Youngjin Yoo 
I started reading “The Artisan Soul” by Erwin McManus. It is a great book and I would recommend to anyone who is interested in creativity and design, whether you are a Christian or not. McManus sees us as “inherently creative beings” who live with “the fear that if we aspire to be more we will … Read more
Design has emerged as an important function for business. The success of Apple, Nike, P&G and Samsung all points to the preeminent importance of design. They also point to a particular type of design approach, which is often referred to as design thinking. Design consulting firms like IDEO, Frog and Design Continuum are playing increasingly … Read more
The rapid and pervasive development of digital technologies have brought unprecedented opportunities for innovations in our society. Tools like smart phones and social media are fundamentally changing the way we work and live. In many cases, these innovations have improved the quality of lives. Furthermore, these innovations have unleashed a new wave of entrepreneurial activities … Read more
This is an interview I did for Canadian Innovation Centre. I was asked to describe my research in the domain of innovation. I mostly talked about my current work on the evolutionary sciences of the digital artifacts, focusing on its implication on design and platform strategy. The work reflected in the interview was funded in … Read more
Please come an join us to celebrate the successful completion of Urban Apps & Maps Studios Summer bITS program. The program begins at 11:30 am at Tyler Gallery. We will visit all different labs where students worked at. It will be an exciting day for all those who come to visit us.
From July 1, 119 Philadelphia area youth (13 – 19 year old, 69 of them are girls!) are learning various digital literacy skills through projects, lectures, field trips and workshops. They spend six weeks on Temple campus, working in different groups throughout the campus to work on various projects: designing small business app, exploring culture and … Read more
Back in October, I made a short radio recording for for Academic Minute, a program made by WAMC – Northeast Public Radio. Last week, my show was finally aired. You can listen to the show and read the transcript here. Dr. Youngjin Yoo, Temple University – Evolution of Digital Materials | WAMC The research that … Read more
I am currently visiting Indian School of Business to teach design inquiry and its application for digital innovations. With Design Inquiry, I ask students to focus on the FIVE key questions: What inspires you? Who are the affected stakeholders? What are the unmet needs? What do you want to do to change the situation? What … Read more
I am flying in an Airbus 330 of US Airways, back from Barcelona. Just like any other flights, as soon as I settled down, a flight attendance came to me offering a newspaper. Since I was reading my New York Times on my iPad, I politely declined her offer. Then, about 10 minutes later, a … Read more
요즘 Urban Apps & Maps를 하면서 start-up 들에 대한 많은 생각을 한다. 미국이라는 시스템에서 필라델피아에 사는 가난한 흑인들에게 디지털 기술을 이용해서 자신들이 원하는 제품을 만들어서 자신들의 삶을 변화시키고 그 결과로 urban civic start-up 들을 만드는 것이 프로젝트의 핵심이다. 이런 일을 하면서 이곳에서 start-up쪽으로 일하는 많은 사람들을 만나면서, “왜 한국에는 실리콘 밸리가 없을까?” 하는 생각을 하게된다. … Read more
Both my teenage boys have an Apple’s allowance account. I set them up few years back, when they first started using iPod. To me, the most brilliant example of Apple team’s user-centered design approach is this allowance account. When Apple designed iTunes music store, one of the things that they had to solve was teenagers. … Read more
I wrote a research essay reflecting on the end of Kodak and the new role of IS scholarship. The core argument is based on the generative nature of digital technology that leads to the emergence of layered modular architecture and how it creates new types of innovation dynamics (an example of such innovation of digital … Read more