It has been a while since I’ve written a quality meaty post here at Design Sojourn and for that I apologize to you dear reader. In the last 4-5 months, I have been experimenting with different types of posts just to see which type
The BigShot Camera is an awesome little product proposition that aims to teach children (and adults) the ins and outs of cameras and photography. It does this by engaging traditional old school learning methods:
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@Issue Journal has shared a wonderful graphic visualization of Disney's internal organization chart. What is interesting to note is the organization’s structure is build up around
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"人が無意識の状態でやってしまってることに興味があって、そこにはめこんだほうが、モノが素直にとけ込んでいくのではないかと考えたりする。自然にやることの行為の断片に、その“人となり“みたいなものがでてくることがある。デザインはそこまで考えた上で、非常に客観的な立場をとっていなければいけないということ" ~ Naoto Fukasawa in 2007Translated.
"What people do unconsciously decides how naturally a thing should be designed, because at times, a person's character can be seen in his unconscious deeds. A designer must take all that into account and
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Wow what a year 2009 was? We got hit right in the face by the economic down turn and designers all over the world were falling like flies as companies cut R&D or design
Yep. That's what Donald Norman (of Design of Everyday Things fame) wrote in his latest essay on his blog. You get the gist of his view in this introductory paragraph:
I've come to a disconcerting conclusion: design research is great when it comes
This product has officially launched! Get your sketchbook at the Spaces for Ideas Store now!
After using my Moleskine for almost a year, I
As our evolving electronic equipment gets thinner and smaller, the biggest thing these days is the power brick and wall plug. This forgotten object lacked much attention until Min-Kyu Choi presented his redesign during
Just for this week only, we bring you our next podcast hot on the heels of our first. In this discussion Feng and I chatted about Entertainment Design and how much more work is required when you are designing a world rather than
We had such a good response to the podcasts published during the Icsid world design congress, that I think I might turn this into a regular thing. The podcast will be published either weekly or bi-weekly, we have not decided. You might also have
This article was originally written for Yanko Design (YD). As there are some Design Sojourn readers don’t really frequent YD, I thought it would make sense to republished the article here. Looking forward to all your comments.
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Day 3 continues with a number of equally interesting presentations. Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to sit through all the presentations as I had to take a break from the congress for some work related activities. However I will share what
Day 2 was really the meat of the congress. There were a number of powerful presentations that really set the scene and provided a wake-up call for everyone participating. Emily Pilloton, the 2nd keynote, gave a powerful account of design doing what it
Over the last few days, I conducted a whirlwind tour of the different events and exhibitions at the Singapore Design Festival 2009. There were some interesting work exhibited that reaffirmed my faith in the
I finally got the pleasure to meet up with Michelle Berryman in person. I got know Michelle as a moderator at Core77 and also follow her closely on Twitter (@micberryman). Many Design Sojourn readers from the US would probably recognize her as the
I manage to get an opportunity to have a quick to chat with Pernilla Johansson. She is the Asia-pacific Design Director of Electrolux and is based here in Singapore. In the spirit of designing the future in 2050, I asked her about "The
As promised here are some of the highlights of Day 1 of the Icsid Design Congress 2009. I've summarized all the best points and significant comments. Unfortunately, I won’t cover all the content as it will just be too much. Also, I've
Our next little chat is with Bruce Nussbaum, former editor at Business Week, advocate of Design Thinking, and provocateur of both designers and businesses. I was curious to find out if he felt that design
Throughout this Icsid congress (and maybe after), I will be running a special podcast series where I will conduct a very casual 5 minutes "unplugged" session with a prominent design professional and ask him or her
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