I have always been a big fan of Oakley sunglasses since a very good designer friend (a hard core collector) got me into it. However just today an interesting cosmic convergence happened and I had to write about it. Firstly I recently after much deliberation
I've always linked the idea of linking blogs up, but perhaps more on an altruistic level. I see linking as all about making friends and letting the world know about it. Thus I absolutely abhor blogs and blog owners whom would not give
I've always been a fan of drawing tablets though I have the toughest time getting my drawings right by using it. I've even written extensively on it, comparing the differences of sketching in a traditional sketch book, to sketching on a drawing tablet and
I have been nursing this article since June 01, 2007. It was originally called "Who stole my design? A Primer for a Guerilla Design Strategy", I felt the context just did not seem to be comprehensive enough as it covered only the creation aspect
Check out Hackzine's video blog on how this (apparently famous in his field) blogger named Scoble reads 622 Feeds a day. It’s interesting to see in today's internet environment, the deeply wired net surfer has to deal with the fact the blogs and post
Congratulations, if you have just completed your design studies. You are finally qualified to begin your journey into the working world of design. Now that you have graduated, where do you intend to pursue your design career? More often than not, fresh design graduates
Brionvega, known for its very esoteric consumer electronics, launched their latest LCD+DVD player called Alpha at the recent Milan Design Week. I have always been a fan of Brionvega's strong design language, and the ability to use design to make a difference in the competitive CE
Edit: Re-formatted the layout of some text and images. Yep. There is no point me blogging about doing good industrial design or design theory if at the end of the day I don't walk the talk and produce something to show, right? Well after
I bumped into an article at the Design Observer titled: What If Apple Is Bad for Design? and was first excited but quickly became seriously appalled. It was poorly argued, very disjointed, and really a huge fuss over nothing. I'm also surprised as
This post started as an interesting discussion in another post, when a Design Sojourn reader wondered why China suffers from this syndrome of copying product designs from the West. I'm no expert on this but having work with Designers and Vendors from China, as
Welcome to part 2 of my coverage of the CeBit Australia 2007. If you have not already, do have a look at part 1 first. In this post we take a look at the rest of the show and some of my noted
A big hello from CeBit Australia! I'm currently hanging out at the CeBit Blogger Zone, after the very helpful Danny (who looks after the area) help me set up a wireless connection. I'm not going to type too much at this stage, I'll
The Samsung NV10 digital camera is a sublimely designed camera that really considered all the past joys of manual cameras packaged all in a brilliantly retro styled hedonistic black housing. I picked up this beauty a few weeks before I moved to Australia, and so far
Or the article formally known as Industrial Design 104: Materials and Manufacturing I did mention before last year and the beginning of this, I had given up on creating my own unique Mp3 (iPod Beater?) player because I could not create a design that was uniquely
I wrote a while back that I yet again took the steps in becoming an entrepreneur after failing twice before. What I was actually talking about was my setting up of a not for profit website that focused on incubating, promoting and networking the
Unfortunately I am not so lucky. That lucky person that got his hands on one is Paul Stamatiou. Ah what I would have to give to own one or even the experience of playing around with one. I have written a lot
No matter how good a designer we are, they are times when we face mental blocks that disrupt our design thinking. So in times like these, how can we then boost our creative juices? Here's another exciting post by our resident contributor py, helping me
One of the things about the future of Industrial Design that I've always been interested in, is the interplay or relationship between software and hardware interfaces, the pros and cons of each, as well as being a product designer, how we can give an object's
With Skype being widely used by businesses for overseas calls, the other equally used function of Skype Chat (Instant Messaging) is getting its fair share of use. Not to mention the usual favorites in the IM world: MSN messenger and Yahoo messenger (which many
Jess McMullin over at bplusd has created and visual graphic of the Business and Design Landscape for 2007. Its looks pretty interesting as it contains a decent breakdown of not just consulting firms, but also schools, events, publications, and corporate groups. We liked the way of