- ôlyvon - Interactive content and usability
English Greek Spanish
Greece, Athens
Yolanda Martin
2006-03-01
olyvon
yolanda@olyvon.com
ôlyvon was founded to support companies create digital
solutions which customers and employees use resourcefully, productively and efficiently.
- 2C Communication Consultancy
Dutch
Netherlands, De Meern
Wouter van den Berg
2004-02-03
2C Communication Consultancy
info@2c.nl
2C is specialized in performing usability tests on websites and software. 2C has a usability testing
lab and organizes usability workshops.
- A digital communications agency with a focus on highly accessible, usable and engaging
interactive solutions
United Kingdom, Bristol
Matt Connolly
2004-10-01
Enable Interactive Ltd
matt.connolly@enableinteractive.co.uk
Enable work with companies and organisations that demonstrate genuine corporate
social, ethical and environmental practices. With a passion for usability and
accessibility our solutions ensure companies generate the greatest return on their
investment.
- Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.
United States, California, Emeryville
Aaron Marcus
2001-07-12
Aaron@AMandA.com
"Designs user interfaces that enhance communication,
productivity, and user satisfaction."
- Accessibility Consulting - RampWeb
United States, Texas, Austin
Kathleen Wahlbin
2005-02-24
RampWEB, Inc.
Kwahlbin@rampweb.com
RampWEB is about Web accessibility. We can help meet accessibility and usability goals
for your Web site. We are a leader in Web accessibility consulting, dedicated to meeting
the needs of all users. We understand that Web accessibility requires not only adherance
to technical/regulatory guidelines, but also user friendliness.
- Accessible Hardware and Software Design Services
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Mark McKay
2005-02-08
Zambadu Inc.
sales@zambadu.com
We help organizations looking to create accessible hardware and software products.
- Acumentum Usability, Web Design, ...
Australia, Melbourne
Christopher Khalil
2007-03-14
info@acumentum.com
Established in 1984, Acumentum designs and builds online applications that are engaging,
useful and usable for communication, consultation and collaboration.
With offices in Melbourne and Perth, Acumentum focuses on the world of the user. Our
"user-centric" analysis, design and evaluation approach seeks to understand current processes
and mental models first, and then use technology to support and extend users.
- Adage Oy - Usability Services
Finland, Helsinki
Janne Tompuri
2003-11-25
Adage Oy
janne.tompuri@adage.fi
Providing usability services such as heuristic evaluation and usability testing.
- Addictive Media - User Experience Design
English
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Andreas Boehmer
2004-08-10
Addictive Media
aboehmer@addictivemedia.com.au
Focused on Usability and Accessibility Consulting and Development
- Adducive: user interface design, analysis & production
United States, California, Fremont
Brian Krause
2002-08-27
Adducive
brk@adducive.com
UI consulting, including prototyping, for speech recognition, IVR, handheld, web-based, and desktop
applications.
- AFA Design Consultants
United States, Massachusetts, Hamilton 01982
Arlene Aucella
2000-09-03
aaucella@afadesign.com
"Providing usability engineering for computer systems"
- akziv gmbh (Germany) - Usability-Engineering and Software-Ergonomics
German
Germany, Bremen, Bremen
Uwe Haupt
2002-02-02
akziv gmbh (Germany)
haupt@akziv.de
akziv gmbh - a spin-off from University of Bremen - Usability isn't the problem
- it's the solution.
- albertolacalle.com
Spanish
Spain, Bilbao
Alberto Lacalle
2007-11-23
albertolacalle.com
hola@albertolacalle.com
- Allied Testing
* United Kindom; United States; Russia; Moldova
2002-01-28
info@alliedtesting.com
Allied provides a proprietary methodology to assess the usability of a web site,
software tools for fast and effective testing, and automatically generated reports.
- amberlight partners ltd
United Kingdom, London
Gerred Blyth
2003-05-28
amberlight partners
gerred@amber-light.co.uk
Consultancy that focuses on user-centred design and research
- Amit Tungare Consulting - Information Architecture, Web Development, User Interface
Design
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Amit Tungare
2005-01-11
Amit Tungare Consulting
amit@urban-impulse.com
How to get the real worth of your online investment (ROI), How to build a User
Centered and visually appealing web portal, What is a Content Management System, How to
achieve consistency in an online presence, How does a Content Management System improve
the performance of the Portal, Find answers to all the questions above and many more...
www.amit-tungare.com
- Anacapa Sciences, Inc.
- Apogee Usability Asia Ltd
English
China, Hong Kong
Daniel Szuc
2006-03-25
Apogee Usability Asia Ltd
dszuc@apogeehk.com
Apogee Usability Asia Ltd ("Apogee") is an Asian Usability Research &
consulting services provider. Apogee is based in Hong Kong, China.
- Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc.
"applied artificial intelligence technologies"
- Aptima, Inc. home page
United States, Massachusetts, Woburn
Dolly Hight
1999-08-11
dolly@aptima.com
Aptima, Inc. is a growing company specializing in human factors design, training research, and computer-aided systems engineering.
- Arete Works
English
2005-11-07
Arete Works
info@areteworks.com
Product design and development. Specialized in User Interface design, User Research,
Prototyping, Usability testing and Graphic development.
- arolis - international ease of use
Germany, Munich
Christian Sturm
2004-05-02
arolis - international ease of use
c.sturm@arolis.com
consultancy and conduct of international user research and usability testing
specialized on German-, English- and Spanish-speaking countries
- Arthur Fink Consulting
United States, Maine, Peaks Island
Arthur Fink
2001-11-07
Arthur Fink Consulting
arthur@arthurfink.com
Consulting on user interface design, relational database design, with particular emphasis on user involvement
in the whole system design and development process.
- Ascentium - Interactive Marketing and Technology
United States, Washington, Seattle
Ken Ohnemus
2007-09-19
Ascentium
UX@portal.ascentium.com
We create experiences that engage and retain your customers so you can build enduring,
profitable relationships. Ascentium provides a full range of user experience, marketing and
technology services.
- Asher Consulting Limited
English
United Kingdon, Cheshire, Lymm
Clive Tunley
2007-02-22
info@asherconsulting.co.uk
Asher Consulting Limited, offers risk management and human factors advice and support to
blue chip companies across all industrial sectors.
