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August 7, 2014 In Design Process, Entrepreneurship, Industrial Design

Designing for the New Economy

3D Printed Toy Car Wouter Scheublin, in cooperation with the Dutch research institute TNO, designed this wonderfully minimal pull back car made through 3D printing. ...

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March 13, 2013 In Designing Designers, Entrepreneurship

Creativity is about Self-Confidence

Heidi Grant Halvorson shares on Behance's 99U that being in a position of power will allow you to be more creative.

Being in a position of power certainly changes you – not necessarily in an evil way, but research shows there is a definite shift in...

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August 28, 2012 In Design Leadership, Entrepreneurship

VCs Fund Startups with No Ideas – A Perverse take on the Design Thinking Process

I'm not sure if I should jump for joy, laugh or cry? Perhaps I should just sit dumbfounded. Forbes recently reported a new trend in Silicon Valley; Venture Capitalists are now funding Start-Ups with no idea what they are going to do. Sounds like...

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August 7, 2012 In Articles, Entrepreneurship

7 Things Small Businesses can Learn from the Sparrow Sellout

People loved Sparrow, a clean and simple Gmail client for the Mac and iOS. But nobody knew by how much until they sold-out. The internet was just a buzz with unhappy people, myself included. ...

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May 9, 2012 In Articles, Design Leadership, Entrepreneurship

What it Means to Have a Designer as a Startup Founder

So it looks like The Designer Fund, a VC fund that specifically invests in Startup companies that have designers as founders is starting to gain traction. ...

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April 10, 2012 In Design Leadership, Entrepreneurship

Businesses should Tell a Story and Plant Many Seeds

Guy Kawasaki, at a Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series at Stamford, shares insights on why start-up businesses should tell a story and plant many seeds. I believe that any company (not just start-ups) interested in getting their...

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May 19, 2011 In Entrepreneurship

More Designers should be Entrepreneurs

Some time ago (July 14, 2009 to be exact) I wrote an article encouraging designers to walk the entrepreneurial path on their own by bringing some of their own creations to the market. My article "Sometimes Designers need to Walk the Path on...

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May 11, 2011 In Entrepreneurship

F*ck You. Pay Me. (nsfw)

The ever-witty Mike Monteiro, famous for his potty mouth, shared at a recent San Francisco Creative Mornings talk, the ups and downs of running a design business. For example, dealing with problems such as getting clients to pay up, getting comfortable with...

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April 26, 2011 In About Design Sojourn, Entrepreneurship

CKIE.com: A Crowd Funding Platform that Empowers Designers to turn their Designs into Reality

I know I have been teasing all of you about a strategic design project that I have been and am still working on. It is now time for the big reveal with...

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March 12, 2011 In Entrepreneurship

Top 10 Mistakes Design Businesses Make

View more presentations from David Sherwin
David Sherwin, a Senior Interaction Designer...

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January 1, 2011 In About Design Sojourn, Design Leadership, Entrepreneurship

A Review of 2010 and My Goals for 2011

What a roller coaster ride it was in 2010? Just as we thought we were getting out the global economic crisis started in 2009 by the Lehman Brothers crash, we were dropped right into a...

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December 1, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Industrial Design

A Tasty Finlandia iPhone 4 Cover could be Yours!

This give away is officially over! Winners will be contacted directly.

Finlandia iPhone 4 Accessory Christmas comes early for all Design Sojourn readers! It is indeed the season of giving, but more on that...

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November 22, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Industrial Design

Scott Wilson Tweets about his Kickstarter Adventure

I'm sure most of you would have probably heard of Scott Wilson's little entrepreneurship adventure on Kickstarter, the TikTok and LunaTik iPod Nano watch? FastCo Design, then Cool Hunting and Gizmodo picked up the project...

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September 27, 2010 In About Design Sojourn, Entrepreneurship

Design Sojourn Consulting is Open for Business!

Image by David Lofink Design Sojourn Consulting officially opened for business today, and what a day it was! This first momentous day started slowly but ended with a heart pounding and diaphragm aching bang. I’ll tell you more about that...

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September 2, 2010 In About Design Sojourn, Articles, Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Design Sojourn's Brand New Beginning

Kohi Sunrise Sorry for that cliffhanger of an ending in that last post where I announced that I would be leaving Philips Design at the end of September. I like to...

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March 25, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: Taking Pre-Orders Now!

Friends, the time has finally come! After spending a number of weeks finalizing the Spaces for Ideas Sketchbook, I can now confidently be in a position to take pre-orders! Let’s sum up the Spaces for Ideas Sketchbook in my usual favorite way, as a nice...

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February 18, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: The Final Prototype!

Spaces-for-ideas-final01 iPhone and 15cm Ruler for sizing! So here it is, the final prototype for my Spaces for Ideas expandable sketchbook. Actually this prototype has been in my care for the last 2-3 weeks, however I had delayed releasing...

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February 4, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: The Brand

spaces for ideas logo It is time for a long overdue update on my Spaces for Ideas Project. This time I like to share with you the brand that I am building for this...

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January 14, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: The First Prototype

Here we are finally, pictures of my first prototype for the Spaces for Ideas sketchbook! But before I get ahead of myself, let me pick up from where I left...

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December 18, 2009 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: The Beginning

Spaces for Ideas: Expandable Sketchbook This product has officially launched! Get your sketchbook at the Spaces for Ideas Store now! After using my Moleskine for almost a year, I...

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