Edit: This does not apply to ALL designers, but it does apply to some that I have met and spoke too, I have also fixed some typos and cleared up some statements. Managing designers is not easy, some are quiet, some rant and rave, and
Aen, the guy who banged out the design of this site has an interesting write up of the theories behind the Japanese approach to design and aesthetics. Also called Wabi - Sabi (I know I had to re-read it after thinking it was Wasabi too), the
No they don’t suck, but my wife might say otherwise with me! Bruce Nussbaum, of Business Week fame, decided that “designers suck” during his recent presentation at Parsons New School of Design. What started as a NextD email me asking what I thought about this
Updated: I cleared up a few statements and typos. Dan over at his Adaptive path blog, has written a interesting rant on the quality of graduates today. He bemoans the lost of thinking designers that can "think, make and do", and furthermore blames the schools,
I must apologize, dear readers, for the lack of posts recently as I faced the harsh realities of blogging. I really don’t know how people do it. That is, they run and maintain multiple websites or blogs as well as their own day-to-day lives. Just
The Phoenix Electrostatic Speaker, designed and developed by my team and I, has been featured on Wired Magazine. Sniff
Ever wondered what if a computer was designed with an interface that never required using a button for clicking? Is it more intuitive or has clicking been ingrained in our psyche? Dont Click It is a very cool and interesting experimental site by the Institute
A cool name of a fascinating site on the web's most anticipated Web 2.0 applications based on who has bookmarked it on Del.icio.us (god that is a web address I can never remember). The Museum of Modern Betas has a nice list of who and what
A design and branding case study on 2 of the more prominent Singaporean consumer brands Creative and OSIM. We track their success, as well as comment on what they can do to overcome their current struggles in this very fast pace and fickle consumer
The Chumby by Chumby Industries is a very innovative little product that is to me a great response by some thinking people on the culture that the Web 2.0 communities are creating. A while back I wrote about the Chumby as well as talked about why
More often than not, fresh graduate designers have found themselves searching for a design job, unaware of what they are capable of. Hence, when it comes to interviews, they fall short of showing their unique design capabilities, which makes them stand out from the others.
"There is a design revolution, but nobody really knows what it is" ~ Karim Rashid I was reminded of this quote Karim made at the International Design Forum in Singapore a few years back while I was having an interesting debate with long-time Design Sojourn reader
Recently I have been yet involved again in a very common design discussion that can be found in both industry and academia, and that is how to you grade, view or access a good design? In other words how do we know if a
Since I moved to Sydney, I have experienced a state of mind that most designers who become freelancers or decide to go at it on their own as an entrepreneur would. This state of mind is the loss of interaction with other designers.
Called “Beautifully useless” by the New York Times, the Buddha Machine is an interesting yet simple product, which reminds us of a less complicated time by defying the current convention of sleek. It just snubs the Cult of Mac by giving the bird to everything
The Strategy Paradox is an interesting book written by Michael Raynor on why certain strategies adopted by certain companies are successful and why some are not. Interesting simply because it directly reflects what I am facing in my industry. However the replies he
When ever we work on our designs we often come to a point in the development cycle when we invariably ask ourselves, will our designs sell? Will it appeal to our target marker or users? And very often, we ask will it be a
Here at Design Sojourn I like to explore the extent of the Web 2.0 and its impact on industrial design. These days we are starting to see many products positioned as windows to such Web 2.0 environments. For example Nokia N-Series multimedia phones
Phew! I’m almost done with my spring cleaning, and believe you me it does not look like much, but it’s a lot of stuff. Here is what I did
Designed by Joseph Graceffa, a designer from IDEO, this is a concept music Hi-Fi system has been doing the rounds on the internet. Apparently it has been posted on 14 blogs world wide. I supposed this blog will be number 15? After studying it,