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Concept Design Equipment Shoot-out: Part 3

Portability In this rendition of the Concept Design Equipment Shoot-out focuses on the Portability aspect of these 3 tools. If you missed the first two episodes, here they are Part 1, and Part 2. Sketchbook + Drawing Pen: 9/10 In terms of portability nothing beats a sketchbook. I would

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$100 Laptop Prototype!

Wow they have done it! MIT Media Lab has launched their first prototype of the $100 Laptop for children that hopefully silence all the critics including Bill Gates. What is the $100 Laptop, really? The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both a

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Concept Design Equipment Shoot-out: Part 2

The Usual Suspects! Ok here are my tools and a short description about it and how I intent to use them. Sketchbook + Drafting Pen I'll start off with the classic. I 'm currently using a brand new Paperchase Paperbound sketch book. Paperbound because I cant

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Concept Design Equipment Shoot-out: Part 1

I have been reading a lot about the new new in computing technology for designers. This technology has had a strong foot hold in 2D (visualisation) and 3D (detailed design) parts of the design process over the years. However the computing technology has now moved

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Singapore Designers "lack identity"?

My father in law eagerly passed me a copy of the "Today" newspaper, pointed to the article and asked me "Is this true?" After reading this, my immediate reaction was defensive. I wanted to protect my passion and my profession, but stop myself short. I grudgingly

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Be a Better Designer 1: Just Do it!

This series provides little hints and tips on how to be a better designer. (BBD) The aspects mainly include how to improve productivity and better design management of your day to day concepts development tasks. In this first installment we focus on "Just Do it!" Getting

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Design Theory 2: Is this logical?

Most of us are designers because we like design and at least (i'm hoping) can innately tell a good design from a bad design. This innate "design sense" most designers have, though some more than others. This "design sense" is both a function of designing

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Why i hate digital media? Part 2

Lets give a quick summary from the previous installment before we go on. Basically due to problems of tangibility people do not respect digital media and have trouble managing it. This means digital media will not stray far from the PC. However for digital media

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Design Theory 1: Reflection

Today we start this new series on theories on how to possibly create better designs. I think central to successful design thinking and even to this series as a whole, is the concept of reflection. Looking back and onto one's self. Often designers power

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Singapore Design Festival

Well its the end of the the inaugural Singapore Design Festival, that ran from from 9 to 23 November 2005. I must say a great back slapping "well done" and a round of applause for the team at Design Singapore who manage to pull it

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Why I hate digital media? Part 1

1) I hate digital media, cos I can't touch it. The RIAA's lawsuit on illegal p2p music sharing hit a poor old lady by the name of Patricia Santangelo. Naturally infuriated, she fights back, particularly because she has no idea what music sharing is or even

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