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April 8, 2009 In Design Leadership, Design Process

Design should be an Iterative Process not a Linear one

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...

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April 2, 2009 In Design Leadership

Call them Clients? No, they are Business Partners!

I recently visited the website of the book "The Art of Client Service" written by veteran advertising Account Manager Robert Solomon. Though I have yet to read the book (I plan to eventually!), the content really resonates with me, as it is a...

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March 28, 2009 In Design Leadership

Innovation? What a waste of time!

Gadi Amit, president of NewDealDesign, writes at The Fast Company Blog that Innovation (or Design Thinking?), as championed by the likes of Bruce Nussbaum (BusinessWeek's Design Blog) and David Kelly (IDEO), is "killing" Industrial Design by forcing an "analytical structure" over something that is...

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March 24, 2009 In Design Leadership

Apple's iPhone Strategy is Now Clear

I'm sure many of us "poo-pooed" Apple's first generation iPhone as sorely lacking in the technology department. However, no one can doubt the buzz the impending launch of the iPhone OS version 3.0 has created. On the flip side, if we can look...

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March 20, 2009 In Design Leadership

Are Concept Products a Lie?

You can find a boat load of Concept Products everywhere on the Internet these days. Every second news article seems to be a new concept mobile phone, PC or even a car. But are we fooling ourselves with Concept Products and patting our...

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February 28, 2009 In Design Leadership

Dieter Rams and his 10 Design Commandments

My first exposure to Dieter Rams was through a German lecturer I had at school that really idolized him. Perhaps it was that constant, "Dieter did this" or "Dieter would have done that" that really put me off! Now that I think about...

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January 28, 2009 In Articles, Design Leadership

5 Secrets of Strategic Designers

The background of this article stems from my interest in how Strategic Industrial Design forms the backbone of thinking in the very best designers in our field. Therefore I have been quietly spending some time studying and observing strategic designers and their “modus operandi”....

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January 20, 2009 In Design Leadership

What is Strategic Design?

Recently Raph, from the very excellent Design Droplets blog, wanted to know how I define Strategic Design. I never had to consciously apply strategic design and thinking methodologies as it was something that I just did through my daily design activities. It was, in...

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January 16, 2009 In Design Leadership

Bridging The Language Gap: Who Cares about My Design?

A fictional discussion in a studio near you. Friend: Designers need to loosen up. Me: Yeah? How so? Friend: Sometimes, designers are taking their design work too seriously. The rest of the world just takes design at face value. Me (In a philosophical voice): This organic...

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December 18, 2008 In Design Leadership, Designing Designers

Researching Products should be for Foresight not Hindsight

I was doing my usual weekly “talk back” engagement session by answering my reader’s comments and questions when I stumbled over this. One of Design Sojourn's readers left a question in the “comments” section of my design article "25 Bad Habits of Industrial Designers"....

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December 8, 2008 In Design Leadership

Kenya Hara on "Designing Design"

As part of Google's Authors@Google, Kenya Hara discusses his awesome book "Designing Design" and his new book "White". Warning, it runs for 53 mins and is about 78 MB! If you have not already get the book here on Amazon: Designing Design - Kenya Hara Designer Kenya...

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December 5, 2008 In Design Leadership

Acquisition of Industrial Design Companies, a Good Thing!

I received a few blips of news in my inbox telling me that HTC has purchased 100% of One & Company Design Inc for $USD 4.82 Million in Cash. One & Company Design was involved in the Touch Diamond series of HTC Smart...

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November 30, 2008 In Design Leadership

Asian Companies able to Embrace Design as a Business Strategy? (Part 2)

Originally Published July 09, 2006, edited and updated. It is not necessary, but if you are interested in the background of this article, do read Part 1 first. Here are some strategies I have found useful and successful in managing and fostering design as a business strategy...

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November 26, 2008 In Design Leadership

China's efforts in Shaping their Design Agenda

Great write up by the people at Core 77 on how the "The Best Design Policies Are Local" which includes a great collection of speakers reflecting on their efforts of Design in their home countries. What struck me was the presentation by Song Weizu...

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November 25, 2008 In Design Leadership

Can you Measure the Success of your Designs or Ideas?

Edit 1: Originally published 08 June, 2006. Edited and updated. Can you actually quantify something so subjective and intangible as a design or an Idea? Can it then be used as a foundation to tell you if its a good design/idea or not? As someone who...

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November 4, 2008 In Design Leadership

Design Thinking or just Thinking?

Edit 1: Tim is from Frog! Sorry Tim! Edit 2: Completely forgot to highlight, original seed concept "Just Plain Old Thinking" is from csven of rebang. Edit 3: Lesson: Blog when awake! Duh! Tim Leberecht, Frog Design's VP of Marketing, has written about Design Thinking and how...

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October 27, 2008 In Design Leadership

Sketch your NURBS Model with ILOVESKETCH!

I think this would have done the rounds in the design blogosphere by this time. Sorry, it is a little late as I completely forgot to post it. But here it is, and all I can say is I WANT THIS! ILoveSketch from Seok-Hyung...

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October 22, 2008 In Design Leadership

A Good Strategy is like a Good Movie

The title of this quick post came up in a recent discussion I had with a business partner. After further reflection, I find this very true. It is applicable to all forms of strategy including design. So let me reword this: A good...

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October 13, 2008 In Articles, Design Leadership

10 Useful Cost Saving Design Strategies for these Troubled Times

  I finally got the time today to sit down and really think about the impact of these troubled times.  It has been a very hectic month since I officially started my new role, as a result, I really only hovered around the global impact from...

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October 5, 2008 In Design Leadership

Industrial Design and The Branding Mad Men

It's about time, the (M)Ad Men figured that out. Well they sort of did before and there always been Industrial Designers in advertising and branding. But much of the focus then was on packaging design, and Industrial Design was often seen as nothing...

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