- Atlantic Systems Guild
United States; United Kingdom
Tom DeMarco
2001-10-01
Atlantic Systems Guild
tdemarco@systemsguild.com
"a consulting organization specializing in the complex processes of system building, with particular emphasis on the human dimension."
- Axance.com: Web User Experience
France, Paris
Lynn Cherny
2001-04-09
Axance.com
cherny@axance.com
Axance.com performs usability testing
for European and American clients in
Europe, as well as design reviews.
- Bardo Usability Design Consultants
English
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Sathish Kumar
2008-05-02
Bardo
info@bardo.in
Bardo is a Bangalore based Usability Design consultancy specializing in Information
Architecture, User Interaction Design and User Interface Design.
- Batchlabs: Application Development
United States, California, Fresno
Michael Campbell
2003-07-18
Fresno State University
michael.campbell@batchlabs.com
Website design, flash design, application
development, and custom programming.
- Beta Research, Inc.
United States, California, Los Gatos
Alfred T. Lee
2000-10-24
Beta Research, Inc.
atlee@beta-research.com
Consulting and research in human factors, ergonomics, usability, and safety in product and system design.
- BIGPiNG! - Usability and Universal Accessibility in Web Design
Germany, Hamburg
Ulrich S. Kapp
2003-09-22
BIGPiNG! oHG
kapp@bigping.de
BIGPiNG! realizes barrier-free, usable and W3C validated Webdesign in XHTML 1.0 Strict and
CSS2.
- Black Box Global Research: Usability and eye-tracking consultants
English, Danish
Denmark, Copenhagen, Copenhagen
Jacob Hancke
2006-10-24
Black Box Global Research
jh@blackboxglobal.com
Experience from more than 1,000 usability tests. Eye tracking-experience since July 2005.
User behavior analysis since 1994.
- Bunnyfoot - UK usability & accessibility specialists
United Kingdom, Oxford
Jon Dodd
2002-04-30
Bunnyfoot
jon@bunnyfoot.com
Services to enhance the user experience. User testing in our dedicated lab - testing
users with special needs a speciality.
- Business Oriented Usability
Danish
Denmark, Copenhagen
Henrik Schmidt
2004-06-25
Userneeds ApS
henrik@userneeds.dk
Userneeds is a Danish research institute specialized in Usability studies.
Among our more than 100 clients, we are especially proud to mention the Danish Ministry
of Science, Nilfisk-Advance, Microsoft Business Solutions, Novo Nordisk, and Amnesty
International.
- Cambridge Technology Partners
Switzerland
Robert Fuchs
2002-01-11
User Experience Group
Robert.Fuchs@ctp.com
- Carlow International Incorporated
United States, Virginia, Falls Church
Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics
- Caspian Design, Product Design
English
United States, Maine, Portland
Four Hewes
2008-04-21
Caspian Design
info@caspiandesign.com
Product design consultancy/studio that specializes in new product design and development,
especially user experiences for software and web applications.
- Catalyst Resources User Interface Design
English
United States, California, San Francisco
Paul Giurata
2007-10-04
Catalyst Resources
info@catalystresources.com
User interface design and rapid application design for mission critical software
applications. Specific areas of expertise include Financial Services, Software as a Service
(SaaS), Rapid Application Design and Reusable UI.
- Centralis Group
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Lyman Casey
2001-09-11
lyman@centralisgroup.com
Centralis is a Chicago-based User Experience consultancy offering research, testing and design expertise to
help clients develop more useful, usable and successful web sites, intranets and other applications.
- Change Sciences Group
United States, New York
Pamela Ellis
2002-07-08
Change Sciences Group
pamela@changesciences.com
A customer experience firm offering a full range of services to increase the return
on investment for web sites and other technologies. Usability testing, online
testing, competitive reviews, observational research, and ROI-focused strategy.
- Claro Studio
Spanish English
Spain, Barcelona
Andrew Peters
2002-02-08
info@ClaroStudio.com
User experience design and consulting: - Strategy - Usability - Information
Architecture - Requirements - Interface design
- Clive Conway Creative
Australia
Clive Conway
1999-07-18
Clive Conway Creative Pty Ltd
clive@c3.net.au
Writing, design and information delivery, on-line and on paper
- Cognetics Corporation
United States, New Jersey, Princeton Junction
"computer applications, including Internet, Intranet,
interfaces, documentation, training,
and software customization"
- Cognitive Group - Usefulness and Usability Consulting
Canada, Quebec, Montreal
Francois Aubin
2002-09-05
faubin@cognitivegroup.com
- Concept Interactive Inc
Canada, Ontario, Cambridge
Matthew Campbell
2003-06-27
mcampbell@conceptinc.ca
We design for your customers, employees, partners and suppliers. They all are seek
information, need to perform tasks, they desire efficiency, we seek to satisfy their goals.
Concept solutions are structured to improve information access and deployment, we use
usability testing and accessibility design to solidify an already well thought out workflow
framework. From large-scale content management systems to intranet portal workflow, we work
together with our in-house developers to ensure everything from front-end to backend
support systems are easy to use.
- Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd.
United States, Massachusetts, Rowley
Larry Constantine
1999-08-19
Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd.
lconstantine@compuserve.com
International consultancy in usage-centered design.
- Construc Design, Inc.
United States, Washington, Seattle
Gregory Coomer
2002-05-27
info@construc.com
Providing Software Product Design, User Interface Solutions, and
Visual Communication services.
- Context-Based Research Group
United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Matt Barranca
2000-06-29
mbarranca@contextresearch.com
We help people get better products and services.
- Convergent Design Inc
Canada, Ontario, Kanata
"Helping you design 'products that understand people'"
- Cooper Interaction Design
United States, California, Palo Alto
- Corporate Solutions
United Kingdom, Harrow, Middlesex
2001-07-12
corporate_solutions@consult-me.co.uk
Human Factors and Ergonomics
- CorpTech Database of 45,000 U.S. Technology Companies
United States, Massachusetts, Woburn, 12 Alfred St., Suite 200, 01801
Jon Phelps
1998-07-15
CorpTech
jphelps@corptech.com
"The premier site for research on America's technology manufacturers and developers."
