I have always been saying here on Design Sojourn that sketching is an important design and communication skill to have, I would say even more than any CAD skill of sorts. Importantly, in the last few years, I've seen more and more design companies...
I have recently signed up for The Superstruct Game, which is the world's first massively multiplayer forecasting game. Join up to help forecast the future in 2019, and solve the problems we may face. Here is one of them: OUTLAW PLANET In 2019, the mobile...
Oh man. I was still hurting from the initial test on Monday, 4 days after I took it. I had serious doubts on whether I would be able to continue the program faithfully. Partly chicken and partly due to dinner with friends...
I hate going to bookstores as I always end up spending money! This weekend was no different as I bought two books that I've been looking for! Cost me just over $90 Singapore dollars. Things I Have Learned in My Life so Far by...
Get this crazy toy from Amazon! Something off the beaten track today. I usually I don't talk about non-design issues here on Design Sojourn, but as I made a 2008 New Year resolution to lead a healthier and fitter lifestyle, I like to catalog this...
So last week, I got issued with a work laptop. It was a 12" Screen Dell Latitude D430 no bigger than my A4 sketchbook. It is a pretty decent, abet slow, system with an Intel Core 2, 1.2 GHz with 2 GB of...
Inspired by Jason Santa Maria's "If you were a Typeface", I thought it would be cool if we did a similar rendition but relate it to products? So consider this, if you were a product, what sort of product would you be? You...
Kenny, a clever chap who is also a chair of his local IDSA student chapter, asked me "What do you think are the responsibilities of designers today?" I was just about to rattle off the usual expected blurbs, sustainable design, user friendly design, ergonomics etc. But...
Chilling this weekend with my limited edition "RGM-79 GM vs Zaku II" UT Uniqlo T-Shirt I bought from Japan. I Love it! And note the the little caption on the...
To be an industrial designers you have to be three people at the same time. You have to be the crazy person. Then you have to be the person who reviews those crazy ideas and says, "no, not that, and not that either". The third person has to...
A little slow down in postings this week as I'm feeling under the weather. So instead, I though I might share a blog post of my latest photos taken with my brand new Canon Powershot G9. Enjoy this Photo blog...
Michael DiTullo, Design Director at Converse, sent me a quick note about Core77's new Show and Tell series that features his sketching techniques in a nice 4 easy minutes. Now you don't have to draw like this "Form Monster" (Heh-heh!), but have a...
I was watching AXN's Super CSI Sunday (Yes I am a CSI fan, who isn't?) last night and there ran an ad of the newly branded Turbo Jet, a service provider that takes you from Hong...
Hot on the heels of my recent post Blueprint for Design Education 2.0, is the announcement of Singapore's 4th University that has a niche focus on Engineering, Design and Business. With a target of 2,500 students a year, it will "...
Image: Blackberries 3 by lemon_drop
A phrase coined by an anonymous CEO who walked into a boardroom for a meeting to see every executive bowing their heads, operating their Blackberries. The Blackberry prayer is a plea to...
Watts Humphrey, who retired from IBM in 1980, once led Big Blue’s software development. His group “who had never before made a delivery schedule, did not miss a date for the next two and a half years.” Here is a persuasive list of bullet points...
Image by: Dan Shirley
The Question of the Week comes from Ezra, who read and wanted to expand on some of the ideas discussed in my Pillar Article: How to be a Design Superstar.
I...
This is interesting. In the many portfolios I have seen, rarely have I seen a portfolio that clearly indicates if it was group work or a project done with a team. If fact, it happens so infrequently that I sit up and take...
Image: Poop Hat from Jbox
So where was I? Ah yes.
On two separate occasions, I had a similar discussion with two designer friends. One of...
It has been awhile since I wrote a post that adequately fits into my "Designer Musings" category. In the start-up days of this blog, more than 2 years ago, I had defined this category as “My personal reflection and opinion on Design and the...