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February 3, 2012 In Articles

SOPA and PIPA from the Eyes of Design

As the wave of SOPA and PIPA protests die down, it’s time to take stock of the implications such legislatures can have on the design community. Please do take my thoughts with a pinch of...

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January 16, 2012 In Articles

8 New Year Resolutions All Designers Should Have

2012_happy_new_year-widew We are two weeks deep into the New Year and I am sure all of you have already hit the ground running. If you are anything like me, then you probably either forgotten...

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October 24, 2011 In Articles, Design Leadership

Implementing Design Thinking: A Blog Series

I was actually quite surprised to find myself deep undercover in Design Thinking activities in the last 12 months. The great thing was that these activities were varied, spanning from running Design Thinking workshops, developing...

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August 10, 2011 In Articles

Sketching with LunPlus: Concept Art Workflow

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...

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July 26, 2011 In Articles

10 Essential Tips for Creating that Killer Portfolio

portfolio-tips 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...

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June 30, 2011 In Articles

Are Mobile Phone Brands Really Copying iPhones?

In the last few months most of you would have read the endless press about Apple’s multiple lawsuits filed against their competitors claiming that they are stealing their intellectual property. Not only that, countless of...

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May 5, 2011 In Articles

9 Lessons from a Design Entrepreneur

Sometime in 2006, I decided that if I were going to be designing commercially successful products and strategies, I would need to know what it is really like to run a business, a business that would...

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March 1, 2011 In Articles

Good Books on Design Sketching (Updated October 2011)

Good sketching skills are important in any design process, and something truly needed in the design industry today. While working in the design industry, I have seen many young designers give...

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February 22, 2011 In Articles

The Nokia and Microsoft Alliance is a Good Thing, Really!

I'm sure most of you have heard the news about the Nokia and Microsoft alliance. Nokia announced that it has decided to use the Windows Phone 7 as their primary Smartphone platform. Their...

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February 10, 2011 In Articles

The Future of Design Consulting: 4 Business Models to Consider

The Design Currency Logo by Jeff Harrison. Over the recent Chinese New Year holidays, I met a very well traveled designer. We were discussing the pitfalls of running a design consultancy, and that conversation eventually led to consulting business models. He basically said,...

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January 26, 2011 In Articles

The Consumer Electronics Industry is Ugly


I'm sure all of you have noticed the huge flood of tablet computers in this year’s 2011 CES event in Las Vegas. Not only was it part of my dinner conversation some nights...

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January 3, 2011 In Articles

4 Vital Tips for Surviving an Industry where Good Design is Abundant

Good design and designers everywhere, just browse the Internet and you will see. From the comfort of your laptop you can consume the hottest cars, furniture, digital cameras, laptops or mobile phones etc. Sure there are some great designs, but the rest of the majority...

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December 24, 2010 In Articles

Thoughts and Insights on the New MacBook Air (2010)

MacBook Air 2010 Taper My decision to buy a new 13" MacBook Air (2010) was quite an arduous one. I went through rounds of intensive research before I decided to take the plunge....

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December 11, 2010 In Articles

Why Do So Many Designs or Products Look The Same?

I’m surprised to see two similar designs have won the 2010 iF Concept Award. The Easy Needle (left) and the Ppin Needle (right) were both created by students from Zhejiang University...

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November 10, 2010 In Articles

Traits of Successful Design Managers

frog manager Source: Frog Design
I realized that a Design Manager is not an easy role to play in today's design industry. How a design team gels together is very much affected by how the "boss" manages them. More often than not, I see...

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October 25, 2010 In Articles

20 Awesome Educational Videos on Design

I’ve always believed that videos were one of the best things to happen to learning on the Internet. Now people from all around the world can see beyond just the word and fully appreciate a...

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October 19, 2010 In Articles

Design Thinking is Killing Creativity, A Presentation Redux

I'm always open to new experiences! Last Saturday was the first time I presented a blog article to an actual physical audience! I was invited by the Design and Technology Educators Society (DTES) to present my controversial post: "Design Thinking is Killing Creativity".

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September 15, 2010 In Articles

How to Further Design in an Organization without Design Management?

Org Chart Image: An Event Apart Chicago Sketchnotes: Org Charts
This week’s "question of the week" is actually quite important. With the growing momentum of design thinking and organizations wanting to have a competence in design, more and more designers will find themselves...

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September 2, 2010 In About Design Sojourn, Articles, Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Design Sojourn's Brand New Beginning

Kohi Sunrise Sorry for that cliffhanger of an ending in that last post where I announced that I would be leaving Philips Design at the end of September. I like to...

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August 18, 2010 In Articles

Design Needs More Heart

Image from the Little Thoughts Group. Today, I have a guest post from my friend and a fellow industrial designer Tan Lun Cheak. Lun Cheak believes that design in Singapore, (and I dare say Asia...

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