- CUP User Interface Design
German
Germany
Markus Weidemann
2004-11-17
CUP GmbH
info@c-u-p.de
- Customer input Limited
English
China, Hong Kong
David Jacques
2005-12-30
Customer input Limited
info@customerinput.com
Customer research and usability consultancy in Asia with usability lab facilities.
- cxpartners - User experience consultancy and design
United Kingdom, Bath
Giles Colborne
2004-03-25
cxpartners
giles.colborne@cxpartners.co.uk
Measure all aspects of user experience. Develop designs and prototypes that perform better in
real-world situations.
- Data annotation, data management, data analysis and data visualization tool
United States, Missouri, Chesterfield, PMB # 207,226, THF Blvd
2004-05-11
CytoGenomics Inc.
sales@silicocyte.com
SilicoCyte is a microarray
analysis platform designed for image analysis, data annotation,
data analysis and data visualization.
- Deborah J. Mayhew & Associates
United States, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard
"Software Usability Engineering"
- Design Technologies
United States, Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington)
Susan Palmiter
2001-04-20
Design Technologies
contact@designtech
A customer-centered research and design consulting firm,
focused on improving the user
experience from web sites to consumer electronics.
- Designed For Use - Affordable Usability Design Expertise
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
David W. Schofield
2002-09-30
Designed For Use
DSchofield@DesignedForUse.com
Emphasizing affordable expertise, Designed For Use provides User Interface Design,
custom software development, and usability testing and remediation in North America,
Europe, and Asia.
- DesignIT
New Zealand, Auckland
Beverley Stevens
2002-09-17
DesignIT Limited
beverley@designit.co.nz
DesignIT provides user interaction design and consultancy for software and websites
using Alan Cooper's goal-directed design methodology.
- Diamond Bullet Design
United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor
Stephen Markel
2001-01-04
dbd@diamondbullet.com
"design websites and other internet projects with users
and usability as our top priorities"
- Different
Australia, NSW, Sydney
Clarissa Mattingly
2004-08-25
Different
clarissa.mattingly@different.com.au
Strategic, multi-disciplinary Sydney and Melbourne based company passionate on
delivering great experience design.
- Digital District GmbH - Usability & User Experience
German
Germany, Northrhine-Westfalia, Dusseldorf
Alex Stojanovic
2005-12-04
Digital District GmbH
as@digitaldistrict.de/
Digital District is an agency for digital communications and offers usability and user
experience services. Digital District invented the TIDE(TM) model, which is dedicated to a Total
Integrated Digital Experience.
- Digital SRC Research
Systems Research Center
- DOLCEVISTA, web & mobile usability
English French Japanese
United States, Nevada, Carson City
Eric Guitteaud
2005-08-18
Dolcevista, Inc.
more_info@dolcevista.net
Dolcevista is a usability engineering and marketing agency specialized in web &
mobile behavioral research and consulting
- Dray & Associates, Inc.
United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Susan M. Dray
1998-10-13
dray@acm.org
A consulting firm specializing in user-centered design and evaluation
of (international) software and hardware systems
and products with the motto "if the USER can't use it, it doesn't work!"
- eager beaver media - web consultants
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Natasha Wood
2001-12-11
eager beaver media pty ltd
nwood@eagerbeavermedia.com
eager beaver media is a print and online media company specialising in web development: web
usability, information architecture, print-to-online content conversion and online content provision.
Corporate writing and editing services are also provided.
- Echo Interaction Design
English
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Shane Morris
2006-01-31
Echo Interaction Design
shane@echointeraction.com.au
User interface design and usability consultancy based in Melbourne and working throughout the
region. 15 years experience in GUI's, web, mobile and devices.
- Effortmark Ltd - Usability consultancy specialising in forms
United Kingdom
Caroline Jarrett
2004-03-26
Effortmark Ltd
caroline.jarrett@effortmark.co.uk
Usability consultancy specialising in forms, and in training in usability
- Emergia.net
Spanish English
Spain, Valencia
Miguel Arias
2002-01-02
Emergia.net
miguel@emergia.net
Emergia is a Spanish Internet strategy consulting firm focused on the customer
experience. We advise our clients on their Spanish-speaking Internet strategy.
- EMS Risk Consulting Limited
United Kingdom, Cheshire, Warrington
Clive Tunley
2004-02-11
EMS Risk Consulting Limited
web@emsriskconsulting.co.uk
EMS Risk Consulting Limited, offers risk management and human factors advice and support to blue chip
companies across all industrial sectors
- Engineering Psychology Institute Basel (EPi)
German
Switzerland, Basel
Thomas Kopp
2002-12-27
admin@ep-i.ch
kopp@ep-i.ch
EPi is an independent experts and research institute. One of the latest results is the
Multiple Walkthrough.
- Ergoguys
United States, Arizona, Scottsdale
Scott Scartozzi
2004-07-16
Ergoguys LLC
sscartozzi@cox.net
Our mission is to assist individuals in the search for computer access solutions by
locating, supporting, and selling computer hardware, software and related technologies
designed for their specific need.
- ErgoLight Usability Software
1999-01-08
Tools for laboratory and remote usability testing and evaluating.
- Ergonaute Consulting
Canada, Ontario, Toronto / Montreal
Rami Tabbah
2003-02-19
Ergonaute Consulting
rami@ergonaute.net
Rami Tababh, M.Eng, has 12 years experience in UI design and usability. He is the
founder of Ergonaute Consulting, lectures at Polytechnique of Montreal and is the
communication chair of TORCHI.
- Ergonomic Laptop Stand
English
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
2007-01-31
FusionFactor
tsliar@gmail.com
LapDawg is an ergonomic laptop holder.
- Ergonomic Systems Design, Inc.
United States, California, Santa Barbara
- Ergonomics Initiative
India, Tamilnadu, Chennai
Madhu Thottappillil
2004-05-06
doctor@ergoin.com
Ergonomics Consultancy based in India, provides Ergonomic Evaluation and Workshops
for all Industry with a special focus on Software and BPO firms in India.
