Over the weekend we went to a fairly up market restaurant for dinner. It was a nice little quaint setup with enthusiastic waiters and fantastic food. My rack of lamb was particularly delicious. All in all it was a good meal, good company and...
I was very thrilled to be able to visite the Droog store in Amsterdam. Sorry I don't have any pictures as I was so excited to go in to the store that I forgot! Anyways it is worth a trip there if any...
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, gives a great little talk about creative ventures, the creative genius and how we...
Or: How to build your personal brand by blogging?
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on...
Chris Bangle has left the building and its all over the Auto blogs and news websites! The fans are sadden, and the critics are cheering. Hmm...
Probably the thing that irks me the most [in car design] is when I see this repetition of the known, because it shows people have comfort zones that are too tight to themselves and they’re really afraid to walk out of those. And then somebody...
This question of the week by reader Jane is delayed, in fact much delayed. Apologies as I have been caught up with work! She writes: I've been working at a product design company for almost a year and a half. Meeting new friends,...
Someone in the Transformer Brand Licensing department is not doing their job. ...
This has to be the world's most useless hook. This hook, I noticed on a tour bus, does not stick out far enough nor is it deep enough. Feels very much like an afterthought. ...
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"....
We can’t get good at something solely by reading about it. And we’ll never make giant leaps in any endeavor by treating it like a snack food that we munch on whenever we’re getting bored. You get good at something by doing it repeatedly. And...
If you cant see the player please visit the original site here. At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you...
In 2006 I had the opportunity to have, in my possession, a Drawing Tablet and Tablet PC. Together with my Sketchbook, I published a 5 part series on the Pros and Cons of using a Sketchbook, Drawing Tablet and Tablet PC for your concept...
(This post was updated and edited. The original was published on the 19 Dec, 2005!) John Maeda, formerly from MIT Media Labs, and now RISD President, spoke about how "good art makes our mind blink". John was referencing Malcolm Gladwell's Blink with his art...
Such legendary negativity. There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a very few of them. And possibly only one profession is phonier. Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don’t need, with money they don’t have, in order to impress others...
Wow! That was quick, according to the program, I should be now into my 6th and final week. The last week before the big 100 push-ups attempt! The reps in week 3 and 4 were getting really tough. I was having a lot...
Last time I wrote about Stefan's book and how I bought one. Here he is again, in a short blurb on TED, where he runs through some of the things he has learn in his life so far. Oh, a kind person has compiled what Stefan has...
Image source: Insight One of the key factors I noticed in any successful product and/or design, was that the product's designer had some kind of critical insight. It is this "ah-hah!", this "Wow!", this "Eureka" moment that can turn any design into a great one. It...
Finally an update! Well I'm glad that I revisited Week 1 again before going into Week 2. It got my system moving and I was starting to feel comfortable going through the routine 3 times a week. I must admit, getting comfortable with any...