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 Design, Design...
Sadly WebOS/HP is no more...
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...
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. ...
Six months ago I called the consumer electronics (CE) industry ugly after they launched a plethora of computing tablets to compete with the iPad. I'm happy to say that my faith is slowly being...
I love it when someone writes a blog post for me. Well not officially anyway. You see I was going to write a blog post about Designing with your Clients. I was going to tell you, for example, how it is not that bad,...
It's not easy describing the value of design. Even looking to describe the value of design being optimistic. I often get by by reducing the discussion to 2 scenarios; what happens when design is used and when design is not. So it did...
When I talk to clients about budgets required to bring good design to the table, I get a lot of interesting looks and comments from them that imply one thing: they feel that design is a risky part of their business. You see, what business people...
One of the most important and significant things that I have learnt in the last few years working with businesses is that people don’t buy your products just because they look good. People buy your products because it benefits them; or it has something...
I'm sure you many of you have experienced this before. Here you are, a designer in the zone waxing lyrical about your design to your client or perhaps a group of engineers. You are feeling good about things and pretty sure that your design is...
The UK Design Council has produced a nice little video interview with the likes of IDEO's Paul Bennett and Professor Roberto Verganti (of Design Driven Innovation fame) sharing their thoughts on what is design and what design can do for businesses. You might have heard that the Google Chromebook will be launched on June 15 this year. I'm rather excited but also pretty disappointed. If you watch the video above you can see the huge potential of an...
What a nice way to look at design constraints. The best designers like VW's head of design Klaus Bischoff (whom I have quoted below), learn to work with constraints and even excel with them.
Are...
It is commonly known that Apple does not use user-centered research to help the Business determine what they should create or do next. They go one better. They build "playing fields" wide enough for people to do as they please.
Apple has recognized what...