- ERGOSIGN - User centred design services
German, English
Germany, Saarbruecken, Hamburg
Marcus Plach
2007-03-19
ERGOSIGN GmbH
contact@ergosign.de
Our user centred design services comprise user interface design, icon design, styleguide
development, usability testing and software development.
- ergosoft laboratories, inc.
United States, Texas, Austin
Katherine A. McKee
1998-09-22
kmckee@ergolabs.com
usability consulting: web sites and proprietary systems
- ErgoWeb: The Place for Ergonomics
- Ergoworks Inc
English
India, Bangalore
2007-07-12
info@ergoworksinc.com
Primary healthcare and safety solutions and Ergonomic assistance in India.
Learn about Ergonomic Product Design and how to recover from RSI / WMSD
and also how to set up a new office.
- Experience Design & Usability Testing Services
United States, California, Los Angeles
Rich Harrison
2001-11-02
rharrison@nextleft.com
NextLeft offers five levels of Experience Design & Usability Testing designed to measure
users' ability to complete key tasks as well as their satisfaction with the site.
- Experience Dynamics - Professional Usability Consultancy
United States, Oregon, Portland
Frank Spillers
2004-01-29
frankspillers@experiencedynamics.com
Professional usability consultancy specializes in large scale websites and complex web application
and product usability.
- Expert InSite, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Somerville
Chris McFarlane
2002-03-26
Expert InSite, Inc.
chris.mcfarlane@expertinsite.com
Web usability and accessibility consulting firm focused on simplifying the transfer of information
between the Web and its users. Specializing in Section 508 compliance and WAI guideline conformance.
- eye square - market research
German, English, Italian, French, Chinese
Germany, Berlin
Sabrina Duda
2005-03-07
eye square GmbH
eye@eye-square.com
eye square offers usability, branding and eyetracking services.
- facit digital - Research for the digital experience.
German, English
Germany, Bavaria, Munich
Christian Bopp
2007-04-17
facit digital GmbH
info@facit-digital.de
facit digital is a research and consulting company for digital media. We support
our clients during the entire development process of digital interfaces like
websites, intranets, mobile phones etc.
- Fission Interactive
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Brian Horvath
2001-08-19
Fission Interactive
bhorvath@fissioninteractive.com
FISSION INTERACTIVE is an energetic team of designers, programmers and usability
specialists released into the market from Nortel Networks' former human factors group,
Design Interpretive.
- Flair Interactive Services, Inc.
English
United States, Illinois, Schaumburg
Lisa Kirschner
2007-07-31
Flair Interactive Services, Inc.
lisa.kirschner@flairinteractive.net
Flair Interactive is a consulting firm that provides web design and development services,
including usability, content, information architecture, visual design and project management.
Our focus is on enterprise-level clients and government agencies, including state, local and
federal.
- Flow Interactive Ltd
United Kingdom, London
Meriel Lenfesty
2000-09-07
Flow Interactive
meriel@flow-interactive.com
Commercial consultancy specialising in usability and interaction design across all forms of user interface.
Flow provides solutions and design suggestions to usability problems.
- Forum One Communications
United States, Virginia, Alexandria
2001-11-13
Forum One Communications
jcashel@forumone.com
helps people and organizations use the Internet to make a difference. We will work with you through the entire Internet life cycle - from strategic planning through design, development and ongoing management of dynamic websites.
- Game Usability Testing
United States, California, Los Angeles
Heather Desurvire
2003-03-07
Behavioristics, Inc.
heather3@gte.net
Usability Consulting services for software, games of all types, websites,
telephone based interfaces.
- General Design
- Genesis Usability and Human Factors
India, Maharashtra, Pune
Atul Manohar
2002-09-12
Genesis Multidesigners
atul@genesishci.com
Applying Product design principals to software prodcts and web sites
- Ghostweather User Experience and Research Consulting
English
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Lynn Cherny
2007-02-18
lynn@ghostweather.com
User experience and requirements research consulting, including quantitative data
analysis, data mining, and design prototyping. Also video editing of existing observation
and usability footage.
- Gomoll Research & Design, Inc.
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Tom Gomoll
2002-03-29
info@gomolldesign.com
A user interface design consultancy specializing in user research, usability, conceptual & visual
design.
- Haptic Technologies, Inc.
- hci.gr - HCI Greece
Greece, Patras
Spiros Sirmakessis
2001-09-12
University of Patras, Computer Engineering and Informatics Department
syrma@cti.gr
hci.gr is the first usability service provider for Greece. We provide design guidelines and evaluation to
interactive systems, such as e-commerce applications (b-b & b-c), multimedia applications, e-learning environments
and e-banking services.
- Heraghty Internet Consultants
English
Ireland, Dublin
Michael Heraghty
2008-02-28
Heraghty Internet Consultants
enquiries@heraghty.net
Heraghty Internet provides a range of design, consulting and usability services. We marry a
website's objectives with its users' needs.
- Hiser Group
Australia, Melbourne
Sarah Bloomer
2001-07-12
The Hiser Group (Melbourne)
sarahb@mel.hiser.com.au
Australian consultancy in user interface design and interaction design since 1991.
- HK Interface Design
United States, Florida, Boca Raton
Harris Kravatz
2000-01-21
HK Interface Design Inc.
harris@hkid.org
HK Interface Design is a professional interface design consulting firm,
specializing in Web design, GUI design, user-centered design training and usability testing.
- Human Centred Design
Norway
Marie Green
2002-08-28
Human Centred Design
marie.green@hcd.no
Human Centred Design is a consultancy specialising in the user-centred design
of information and technical systems and equipment. We apply systematic techniques
to reduce human error in human-system interaction.
- Human Factors International Pvt. Ltd.
India, Mumbai
Abhijit Thosar
2001-07-12
abhijit@humanfactors.com
Consulting and training in software usability.
- Human Factors International, Inc.
United States, Iowa, Fairfield
Douglas Walker
1999-01-21
hfi@humanfactors.com
Consulting and training in software usability.
- Human Factors MD Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Brampton
Tim Reeves
2002-07-29
tim@humanfactorsmd.com
Making medical and scientific technology usable.
