The ever-witty Mike Monteiro, famous for his potty mouth, shared at a recent San Francisco Creative Mornings talk, the ups and downs of running a design business. For example, dealing with problems such as getting clients to pay up, getting comfortable with
In dreaded job interviews or in portfolio documents, many designers under sell themselves. It's a tough world and if we want the job or the project, we will need to go for it, hustle, if you like. Strangely, many creative people are too polite
Sometime in 2006, I decided that if I were going to be designing commercially successful products and strategies, I would need to know what it is really like to run a business, a business that would
Awesome things happen! This is why designers need to run their own personal projects, where they are their own clients.
We love watching our competitors and admiring what they do and how they do it. This keeps us humble, on out toes, and
I know I have been teasing all of you about a strategic design project that I have been and am still working on. It is now time for the big reveal with
The R2B2 is a wonderful green kitchen appliance concept designed by Christoph Thetard and showcased at the recent Milan Furniture Fair. It uses a sustainable human powered flywheel to drive the spinning
I'm not sure why. And I don't even own an iPad! Perhaps it is the first time that an accessory did not just extend the usability of a product, but instead, changed its archetype.
What a nice way to look at design constraints. The best designers like VW's head of design Klaus Bischoff (whom I have quoted below), learn to work with constraints and even excel with them.
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My good friend Marcus, design entrepreneur and founder of Sumajin, was kind enough to let me play around with his iPad 2 over lunch today.
Interestingly enough the first thing I did was to flip it
Click image for a larger view. Source: Black Country Museums.
I just had to stop my client work to share this wonderful design with you.
It is commonly known that Apple does not use user-centered research to help the Business determine what they should create or do next. They go one better. They build "playing fields" wide enough for people to do as they please.
Apple has recognized what
The chaps from Nowhere Else has graciously compiled all the iPhone 5 rumors in one place for easy viewing, and added a slick infographic to boot! They have done all the work, for the benefit of time strapped people like myself, from hunting
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This has to be my favorite moment of Steve Jobs' recent iPad 2 keynote at Apple's special event on the 2nd of March 2011. I
As promised in my previous blog post "Taking Engagement at Design Sojourn to the Next Level", I wanted to let you know that 3 lucky email subscribers of Design Sojourn's Newsletter have won a Finlandia iPhone 4 case! They have
Update: With just over a week to go before the end of our Birthday sale, I like to ramp up the celebrations with a new shop front and to announce that the free shipping offer
Check out the Samsung Series 9, a 13.3" Macbook Air “fighter” that boasts a thinner and lighter chassis, and a more up to date processor. (Samsung’s i5 vs. MBA’s Core 2 Duo.)
It should be just
I recently spoke to a person who has successfully started to integrated design thinking into his organization. He re-emphasized the word “started” because he feels his organization is still making the journey. Even so, his organization is already starting to see the benefits
Paula Antonelli indirectly answers the question "What makes good design?” by sharing some of MoMa's selection criteria.
Branca is inspired by wooden branches that turn, twist, meet and branch off. The result is comfort to the eye, to the body and to the hand.Juriaan Booij has created a wonderful video on the creation of the Branca chair, designed