This article of Forsén, Lundin and Löwgren describes a conceptual design study towards a visual ‘front end’ of a knowledge system for large organisations. Explaining video here and interactive demo here (eat that, facebook & linkedin!).
Nice graphics. I like the idea of the ‘random people generator’ and I am courious about the impact. Nice touch that you can switch other/random people into the center of your search…
As pointed out on their website:
To summarize, all participants wanted the real system and claimed that they would use it if it was deployed.
I wonder how IKEA makes all employees fill in and update their profiles…