- Human Factors Solutions - for simple, efficient, safe and healthy solutions
Norwegian
Norway, Akershus, Ski
Hakon Augensen
2004-08-30
Human Factors Solutions ANS
hakon@hfs.no
HFS contribute to making systems, products, environments and services safe, healthy,
easy and efficient to use. If reliability, comfort, userfriendliness and well being is
important, human factors must be taken into account.
- human interface.design "designing usability joys"
German English
Germany, Hamburg
Frank Jacob
2003-01-14
human interface.design
fjacob@human-interface.de
hi.d is a design studio specialized in the user interface design development for
technical products and software applications.
- Human Interfaces, Inc.
United States, Texas, Austin
Greg Liddell
2001-12-09
gliddell@humaninterfaces.net
Usability consulting: Our mission is to help build products that are intuitive and
user-friendly.
- HumanCentric Technologies
United States, North Carolina, Cary
Barry Beith
2000-08-29
HumanCentric Technologies
sward@humancentrictech.com
HumanCentric Technologies is a human factors and usability engineering services company.
- Hunox Website Development
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
2005-09-27
Hunox
info@hunox.ca
Hunox: a small, web design and development company born out of Ottawa,
Canada. Hunox specialises in accessible website design and development ensuring your site
is inclusive and accessible to 'all' of our possible clients regardless of internet
browser, access technology, disability or impairment.
- IBM Ease of Use
"Ease of use sets excellent products and services apart from those that are merely functional. A large and growing population of users expect interactions with technology to be painless and natural. Technology products and services that fall short of these expectations will not succeed."
- IBM User-Centered Design
- IDD: Interface Design and Development
United States, Texas, Austin
1998-11-13
info@interface-design.net
We specialize in the design, development,
education and usability testing of PC
and Web software products.
- Idea Integration
United States, Florida, Jacksonville
Manpreet Kaur
2001-07-12
manpreet.kaur@idea.com
- Idean Research Ltd
English Finnish
Finland, Espoo
Marjut Mutanen
2004-04-03
Idean Research Ltd
marjut.mutanen@ideanresearch.com
Idean Research provides user
experience research and consulting services. Our main
focus areas are User Experience Research and Mobile Development Services.
- InContext Enterprises
United States, Massachusetts, Concord
Hugh Beyer
"guiding teams in the design of products and processes using Contextual
Design, our customer-centered approach"
- Indigio Group: Web Site Usability Testing
English
United States, Colorado, Denver
Dean Burney
2006-08-16
Indigio Group, Inc.
dburney@indigio.com
Indigio Group provides usability services, including recruiting, testing,
heuristic analysis, testing facilities and moderation, and data analytics.
- Info Usabilidad
Spanish
Spain, Madrid
Abraham Sacha Martin
2001-05-24
qarana
smartin@qarana.com
Spanish company specializing in HCI and User Experience
- Informatica - Desarrollo de Aplicaciones - Diseno
Spanish English
Argentina, Mendoza, Godoy Cruz
Fernando
2007-01-17
Paseo Palmares
laboratorio@paseopalmares.com.ar
Desarrollo de aplicaciones a medida. Diseno paginas web en flash. Mantenimiento de
programas. El mejor servicio para el cliente.
- Instrata: European-based UCD specialists
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Rachel Jones
2005-12-19
Instrata
info@instrata.co.uk
Instrata offers services throughout the development lifecycle including people-centred
innovation, design research, user requirements, interaction design and evaluation.
- Interaction Design Studio
United Kingdom, London; Ireland, Dublin
Diarmad McNally
2006-06-15
Interaction Design Studio
diarmad@ixdstudio.com
The Interaction Design Studio specialises in designing usable interfaces for Web sites, Intranets and applications for PC and mobile devices.
- Interaction Design, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Hal Shubin
User interface design and testing.
- Interactive Usability for Internet Technologies (iUseIT) a Toronto Canada usabillity firm
English
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Jay Moonah
2006-01-22
jay@iuseit.net
iUseIT provides accessibility consulting, information architecture, search engine
optimization, project management, training and more.
- Interface and Information Architecture design and test capabilities.
United States, Massachusetts, Boxford
Peter Picone
2003-11-21
Half-Tide Designs, Inc.
peter@half-tide.com
Assist Venture Capital Funds, and other high risk / high return corporations
to maximize profits by:
Strategic Customer and User-Centered Design, and
The Simplicity of User Centered Design.
- Interface Concepts
United States, Washington, Seattle
Kathleen M. Potosnak
info@interfaceconcepts.com
A user interface consulting firm specializing in conceptual design
for software that's easier to learn and use.
- Interface Consult
German English
Austria
Martina Manhartsberger
1998-07-14
mm@interface.co.at
The first HCI-address in Austria
- Interpix Design Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Murray Sanders
2001-11-01
Interpix Design Inc.
murray@interpixdesign.com
Consulting company focused on the design of software that is Simply Useful.
- Interval Research Corporation
"Interval will change the way people think about technology."
- Intrasoft Technologies
Canada, Ontario
Christine Pietschmann
1999-02-16
cpietschmann@intrasoft.ca
Provides an HCI development approach to building web applications.
- ion2s - buero fuer interaktion
German
Germany, Darmstadt
Sebastian Sauer
2002-07-26
ion2s
sebastian.sauer@ion2s.com
ion2s is a company for intelligent interaction concepts and user interface design.
They develop easy to use human computer interfaces for software, mobile devices and
computer based systems.
- Jacob Burns, Inc. - Web usability and design
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Jacob Burns
2005-01-24
Jacob Burns, Inc.
jburns@jacobburns.com
- Kern Communications
India, Hyderabad
Ripul Kumar
2004-10-11
Kern Communications
ripul@kern-comm.com/
Kern provides user research and full lifecycle usability consulting mainly to software product
development companies in India.
- Klein Associates Inc.
United States, Ohio, Fairborn, 1750 Commerce Center Blvd., North, 45324-3987
1998-08-20
info@klein-inc.com
"studies experienced people confronted with judgments and decisions in
situations marked by high stakes, time pressure, ambiguous or conflicting
information, and rapidly changing situations."
- Komitywa.com - Interaction Design
Polish, English
Poland, Warsaw
Maciej Lipiec
2007-12-09
Komitywa.com
maciek@komitywa.com
Design agency specializing in human-centered design of interactive products, user experience
research and usability consulting. Part of
K2 Internet Group.
