Many of us have been taught in design school to be very user focused when seeking design solutions. However if you have been in the industry as long as I have, there is this insidious sickness that tends to influence this fundamental approach we...
The last time we spoke about Design and the stock market in my post titled: Looks like Innovation moves Markets, not Design, I had a great response from Design Sojourn's awesome readers.
So I think this...
A while ago I worked with a colleague that was a huge fan of Six Sigma. Six Sigma is a set of statistical and analytical tools use to measure and track the efficiency of a business or operations. My colleague was fanatical in...
David Sherwin on his very cool ChangeOrder blog writes that:
Good design is the enemy of great design. This isn't to say that good design gets in the way of great design, since the latter is only possible when surrounded by the former. But our hardest...
iPod Touch marketed and positioned as a Pocket Computer
I’m a firm believer that a good design strategy expresses the a product’s marketing concept, or great marketing should be a reflection of a design’s intent. They...
Check out this very well written article by Dan Harding President of Whipsaw on “Doing More With Less: Using the Down Economy as a Design Brief”. Here is a snippet:
Contrary to logic, a good economy compromises quality more than a bad one. In good...
Very fun concept iPhone App for Design Managers by Lunchbreath.
Via: Core 77...
I repaired a gramophone from 1910: The mechanism was broken. Therefore I attached my Iphone to the horn with a soft foam connective piece over the Iphone’s loudspeaker. This results in a wonderful sounds, especially...
A couple of weeks ago I posted a link on my Twitter account that lead to a write up by Bruce Nussbaum on The Latest Trends in Design and Innovation--And Why The Debate...
Dev Patnaik, in his well written article at Fast Company, reminds me of a big problem with Design Thinking: vagueness in its definition. Even here at Design Sojourn, we have tried, with limited success, to discuss and dissect its definition. Patnaik does not...
Image: Economy of Innovation by Smart Design. Click here for a larger size.
When I first saw this interesting illustration created by Smart Design, it did not resonate with me. Thus I only forwarded the image via my usual
I have been watching ”Design Thinking” very closely for a long time now, often amused on how it is unfolding in both the design and non-design industries. At this time I’m curious it is evolving, and having strong suspicions on how it can be...
IDEO's Tim Brown has written a great article on Design Thinking for The Harvard Business Review. This one sure did the rounds in the studio! Recently, I discovered that there is a pdf...
I recently read a really insightful interview with the members of the Griffin product development group on how they go about creating their wonderful accessories for the iPhone and iPod. One comment, in particular, struck a chord:
How does the process begin? TC: Regardless of...
Designers often wonder or whine about how their work is not recognized, accepted or even respected in their organization. What many designers don't realize is how they or their designs are treated has to do with how the discipline of design is viewed within...
Image Source: Michael Roller.
Michael Roller has written a great post describing the 4 key members of a design team and the different roles they play. They are a little complicated at first glance, so I have...
Guy Kawasaki, in his usual 10 point interview format, talks with Hartmut Esslinger founder of frog design and someone BusinessWeek calls "the most influential American industrial designer since the 1930s".
In the interview, Hartmut shares his thoughts...
Designers are in the business of doing business; their clients rely on them to make smart, market-savvy decisions and yet there is no resource to provide the necessary knowledge to make these decisions wisely. DBR is simple, pragmatic advice on the business of creativity. Our...
Anders Ramsay, a UX designer, has done an excellent job in explaining on his blog the advantages of a iterative design process versus a "Waterfall" (or Linear as I call it) design process. He gets a nod from me for explaining that Industrial Designers have...