October 6, 2011
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Design Leadership
8 things I thank Steve Jobs for
This morning I work up to the sad news of the passing of Steve Jobs. Though I expected it, I had hoped it would never come. As the world
This morning I work up to the sad news of the passing of Steve Jobs. Though I expected it, I had hoped it would never come. As the world
Harry Marks writes a very insightful piece on what Apple has done or will do for the computing industry in a Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud environment.
To some, it means Apple has locking you in to its “walled garden”. To others, the company is giving
While preparing for our Introduction to Design Thinking Workshop next week, I stumbled over a nice little infographic by Prof. Ralf Beuker, that clearly spells out the relationship between
Work like a slave; command like a king; create like a god. ~ Constantin BrâncuşiI had almost forgotten this quote, one of my favorites, by Romanian-born sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi. It was, and still is, my motto for success for any designer
At the end of December last year, we said that our StoryBook sketchbook product was going to be put on hold indefinitely. However, in our pillar article: 9 Lessons from a Design
I just wanted to let you know that we have officially launched a new refresh of the Design Sojourn Website, our 5th website upgrade and variation to date! Now almost 1 year into running my own design consulting business, I felt it was high time to
Check out this great little video, by Aaron Trinder, on how designers or creative people work within a space and how this may impact how we design desks in the future. Some food for thought?
Insert expletives of awe here! Finally, you can now sketch on real paper, with a real writing instrument, and get your artwork converted seamlessly into an Illustrator or Photoshop format. Here take my money
Sadly WebOS/HP is no more
Amid Moradganjeh, a Masters student at the Umeå Institute of Design, dropped me an email with a link to his thesis project done in collaboration with Microsoft. Rimino, is a next generation mobile device interface concept that wants to be
Clive Thompson, in his column on Wired, dispels the myth that innovation comes as a surprise and is difficult to predict. He writes:
The assumption is that breakthroughs are inherently surprising, so it takes special genius to spot one coming. But that’s not how innovation really
Derek Sivers, whom I have had the pleasure to meet recently, shares in a short TED snippet advice on
You might have missed this TED talk by Eames Demetrios, the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames.
Registration Closes on the 23rd September 2011. Do hurry as spaces are filling up!
It's official. With the backing of the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i), which focuses on improving skills, productivity and the
Check out this really cool video about Supermarket chain Tesco's Korean arm, Homeplus, and its bid to become the Number 1 supermarket chain in Korea.
Here is something slightly off the beaten track today. Technology is one of the key drivers of change today, in particular, it changes the way we live and work. Designers, being mostly
July 2011 was just a crazy month for us here at Design Sojourn. We have been drowning in project work and did not have much of a chance to share
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How cool is that? Our own Spaces for Ideas brand has been featured today in a newspaper article
Just the other day, I walked pass a number of elderly gentlemen playing a game of Chinese chess on a nice sunny afternoon.
It is actually a perfect time to update your portfolio!
Not only are we somewhere in the middle of the year, we are right smack in the middle of summer and it’s blistering out there! Lazing