- Lextant Corporation
United States, Ohio, Columbus
Chris Rockwell
2000-12-28
Lextant Corporation
info@lextant.com
Design for user experience - user research, experience innovation,
interactive design, usability evaluation for web, wireless, IT and
telecom solutions.
- Look and Feel Australia
Australia, NSW, Sydney
Cliff Wilding
2003-04-16
Look and Feel Australia
info@lookandfeel.com.au
Australian user-centred design consultants with extensive experience in web site and
application user interface design, usability testing, IT strategy consulting and
user-centred marketing. Australasian and US experience.
- LukeW Interface Designs
English
United States, California, Campbell
Luke Wroblewski
2007-02-07
LukeW Interface Designs
info@lukew.com
LukeW Interface Designs provides interface design services for Web applications, Rich Internet applications,
Web sites, and Web-based multimedia.
- machinespace
United States, Illinois, Bloomington
Ajoy Muralidhar
2004-08-12
machinespace
ajoy@machinespace.com
experienced human factors engineer with CHFP certification, consulting on all aspects
of user experience design.
- Mad*Pow
English
United States, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, 03801
Amy Cueva
2007-01-27
Mad*Pow
josh@madpow.net
Mad*Pow is a design studio that specializes in designing
and building intuitive user experiences for hardware, software, web applications,
internal systems, websites and interactive marketing communications.
- Manufacturer of Ergonomic Keyboard Trays and Software
United States, New Jersey, Branchburg
Greg Buscetto
1998-07-22
Proformix Systems, Inc.
b.andre@worldnet.att.net
Manufacturer of keyboard trays and software that comply with CA Title 8 Requirements.
- Maskery & Associates Inc
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Helen Maskery
2002-01-02
Maskery & Associates
maskery@maskery.ca
"Making technology usable"
- Matias Half Keyboard
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Edgar Matias
2000-06-01
Matias Corporation
edgar@halfkeyboard.com
The Matias Half Keyboard is a compact, inexpensive,
handheld information appliance, designed specifically for word processing.
Extensive research reports are available on its design.
- MauroNewMedia
United States, New York, New York City
Charles L. Mauro
2001-07-24
MauroNewMedia, Inc.
ucd@mauronewmedia.com
Founded in 1975, MNM is a provider of professional usability engineering and high performance
user interface design consulting services.
- MAYA Design Group
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
"product-design and development consultancy"
- Meruteam - User Interface Specialists
Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Den Haag
Raghu Kolli
2004-05-18
info@meruteam.com
Meruteam located in the Netherlands, provides usability and user
interface design services to companies targeting their applications at
European users.
- Microsoft Usability Home Page
United States, Washington, Redmond
- Microsoft User Interface Research Group
United States, Washington, Redmond
George Robertson
1998-06-25
Microsoft Research
ggr@microsoft.com
Research group focusing on information visualization and multimodal user interaction.
- MicroUsability : User Experience Consulting, Training and Design
Singapore
Yogesh Tadwalkar
2003-12-03
MicroUsability
yogesh@microusability.com
- Midwest Research
United States, Ohio, Cleveland/Columbus
Carol Smith
2007-09-30
Midwest Research
info@mw-research.com
User research, usability testing and evaluation for web, consumer products and IT solutions.
- MindSpan Design (Interaction, UI, & Web design)
United States, California
Larry Cornett
2002-01-21
MindSpan Design
cornett@mindspandesign.com
Offering a variety of User Experience consulting services to support the design, definition,
development, and evaluation of your product's user interface or web site
- MoArts - Your Partner For Usability & Design
German
Germany
Claudia Sommer
2003-02-13
MoArts
sommer@moarts.de
- MONKEYmedia, Inc.
United States, Texas, Austin
Eric J. Gould
1999-10-07
MONKEYmedia, Inc.
eric@monkey.com
Award winning interaction design, information architecture and interface technology.
- Monterey Technologies, Inc. (MTI)
United States, California, Monterey
Becky Hooey
2001-01-08
bhooey@montereytechnologies.com
MTI provides user-centered design and analysis services for software, web applications,
hardware, and consumer electronics.
- Namahn
Belgium, Brussels
Joannes Vandermeulen
2002-10-25
Namahn
jv@namahn.com
Company web site with resources area
- NavigationArts
United States, DC, Washington
Mitchel Bell
2003-02-20
NavigationArts
mabell@navigationarts.com
We provide interactive communications that optimize the business value of your Internet
brands. We can help you detect crucial gaps in your online strategy, and build solutions
that make the Web work harder for your business.
- Nectarine Group Inc.
United States, California, Palo Alto
Jeff Tycz
2007-08-05
Nectarine Group Inc.
info@nectarinegroup.com
Nectarine Group is a user experience design firm that works exclusively with technology
companies to design easy to use software for the digital home and mobile domains. We help our
clients differentiate themselves by designing products and services that their customers love
to use. We're located in Palo Alto and deliver a full range of user experience services.
- Nelson Usability Associates
United States, Ohio, Yellow Springs
Mike Nelson
2001-07-01
Nelson Usability Associates
mike@nelsonusability.com
Nelson Usability Associates provides consulting services for user research, interaction design,
usability evaluation, and training.
- Neo Insight - Customer Experience Specialists
English
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Mike Atyeo
2006-03-30
Neo Insight
info@neoinsight.com
Neo Insight provides evaluation, design, and training on the customer experience.
Our services include information architecture, user interface and Web site design,
usability testing, heuristic evaluation. We have many years' experience of working with
business, government and non-profit clients.
- Netica - UI and GUI design and development
Hebrew English
Israel, Tel Aviv
Boaz Rossano
2005-06-02
Netica Ltd.
info@netica.co.il
Netica is a design and development services company creating UI &
GUI for the high tech industry.
- Netinspire
United States, Oregon, Portland
Ryan Palmer
2002-04-08
Netinspire
ryan@netinspire.com
Netinspire innovates online solutions that catalyze engaging and memorable
customer experiences. It is a usability firm that offers evaluations,
reviews, prototypes, and turnkey implementation strategy via a flexible virtual team.
