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July 9, 2010 In Articles, Design Leadership

How Can We Fix the Problems of Design Thinking?

This article has actually been sitting as a draft for a few months now. I knew I wanted to write a follow up to the popular (49 comments at the time of writing!) Design Thinking is Killing Creativity, however I held off, as...

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April 17, 2010 In Articles

Brands, like Apple, are The Masters of the Universe!

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz on the Internet about two similar events. What happened was basically this; The Masters of the Universe had proclaimed their decrees like dictators and the only thing...

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April 12, 2010 In Articles

What are your Principles of Good Design?

Edit: As this is meant to be a living document, I have updated it to reflect my most recent thinking. The original was published on 26th March 2008, just over 2 years ago. principles of good design I used to see myself...

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March 31, 2010 In Articles

Design Thinking is Killing Creativity

You might have probably heard everyone's jaw drop after I mentioned this on Twitter over the weekend. A fellow designer and I were discussing this in detail and jointly came to this disappointing conclusion. It was quite a significant conclusion and likely to be...

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March 4, 2010 In Articles

Why are there so few truly remarkable products?

It's quite simple really. Our industrialized economy, founded on mass manufacturing and economies of scale spurred by consumerism, is the greatest enemy of remarkable products. Of course many products will come close, in fact many will be hailed as fantastic or even great, but the truly remarkable...

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January 29, 2010 In Articles

How to Manage your Creative Work and Intellectual Property Online

It is with a hard heart that I write this post today. The Pocket Light by Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee (Ryan Harc), was stolen, produced and sold, unlicensed, under another brand. I do not condone such activities and urge...

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January 11, 2010 In Articles

11 Design Strategies of the Next Decade

At the end of last year I was planning to write a post that was something like "The Best Products of 2009" or "The 2009 Product of the Year" or even "The Best Products of the Decade". After asking my twitter friends and designers...

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December 22, 2009 In Articles

5 Things I Wish for in 2010?

Dawn is too early Image by Rob Warde Wow what a year 2009 was? We got hit right in the face by the economic down turn and designers all over the world were falling like flies as companies cut R&D or design...

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December 9, 2009 In Articles

Design Unplugged Podcast 02: What is Entertainment Design?

Just for this week only, we bring you our next podcast hot on the heels of our first. In this discussion Feng and I chatted about Entertainment Design and how much more work is required when you are designing a world rather than...

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December 8, 2009 In Articles

Design Unplugged Podcast 01: How important is Rendering in Design?

We had such a good response to the podcasts published during the Icsid world design congress, that I think I might turn this into a regular thing. The podcast will be published either weekly or bi-weekly, we have not decided. You might also have...

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December 2, 2009 In Articles

How to Present like a Pro!

This article was originally written for Yanko Design (YD). As there are some Design Sojourn readers don’t really frequent YD, I thought it would make sense to republished the article here. Looking forward to all your comments.
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December 1, 2009 In Articles

Summary of the Final Day 3 at The Icsid World Design Congress 2009

Day 3 continues with a number of equally interesting presentations. Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to sit through all the presentations as I had to take a break from the congress for some work related activities. However I will share what...

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November 29, 2009 In Articles

Summary of Day 2 at The Icsid World Design Congress 2009

Day 2 was really the meat of the congress. There were a number of powerful presentations that really set the scene and provided a wake-up call for everyone participating. Emily Pilloton, the 2nd keynote, gave a powerful account of design doing what it...

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November 28, 2009 In Articles

Photo Coverage of the Singapore Design Festival 2009

SDF2009_media Over the last few days, I conducted a whirlwind tour of the different events and exhibitions at the Singapore Design Festival 2009. There were some interesting work exhibited that reaffirmed my faith in the...

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November 27, 2009 In Articles

5 minutes with Michelle Berryman on Designers moving towards Designing Experiences

I finally got the pleasure to meet up with Michelle Berryman in person. I got know Michelle as a moderator at Core77 and also follow her closely on Twitter (@micberryman). Many Design Sojourn readers from the US would probably recognize her as the...

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November 27, 2009 In Articles

5 mins with Pernilla Johansson on The Future of Food Preparation

I manage to get an opportunity to have a quick to chat with Pernilla Johansson. She is the Asia-pacific Design Director of Electrolux and is based here in Singapore. In the spirit of designing the future in 2050, I asked her about "The...

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November 24, 2009 In Articles

Summary of Day 1 at The Icsid Design Congress 2009

As promised here are some of the highlights of Day 1 of the Icsid Design Congress 2009. I've summarized all the best points and significant comments. Unfortunately, I won’t cover all the content as it will just be too much. Also, I've...

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November 23, 2009 In Articles

5 minutes with Feng Zhu on The importance of Traditional Design Skills

fengzhu Throughout this Icsid congress (and maybe after), I will be running a special podcast series where I will conduct a very casual 5 minutes "unplugged" session with a prominent design professional and ask him or her...

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November 23, 2009 In Articles

Coverage of the Icsid Congress 09 and the Singapore Design Festival

As mentioned in a recent post I will be taking part and covering the Icsid Congress 09 here on Design Sojourn. What's even better, is that I will also be covering the Singapore Design Festival, where I will try to go to...

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September 16, 2009 In Articles

Truths about Creativity

Creative Hands Image by: Dalydose I have been thinking about the relationship between creativity vs. design vs. where does it comes from. I have also wondered why some people, not just designers, are more creative than others? Here are some of...

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