Jan Chipchase, Nokia's Usability Guru, Leaves for Frog Design

Chipchase is perhaps the world's most admired expert in "human-centered design": Knowing how people use their gadgets, and how to design for them.

Frog Design--already one of most influential design firms in the world--has just caught a very big fish: Jan Chipchase, formerly Nokia's chief usability researcher, is leaving the Finnish firm and joining Frog as Executive Creative Director of Global Insights.

Chipchase will be based in Shanghai, and that tells you a lot about both what Frog is...