Code for America Brigade in Boston

22.Oct.12
by Jon Follett

Involution Studios sponsored the inaugural meetup of the Code for America Brigade in Boston on Thursday, October 25. Thanks to everyone who attended! Here are a few photos from the meeting.

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Topics: Design, code, open source, Open Government, News, Code for America, open data, Events, UX

hGraph, designed by Involution, Places Second at the New England Health Datapalooza, Advances to National Competition

04.Oct.12
by Jon Follett

Yesterday at the New England Health Datapalooza, held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., judges Pierce Graham-Jones, Innovator in Residence at the US Department of Health and Human Services; John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Group; and Manu Tandon, CIO of the MA Department of HHS, selected hGraph, an open system for visualizing personal health metrics designed by Involution Studios, as the second place finisher in the regional competition.

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Topics: Design, hGraph, Health Datapalooza, infovis, News, Events, UX, ui, information design

Involution Principal announced as Speaker at the O'Reilly Strata Conference on big data

28.Aug.12
by Jon Follett

For Immediate Release
NEW YORK, New York (U.S.) – August 28, 2012 – Involution Studios Creative Director Juhan Sonin was announced today as a speaker at the O'Reilly Strata Conference on big data, data science, and pervasive computing.

The Strata Conference brings together the best minds in the field of big data to envision the future, share expertise, and learn from others driving the connected revolution. The conference is focused on providing leadership for the transformation of business, finance, media, and government through the optimal use of data collection and analysis.

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Topics: O'Reilly, Healthcare, infovis, health, Strata Conference, News, Events, ui

Open Office Hours at Involution Studios Boston

16.Jul.12
by Jon Follett

We're excited to announce that we'll be having Open Office Hours here at Involution Studios Boston, every Thursday from 4-6 pm, starting on July 19, 2012.

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Topics: Design, News, open office hours, Events, UX

Involution Principal to conduct applied UX methods workshop and expert session at HIMSS12, healthcare and technology conference

15.Feb.12
by Jon Follett

For Immediate Release

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (U.S.) - February 15, 2012 - Involution Studios Creative Director Juhan Sonin will conduct an applied UX methods workshop and expert session at the HIMSS12, healthcare and technology conference next week. The hands-on, interactive workshop will focus on real-world scenarios in measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of the user experience with Electronic Health Records. Sonin will cover usability research methods across the software design spectrum that can be adapted to any organization's EHR development, customization, or implementation process. In addition, Sonin will be participating in a forum where industry experts interact with HIMSS12 attendees on a one-to-one basis.

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Topics: Design, UI design, Healthcare, electronic health records, healthcare design, News, Events, HIMSS12, EHR, UX, mobile, user experience

Involution Principal announced as speaker at NextGen:Health, healthcare innovation conference

02.Feb.12
by Jon Follett

For Immediate Release

NEW YORK, New York (U.S.) – February 2, 2012 – Involution Studios Creative Director Juhan Sonin was announced today as a featured speaker at the NextGen:Health, leaders in healthcare innovation conference.

At NextGen:Health, top innovators in healthcare will bring game-changing ideas to the forefront of the industry. The first day of the conference includes a series of short, engaging talks on everything from increasing patient well-being, to improving the experiences of the doctors and patients, to enabling better research and data sharing.

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Topics: Design, Healthcare, health, News, Events, UX

Involution Principal announced as speaker at HIMSS12, healthcare and technology conference

18.Nov.11
by Jon Follett

For Immediate Release
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (U.S.) - November 18, 2011 - Involution Studios Creative Director Juhan Sonin was announced today as a featured speaker at the HIMSS12, healthcare and technology conference. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), is the largest U.S. not-for-profit healthcare association focused on providing global leadership for the transformation of health and healthcare through the optimal use of information technology. Sonin will be joining other notable leaders in both tech innovation and healthcare policy including Biz Stone, Donna Brazile, and Dana Perino. Sonin will be presenting on the topic “Health Everyware: Making Mobile Health Beautiful and Useful."

"We're excited to have Juhan talk on mobile software design in health at the HIMSS12 conference. He's been a driving force behind the HIMSS Mobile Design workgroup for the past 2 years, collaborating on national design guidelines for healthcare mobile applications." said Edna Boone, Senior Director Mobile Initiatives for HIMSS.

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Topics: Healthcare, News, mobile UI, technology, Events, HIMSS12

Involution principal to present workshop for incubator

29.Mar.11
by Dirk Knemeyer

For Immediate Release
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (U.S.) - March 29, 2011 - Involution Studios Creative Director Juhan Sonin will present his celebrated Design Axioms workshop on April 6, 2011 at 4 PM at MassChallenge, the Boston start-up incubator. Sonin’s Design Axiom workshop, in whole or in part, has been presented to expert groups from Washington DC to Los Angeles.

“Juhan is a recognized visionary in the conceptualization and design of digital products,” said John Harthorne, Founder and CEO of MassChallenge. “Bringing him in to take our companies through the paces will improve the awareness, understanding and ultimately the effectiveness of our entrants' product design choices."

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Involution Principal Juhan Sonin announced as featured speaker at TTI Vanguard Design as Strategy Conference

28.Jan.11
by Dirk Knemeyer

For Immediate Release
LOS ANGELES, CA (U.S.) – January 27, 2011 – Involution Studios Creative Director Juhan Sonin was announced today as a featured speaker at the TTI Vanguard Design as Strategy Conference. Joining other thought leaders such as Frank Gehry, Hartmut Esslinger and Alan Kay, Sonin will be presenting on the topic "The future of non-invasive diagnostics and the designer tenets for new services."

Non-invasive diagnostics are the future of not just medicine, but a revolution in human wellness. "When we were conceptualizing (our experiment), we saw the ultimate device should be noninvasive, giving you the molecular details of the disease going on inside the body," said pioneering researcher, Dr. Howard Chang of Stanford University's Comprehensive Cancer Center in Wired Magazine. Already,invasive cardiological and cancer related treatments - among many others - are changing due to non-invasive procedures.

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Involution principal speaking at mobile health conference

13.Jan.10
by Dirk Knemeyer

For Immediate Release

ARLINGTON, MA (U.S.) - January 13, 2010 - Juhan Sonin, Creative Director of Involution Studios Boston, will be speaking on Thursday February 4 at the mHealth Networking Conference in Washington, D.C. His presentation, Health Everyware, is based on more than five years of experience envisioning and designing a system and artifacts around next-generation health care.

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