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June 25, 2010 In Designing Designers

The iPad kills Creativity?

Peter Bregman shares why he returned his iPad:

The brilliance of the iPad is that it's the anytime-anywhere computer. On the subway. In the hall waiting for the elevator. In a car on the way to the airport. Any free moment becomes a potential iPad moment.

The...

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June 20, 2010 In Designing Designers, Spaces for Ideas

Who Wants the Dimensions of A Paper Sizes?

While researching standard A paper sizes for my latest Spaces for Ideas designs, I stumbled upon this great little site that contains this really clear and awesome diagram of how all the A paper sizes (A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 etc.) relate...

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June 18, 2010 In Design Process, Designing Designers, Industrial Design

Rethinking the Hairdryer

Ariane Prin, a Masters student at RCA, shares her thinking and conceptual process behind her Air Hair Project: hair dryer for hairdressers. ...

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April 30, 2010 In Designing Designers

Creativity is How Well You Recycle it!

Bill Buxton reflects:

As a person who tries to be creative and have new ideas, it's interesting to be reminded of how few ideas I actually have. Could it be that the two main skills and acts of creativity are (a) forget what you said before,...

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April 29, 2010 In Designing Designers

2 Key Elements that Make Up the Ability to Draw

Entertainment designer Feng Zhu writes:

There are two parts to drawing. One is the technical execution of drawing itself – a pure mechanical skill. This is the hand-eye-brain coordination which can be trained and perfected over time. For example, by drawing something everyday in a sketchbook...

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March 23, 2010 In About Design Sojourn, Designing Designers

Come to the Designing Designers Forum?

Edit: Due to unforeseen circumstances this presentation has been postpone to 23 April 2010. Designing Designers Click for a larger image! Most long time followers of Design Sojourn will remember I use to blog...

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March 21, 2010 In Design Leadership, Designing Designers

Hartmut Esslinger – A Fine Line

The last time we mentioned A Fine Line was when we took a look a Hartmut Esslinger's interview by Guy Kawasaki. This time I have a little treat to share with you. The founder of Frog Design himself sharing a few words of wisdom...

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March 12, 2010 In Designing Designers

Reinventing Work

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Seth Godin's new book, Linchpin (Amazon link), reinvents work by challenging everyone to be an "Artist" now! (Check out the Linchpin manifesto graphic above for a gist!) ...

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February 12, 2010 In Design Leadership, Designing Designers

Only God is T-Shaped

I have been thinking about T-Shaped Designers for a long time now. How to be one, what does being one really mean and how effective can one be. Made popular sometime in 2005 by IDEO's Tim Brown, T-Shape Designers are defined as:

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November 6, 2009 In Designing Designers

Michael Bierut's 5 Secrets of Design

Michael Bierut of Pentagram and Design Observer fame, has shared some of his words of wisdom collected through his years as a designer. He digs through his 86 notebooks filled with his design work, and distills his thoughts down to 5 awesome design...

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October 10, 2009 In Designing Designers

What happen to my Workspace?

Macbook 13 inch and Wacom 9x12 (A4) Intuos 3 Click image for a larger view! Thought I might share a quick snap of the workspace that I use for...

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October 7, 2009 In Designing Designers

Taking Time Off Can Make You a Better Designer!

Here at Design Sojourn, we are always encouraging you to push the limits of your ability and capability in the aim of being the best designers we can be. So this post might come across to you in a slightly different tone of voice. In...

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July 30, 2009 In Designing Designers

There is a Difference between Good Presentation and Good Content

Let's start with 3 truths. 1) The best place to be is to have a good presentation with good content. Works in any situation. 2) If you have good presentation and your content sucks, you might still get away with it. 3) If your content is great...

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July 14, 2009 In Designing Designers

Sometimes Designers need to Walk the Path on Their Own

I'm always happy to hear of designers that have taken the effort to turn one of their great ideas into reality. I think it is a great learning experience even if the result was a not a success. (Remember you learn more if...

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July 9, 2009 In Designing Designers

How to be the Best Designer in the World?

Yo Yo Ma - Cello Image: Yo Yo Ma at the World Economic Forum 2008 by Any Mettler Have you ever wondered how you could be the best designer in the world? How to be that money making Design Virtuoso? I...

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June 18, 2009 In Designing Designers

Which Design Student are You?

Chuck Dillion, a lecturer at The Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia, has sketched a cartoon of the different Design students he has encountered in his 10 year teaching career. Great Stuff! Here are my favorites: dirty

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June 2, 2009 In Designing Designers

So the Inductees to the Designer Mentoring Program are…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Image from AllMoviePhoto Wow! The response to the Designer Mentoring Program has been an overwhelming success. Over 30 designers of all levels have expressed interest in...

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May 25, 2009 In Designing Designers

Redesigning The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

I really enjoy reading blogs where the author shares his or her musings and anecdotal thoughts. I find that this gives a good insight into how that author thinks. Even better if these thoughts come from a designer. Check out Smart Design's...

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May 14, 2009 In Designing Designers

Who Wants to be Part of a Designer Mentoring Program?

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Image from AllMoviePhoto That is right friends, I like to introduce to you a new activity on Design Sojourn and that is our very own Designer Mentoring Program. But...

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May 4, 2009 In Designing Designers

Loyalty Points, What's the Point?

I recently had a discussion with my better half on how "Loyalty Points" are pointless these days. (Please excuse the pun!) I rather have a clutter free wallet than carry my Ikea or local hardware store loyalty card. Why accumulate points and work...

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