Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market 2017

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Last year, fall took on a different meaning for me beyond enjoying local apple cider, viewing gorgeous falls colors, and gathering the last vegetables from the garden.

That’s when I first visited the Murals in the Market international mural festival at Eastern Market in Detroit. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market 2017

World Usability Day, Detroit: Usable Usability: Inclusive Design for the Real World

You’re invited to join Refresh Detroit and Michigan Usability Professionals Association (Michigan UXPA) as we host World Usability Day, Detroit the evening of Thursday, November 9, 2017.

World Usability Day, Detroit returns for a fourth year to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. Events will be held around the world to raise awareness about usability.

This year’s theme is Inclusion through user experience and we’re excited to offer a hands-on activity for our attendees. Continue reading World Usability Day, Detroit: Usable Usability: Inclusive Design for the Real World

Photo of the Week: Let’s Fly Away!

Chrome-colored pigeons hang from wires about ten feet above sidewalk as part of an art installation on Woodward Avenue seen during 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival. Skyscrapers and blue sky with white fluffy clouds in the background

As I was walking in the Woodward Esplanade, on my way to the J.P. Morgan Stage at this weekend’s Detroit Jazz Festival, a flash of bright silver caught my eye.

The sun was coming in and out of the fluffy white clouds in the sky.

Perhaps it was a reflection of the sunlight off the metal-trimmed windows of a nearby skyscraper?

I looked up and what I saw made me smile. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Let’s Fly Away!