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Martin Tomitsch

Car or robot? Unlocking the future of autonomous vehicles

How driverless cars interact with pedestrians will be key to to ensuring their safe adoption in future robotic cities

5 min readSep 23, 2023

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A futuristic small white car with a circular door that is transparent, looking like it’s made out of glass with two seats inside.

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UX Collective

Non-human personas in practice

How IBM considered frogs as a non-human stakeholder in the design of a citizen science app.

11 min readFeb 12, 2023

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A paper origami frog made of white and green checked back sitting on a piece of green paper with a white strip on one side against a light blue background.

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UX Collective

The mechanics of non-human personas

How designers can capture the voices that represent non-human living beings.

11 min readJun 6, 2022

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Paper origami/cut-outs showing a blue whale emerging out of a wave that contains a number of smaller white whales.

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UX Collective

The case for using non-human personas in design

Why it is time to move beyond just designing for humans.

10 min readFeb 26, 2023

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A photo of two pink flamingo paper origamis.

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UX Collective

To be creative we need to be comfortable with the limits of our knowledge

By learning new things, our world grows. This can be scary. But accepting the limits of our knowledge allows us to create new patterns.

5 min readNov 10, 2021

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The image shows the book cover of Murakami’s book Dance Dance Dance, which features three white skeletons on a green background with arrows around them that indicate movement.

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UX Collective

The hidden impact of UX design on climate change

We need to stop lying to ourselves. Designing a piece of software and not considering the impact this has on our Earth’s biosphere is like…

5 min readAug 29, 2021

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An airplane crossing a dark sky painting two white trails behind it.

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Martin Tomitsch
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Design at Sydney

New Ways of Seeing Light: Media Architecture and Digital Placemaking

Light — as we know it — is really so much more than a means to providing clearer vision for our day-to-day activities.

7 min readMar 14, 2021

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New Ways of Seeing Light: Media Architecture and Digital Placemaking

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Martin Tomitsch
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Design at Sydney

No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Conference

Some thoughts on how Covid-19 changed our vision for the 32nd Australian conference on computer-human interaction.

5 min readDec 13, 2020

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No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Conference

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Martin Tomitsch
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Design at Sydney

How to Deal with Uncertainty When Designing new Products and Businesses

Why uncertainty can kill a project and a simple strategy for addressing uncertainty when designing products or businesses.

6 min readJul 26, 2020

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How to Deal with Uncertainty When Designing new Products and Businesses

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Martin Tomitsch
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Design at Sydney

Five Human-Centred Design Methods to Use in Your Projects When You Are in Isolation

You might not immediately think of these methods when teaching or working on human-centred design projects remotely due to Covid-19.

10 min readApr 7, 2020

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Five Human-Centred Design Methods to Use in Your Projects When You Are in Isolation

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Martin Tomitsch

Martin Tomitsch

Design academic and Head of Transdisciplinary School at University of Technology Sydney, author of “Design Think Make Break Repeat” and “Making Cities Smarter”.

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