After the WUD is before the WUD, and thus it is now time for this year’s event on November 8: Spiegel Institut and the Department for User Experience Design of the Technical University of Ingolstadt extend an invitation to this second meeting of UX experts.
After working with TISAX to create a joint testing and exchange mechanism for information security in the automotive industry just last year, the Spiegel Institut sites in Mannheim, Ingolstadt, and Munich were assessed according to the demanding certification requirements, receiving high marks: Spiegel Institut has received TISAX certification for the handling and processing of information/prototypes with very high security requirements.
After a new quality management standard was implemented last year, Spiegel Institut has again been granted certification according to ISO 9001:2015 in 2018. Since 2009, Spiegel Institut has been audited by TÜV Süd and has received good marks each time.
There’s something new on the world wide web: The completely revised web presence of Spiegel Institut is finished. From today, anyone who accesses www.spiegel-institut.de will find completely new content as well as time-tested topics in an updated user-optimized format.
Spiegel Institut Academy has expanded its seminar offer: In the new seminar “Understanding China’s Culture: Consumer research in the land of the red dragon”, participants gain insights into the Chinese market, its consumers, and the possibilities of market research in one of the largest markets in the world.
At the Automotive Roundtable “Future Mobility for China”, in Beijing on April 17, 2018, Yuwei Jin, Director of Asia-Pacific at Spiegel Institut in Beijing and Shanghai will speak on the subject of “E-mobility and autonomous driving - a user experience perspective”.
Since 2017, the institute has actively worked with “Aufwind”, a social institution for parents and children, to combat child poverty in Mannheim. The institute not only provides financial support but also assists in creative change. Working with two Mannheim artists, it organized a creative day for children at the institution. It therefore succeeded in the truest sense of the word to help children “ascend”, a play on the institution’s name in German, in their everyday lives.
Our daily lives present us with a range of sensors that enables us to access a world of technology with increasing levels of comfort. However, how can information from sensors be integrated to optimize technical assistance systems in vehicles, for example, in order to adaptively respond to the driver’s emotional states or social interaction?
International market research poses challenges. Cultural peculiarities need to be recognized and taken into account at all research stages. This also applies to recruiting participants. Jin Jlussi from Spiegel Institut Mannheim points out where pitfalls may lurk.
The first World Usability Day (WUD) in Ingolstadt was a success, and with the idea that “after the WUD is before the WUD” in, plans for the next event to be held in 2018 are already in the starting blocks according to two organisers Spiegel Institut and the Department of User Experience Design at the Technical University of Ingolstadt.
The day has come: On November 9, 2017, Spiegel Institut and the Department for User Experience Design of the Technical University of Ingolstadt extend an invitation to the first World Usability Day. The annual global event series is being held for the 13th time, and this year’s motto is “Inclusion through user experience”.
Under the motto “Meet the Future of Market Research”, the world’s leading trade fair for market research “Research & Results” is taking place in Munich from October 25-26, 2017. Spiegel Institut is once again on hand at the international conference for trends and innovations in market research with an offer worth seeing.
User experience consulting and usability research of technical devices make up the core of Spiegel Institut’s daily work, and as a silver sponsor of German UPA it goes without saying that this institute will attend this year's conference “Man and Machine” in Regensburg.
Spiegel Institut has been assessed by TÜV each year since 2009. This year was the first time the assessment was based on the new ISO 9001:2015 standard. The new DIN standard adopts a process-oriented approach and allows for a higher level of effectiveness in the quality management system.
In their daily work, researchers and consultants at Spiegel Institut around the world are placing the focus on the user and tracing the experience of the experience.
