I was not going to blog about the big Apple vs. Samsung IP battle, as in my view IP and patent battles are only for organizations with deep pockets and that the money used to pay
Six months ago I called the consumer electronics (CE) industry ugly after they launched a plethora of computing tablets to compete with the iPad. I'm happy to say that my faith is slowly being
Yet another popular online publication link baits the entire design industry by revisiting the whole "User Centered Innovation is not really innovation" debate. I mean, did we not discussed this whole "User Centered Innovation is Dead" thing more than a year ago (in
I'm sure all of you have noticed the huge flood of tablet computers in this year’s 2011 CES event in Las Vegas. Not only was it part of my dinner conversation some nights
Check out this awesome digital camera showcased at CES 2011. It has a huge viewfinder display (5" AMOLED, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels) on its slim camera body that seconds
Anthony Tjan shares:
While there are obvious ways to gain significant customer understanding, such as surveys and focus groups, some of the most interesting insights come from less direct analyses. Take our three-minute rule as an example. You can learn a great deal about customers by
A Lifehacker reader, frustrated with every headphone wire management solution in the market, decided to design his own dead simple solution that I dare say rivals any professionally designed consumer solution! I do wonder why
A colleague recently shared with me an interesting product proposition he purchased. It's not really a product proposition as such, but an
Many of us have been taught in design school to be very user focused when seeking design solutions. However if you have been in the industry as long as I have, there is this insidious sickness that tends to influence this fundamental approach we
Domus Magazine has recently launched a signature edition offshoot called Domus d'Autore. This first issue, entrusted to Editor-Architect Rem Koolhaas, was designed to allow readers to listen "
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
Early this year I wrote about the Top 5 consumer trends to watch for 2007 and how it relates to Industrial Design. Following tradition, here we go again for 2008, and this time it is a little earlier and hopefully will help all