation.

About

Hugh Graham does design strategy, research, and storytelling for corporations, non-profits, and community organizations.

Doing, Reading, Thinking...

Listening...

  • The Smiths - Hand in GloveHand in Glove by The Smiths
  • Bryan Ferry - You Do Something To MeYou Do Something To Me by Bryan Ferry
  • browse my last.fm playlist

    • Anna: This story was used in my English 111 (college) course. This should show how wise of an individual y [...]
    • Larry: I found one of these today in Sumterville, Florida. This one is in good condition and in the shape o [...]
    • Patricia: went grave reading tonight in a catholic cemetery in Austin, Texas and found many headstones (most o [...]
    • 21 June 2011 – Gravestone Symbolism « Wells Family Genealogy: [...] ” Dum Tacet Clamat” “Though silent, he speaks” In cemeteries throughout the w [...]
    • Thesaurus: This visual map is amazing. I'm looking on it near 20 minutes and it's still amazing for me! [...]

    Some Flickr Photos

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