- New Tilt
United States, Massachusetts, Somerville (Boston area)
Michelle Chambers
2002-08-22
New Tilt
michelle@newtilt.com
New Tilt is an internet solutions company that specializes in user experience
optimization.
- Nokia
International telecommunications company
focused on the key growth areas of wireline and wireless telecommunications.
- Noldus Information Technology
2007-02-12
Noldus Information Technology
"Tools for HCI research and usability testing"
- Nomos Management AB
Sweden, Stockholm
Richard Whitehand
1999-01-19
richard.whitehand@nomos.se
Nomos is an independent consultancy which supports organisations develop and introduce
IT products which are effective and easy to use.
Specialising in software/web usability and IT ergonomics services.
- Nortel (Northern Telecom)
- Nova Solutions, Inc.
Computer support furniture where the monitor is placed
below the work-surface.
- Novesco: website & intranet usability testing and optimisation
Belgium, Kortrijk
Eddy Scheinpflug
2001-09-27
Novesco
info@novesco.com
We optimise the user-friendliness, the accessibility & usability of your website by performing accessibility &
registration readiness analysis and real-life usability testing in our usability lab
- Novo Nordisk IT
Denmark
2001-10-23
lpal@novonordisk.com
IT company for a Danish pharmaceutical. 600 people perform design, development and maintenance of applications
primarily focused in the pharmaceutical industry. The "Communication & Design" department is 14 people: 6
designers, 6 HCI consultants and 2 film producers.
- Online Factor
Australia, Melbourne
Matthew Thomas
2002-12-08
Online Factor
info@onlinefactor.com.au
Strategies to enhance web usability
- Operational Planning: usability, forecasting, and research services
Greece, Achaia, Patras
2008-03-13
info@operplan.com
Operational Planning provides services usability evaluation services to business software, web site, and mobile applications. Demand forecasting for business planning and research are also core areas of our company expertise.
- optimum.web ltd. - usability specialists in consulting and research
United Kingdom, London
Keith Simpson, Director
2002-11-13
optimum.web ltd.
info@optimum-web.co.uk
Optimum.web provides specialist usability consulting and research services based
on the principles of HCI (human-computer interaction). The company's clients
include the Nationwide, HSBC, Accenture, WHSmith, Diageo, QXL, Microsoft and
Intercontinental Hotels.
- Original touch pad inventors & innovators
United States, Utah, Salt Lake City
Shane Hughston
2002-06-14
Cirque Corporation
sales@cirque.com
Cirque Corporation invented the original touchpad, GlidePoint(r) now found on millions
of laptop computers and also sells a variety of touchpad module subassemblies and packaged
products, suitable for touch input experimentation.
- Our services are designed to assist executives and managers to systematically analyze, reengineer and
implement streamlined business operations.
United States, Pennsylvania, Oley
Terry L. Carpenter, Jr.
2002-03-28
ObjectMania! Consulting, Inc.
tlc2@objectmania.com
Practical application of HCI principles and techniques in the development of Web applications for
wireless and wired devices.
- Ovo Studios
United States, Ohio, Chagrin Falls
Josh Paluch
2001-10-25
Ovo Studios
josh@ovostudios.com
Ovo Studios sells fixed and portable usability labs and logging software that is designed, built and installed
by usability professionals.
- Paradyme, LLC - Intelligent User Experience Design
English
United States, California, San Francisco
Sergio Paluch
2006-11-08
Paradyme, LLC
sergio@paradymesolutions.com
Paradyme, LLC is a consulting firm based in San Francisco that offers user
experience design integrated with marketing strategy and analysis.
- Perceptive Sciences Corporation
English
United States, Texas, Austin
Zachary Hall
2008-03-21
Perceptive Sciences
info@perceptivesciences.com
Perceptive Sciences is recognized as one of the country's top market research and
user-experience firms (PC Magazine). We specialize in market research, usability testing, and
user interface design.
- Performance by Design
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Frances Bowles
2001-01-03
Performance by Design
frances@pbd.ca
Consulting firm specializing in product usability and interface design of desktop and web applications.
- Performance Technologies Group (PTG)
Australia
Craig Errey
2004-10-20
craige@ptg-global.com
We ensure that your technology investments deliver real business outcomes -- compelling
customer experience, better staff efficiency and a stronger platform to compete more effectively.
PTG provides strategy, requirements, user interface design, development
- Philips Design - Interactive Services
* many locations worldwide
2003-09-08
Philips Design
We offer our design services, including Interactive Design, to a wide portfolio of clients,
active in industries ranging from consumer electronics, domestic appliances, consumer and
professional lighting applications, city beautification, transportation, telecommunications
and more.
- Polar Design : Multimedia Interface Design
United States, Massachusetts, Boston, and New York City
Account Executive
2002-12-28
Polar Design
contact@polardesign.com
Interactive design and consulting, with focus on XML driven multimedia interfaces.
- Prodex Consulting
English
United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Delight 'DeeDee' DeMulling
2006-01-04
Prodex Consulting
ddemulling@prodexconsulting.com
We research, design and evaluate products using User Centered Design techniques.
- Productivity Through Technology, Inc.: The GUIguy
United States, California, Union City
Ken Schiff
1998-09-17
ken@guiguy.com
"Creating obvious, discoverable, and usable Windows applications and Web sites
for business productivity."
- ProtoDesign, Inc.: Creator of SansGUI Modeling and Simulation Environment
United States, Illinois, Bolingbrook
Greg Chien
2002-04-27
ProtoDesign, Inc.
gchien@protodesign-inc.com
Quality computer software products and services for human-computer interaction (HCI), applications
design and development, software tools integration and support.
- Provider of usability consulting services for the US Federal Government
English
United States, DC, Washington
2006-09-12
Aquilent
peter.fogelsanger@aquilent.com
Aquilent provides user-centered design and usability consulting services to the US Federal
Government.
- PRT Group: Usability Practice
United States, Connecticut, Windsor
Pratul Dublish
1998-01-20
pdublish@prt.com
"Focusing on the USER, the TASKS, and the ENVIRONMENT"
- Psychsoft Consulting
English
United States, Massachusetts, Quincy
Tim Lynch
2007-10-15
Psychsoft Consulting
sales@psychsoftek.com
Specializes in Psychology of Human/Computer and Human/Robotic interaction.
