1) Toshio Iwai's much anticipated Tenori-On is finally available today. Check out the videos to see how it works. It's a totally rad music making device. (Thanks Drew) 2) Ravi Chhatpar, Strategy Director in frog’s Shanghai studio, has written an interesting piece called "Innovate Faster by
You might have caught this on Gizmondo, but if you have not, it seems in 2001 Matt Presta from Bridge Design was brought in to conceptualise, as a product pitch, the idea of a revolutionary motion sensing game remote control to Nintendo. I'm
This week's welcomed question comes from none other that Drew Kora:
"I mean to ask can a designer work from home AND BE PRODUCTIVE? And how might it affect the rest of the team?"It is quite a difficult question as there are a lot of
DT's adventures of moving Design Sojourn to its new home at Media Temple.
Our final Sunday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they are "able to wear many hats".
Saturday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have "Strong communication and people skills".
1) My iPod is like my model girlfriend, and my Zune is like the girl next door. Who would you marry? 2) "Sense and Simplicity" in the Philips brand really communicated in their designs? 3) The conversation sketching tool kit. Use sketching as a means to align
Friday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have the "Ability to sell well".
Thursday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have "A Renaissance outlook in life and unique specialist interests".
Wednesday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have "Good general management skills".
Tuesday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is "Proactive, passionate, motivated and truly loves what he/she does".
Monday's habit is that effective industrial designers are "Creative problem solving instead of problem creating".
Wallpaper Magazine has done a nice write up on the history of the Singapore Girl and her fashionable Sarong Kebaya uniforms. A true design classic that embodies all aspects of the Singapore Airlines brand, in fact, I would go as far as to
Every once a while I like to look back to see what sort of trend predictions research companies made, that have come true. In 2002, some clever researches from British Telecom published in BTexec that in 5 years time, ie 2007, lifestyle brands will
What if? What would happen if every blog published posts on the same issue, on the same day? For that one day, we could change the global conversation, raise awareness and act together to create a better world. I was humbly invited by Collis, one of the brains
1) What do you do when an executive says "I don't like orange" or "can we use circles in stead of squares"? Visual designer Nick Meyers of Cooper explains how the right kind of research with, not only the user, but also the stakeholder can
Sorry guys. I just had to drag myself out of bed to post this. Really made my day! Via: Technabob
I think that's about all I can manage to write. Do check out my new archives and categories on the right, for great stuff to tie you over until I can think again
Without sounding like a broken record or stating the obvious, if there is one and only one design tip you will ever need as a professional designer, it has to be don't forget to SAVE your work! Save it frequently and save it regularly. Don't
Another fantastic Design Sojourn Reader Question! This week its by Fred from Switzerland. He writes: Hello, I am an avid reader of your blog. I like it's broad scope and honest opinions. I also like beautiful well-designed products. Which brings me to my question about industrial design.