To be an industrial designers you have to be three people at the same time. You have to be the crazy person. Then you have to be the person who reviews those crazy ideas and says, "no, not that, and not that either". The third person has to
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I really was not going to write much this week, being sick and all. But after a blog post and comment exchange, I cannot help but feel fired up to share
A little slow down in postings this week as I'm feeling under the weather. So instead, I though I might share a blog post of my latest photos taken with my brand new Canon Powershot G9. Enjoy this Photo blog
1) Billy Graham: Technology, faith and human shortcomings. A presentation he
Heard in a fictional design studio near you.
Me: Yo man, how is it going? Designer: Great! I'm just sketching/developing/refining this concept. Me: Cool, so how do they look? Designer: Here they are
Michael DiTullo, Design Director at Converse, sent me a quick note about Core77's new Show and Tell series that features his sketching techniques in a nice 4 easy minutes. Now you don't have to draw like this "Form Monster" (Heh-heh!), but have a
Domus Magazine has recently launched a signature edition offshoot called Domus d'Autore. This first issue, entrusted to Editor-Architect Rem Koolhaas, was designed to allow readers to listen "
Image source: Cab Ride (Ecstasy)
So what, you may ask, is "Mental Masturbation"?
Well the first logical assumption that comes to mind is procrastination. Actually, though, it's not quite what I would call procrastination. Let me explain.
A design lecturer friend coined
One of my first bosses taught me an important lesson. Good designers are a dime a dozen, he said. Coming up with a great design solution is the easy part. The hard part, he said, is getting the client to accept the solution. "But if the work
Mario Vellandi, Marketing Commando and part time Design Ninja, has published a fantastic collection of videos created after his recent attendance at Sustainable Brands 08.
Wow it has been a long time since we did this. The last time was the end of Sept 2007! I had opted to send most of my links via my Twitter and Plurk accounts. But after monitoring Twitter for about
Image Source: Books by ijsendoorn.
As requested and suggested by a few loyal Design Sojourn readers, I have compiled what I think are the essential books that Industrial Designers should either own or read.
Now I have
I was watching AXN's Super CSI Sunday (Yes I am a CSI fan, who isn't?) last night and there ran an ad of the newly branded Turbo Jet, a service provider that takes you from Hong
Hot on the heels of my recent post Blueprint for Design Education 2.0, is the announcement of Singapore's 4th University that has a niche focus on Engineering, Design and Business. With a target of 2,500 students a year, it will "
I like to wish all fellow Industrial Designers or anyone in the Industrial Design profession a happy World Industrial Design Day!
Marked by Icsid's anniversary on June 29, World Industrial Design Day (WIDD) is a day to actively engage design professionals and design enthusiasts to explore
Unlike other design blogs out there that only focus on pretty pictures, Design Sojourn gets into the nitty gritty of design by basing our discussions on "How to do good design, Make clever products and Master the business of Design." Weekly, my partner and I look
I often like to get myself into a spot of teaching, collaborating with and critiquing students. I find it enhances and consolidates what I have learned in my career in Design. I do recommend that designers, especially the senior ones, take some time
Image via Core 77
This is probably all over the place by now. But frankly, not only am I impressed with the final result, I am ecstatic over BMW sharing their design philosophy which I
"An introduction to formgiving in Chinese product design" is a research article, written by Vigleik Norheim from the Department of Product Design from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. It gives some interesting insights on the cultural influences that impact the form-giving methodology
Image: Blackberries 3 by lemon_drop
A phrase coined by an anonymous CEO who walked into a boardroom for a meeting to see every executive bowing their heads, operating their Blackberries. The Blackberry prayer is a plea to