- Pure Interface Ltd.
United Kingdom, Midlands, Birmingham
Michael Wilkins
2003-05-28
Pure Interface Ltd.
info@pureinterface.com
Human Factors Consultancy specializing in Usability Testing, User Interface Design,
Requirements Gathering and Analysis.
- Puzzlehead-UI
Israel
Zohar Lev
2003-01-25
Puzzlehead-UI
zohar@puzzlehead-ui.com
Puzzlehead UI works on Graphic User Interfaces.
- Quoin Technology: Performance Support Consultants
Australia, Sydney
Theresa Masterton
1999-01-22
Quoin Technology Pty Ltd
theresa_masterton@quoin.com.au
Usability consultants and web interface development.
- R&R Research, Inc.
United States, Ohio, Columbus
"customer-centered systems"
- Raffinaderiet AB (The Refinery)
Sweden, Stockholm
Klas Karlgren
2002-12-16
Raffinaderiet
info@raffinaderiet.se
Interaction design and usability for all kinds of interactive systems
- RDVO, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Somerville
Ben Zipkin
2003-02-10
RDVO, Inc.
bzipkin@rdvo.com
RDVO is a design consultancy focusing on developing user interface solutions for
web, kiosk, devices, and products.
- Reuten Consulting
Australia, VIC, Melbourne
Mark Reuten
2003-01-10
Reuten
mark@reuten.com.au
Reuten is a consulting firm providing companies with useful and easy to use interactive
products. We offer information architecture, user experience and usability evaluation
services.
- RIE: Righi Interface Engineering
United States, Tennessee, Kingston
Carol Righi
2000-03-01
info@RighiInterface.com
HCI consulting, specializing in user-centered design techniques.
- RightClick - SCP Human Factors Design
Israel, Bnei Brak
Yossi Avnon
2003-10-01
avnonj@scp.co.il
RightClick specializes in designing usable and efficient user interfaces to a broad range
of companies in Israel.
- Robert Wisbey
France, Nantes
Robert Wisbey
2003-05-22
info@robertwisbey.com
Robert Wisbey is a contract technical author and freelance web designer based in
Nantes, France. Web site includes client list, technical documentation samples, CV,
availability information, searchable glossary of terms, freelance forum and live
web cam.
- Roberto Bolullo - Experience designer
Spain
Roberto Bolullo
2002-11-25
roberto@bolullo.com
Website dedicated to the contribution of knowledge in
Experience and Interaction design/ research.
- SalemSystems Inc.
United States, Washington, Seattle
Anita Salem
2001-09-04
SalemSystems Inc.
asalem@salemsystems.net/
SalemSystem Inc. is a usability consulting firm that specializes in early product research, information design,
and rapid cycle usability testing.
- Savigny User Research
Deutsch, English
Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg
Peter V. Savigny
2004-08-30
Savigny User Research
pvs@savigny-userresearch.de
Research on the real everyday usage of websites, intranets, mobile applications and
software delivers added value over usability lab testing.
- Scandianavian Usability company
Norwegian
Norway, Oslo
Jostein Magnussen
2003-06-22
NetLife Research
jostein@netliferesearch.com
Scandianavian Usability consultants. Delivers a wide range of usability services
- Scenario: risk management and human factors consulting
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Mark Andrew
2004-08-06
Scenario
mark@scenario.net.au
Human Factors and Risk Management services focusing on high reliability industries.
- Schwarz Internet Consulting
United States, Florida, Miami Beach
Sascha Schwarz
2003-02-10
Schwarz Internet Consulting
mia@schwarzconsulting.biz
International company providing consulting, project management and marketing.
Offices in Miami Beach, FL, USA and Germany.
- scoreberlin - Strategic Consulting, Research & Evaluation
German
Germany, Berlin
Marcus Voelkel
2002-07-22
scoreberlin internet consulting & communication
mv@scoreberlin.de
Usability, Consulting & Communication
Heuristic evaluations, usability tests and analyses, articles on web and content usability.
- Siemens CT IC 7 User Interface Design
Germany, Munich; USA, Princeton; China, Beijing;
Daniel Volkwein
2002-04-24
Siemens AG
info.ik7@mchp.siemens.de
According to ISO 9241 usability is the extent to which a product/service can be
used by specific users in order to achieve specific goals with effectiveness,
efficiency and satisfaction in a specific context of use.
- SIMPLE D'USAGE, user experience optimization
French English
France, Paris
Eric Guitteaud
2005-08-18
Dolcevista, Inc.
contact@simpledusage.fr
SIMPLE D'USAGE is a usability service dedicated to user experience optimization. By
Dolcevista France Office
- Snitker & Co - User experience research
Denmark, Copenhagen
Thomas Snitker
2005-05-24
Snitker & Co
info@snitker.com
Independent user experience and usability research - preparation, execution and
reporting of research in Danish or English. Coordination of international research -
five years experience with Fortune 500 company - part of global research network. Own
research lab for usability, focus groups etc in Copenhagen.
- Snyder Consulting
United States, New Hampshire, Derry
Carolyn Snyder
2002-02-28
Snyder Consulting
csnyder@snyderconsulting.net
Carolyn Snyder works with companies to make their software, web sites, and web
applications more user-friendly through usability testing and paper prototyping.
- SoftPlex, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Winchester
Tony Brown
2001-05-25
SoftPlex, Inc.
tony@softplex.com
Human Factors consulting firm based outside of Boston focusing on visual concept design,
prototype development, usability evaluations, and software engineering.
- Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
Japan, Tokyo
Toshiyuki Masui
1999-05-17
masui@acm.org
HCI research organization in Japan.
- Sotopia - Usability Consultancy
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Soraia Cardoso
2003-01-08
soraia@sotopia.com
- soultank ag
Switzerland, Zug
Michael Fischer
2001-04-27
soultank ag
fischer@soultank.ch
usability consulting for software and hardware.
- SpeechWorks: Spoken Dialog and Multi-modal Interface Design and Development
United States, Massachusetts, Boston