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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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February 13, 2013 In Design Process

Design Thinking, Creativity and Synthesis

Creativity is relational. Its practice is mostly about casting widely and connecting disparate dots of existing knowledge in new, meaningful ways. To be creative, you’ve got to mine your knowledge. You have to know your dots. - Bruce Nussbaum
One of the things that I do...

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September 2, 2012 In Designing Designers

The Cult of Done Manifesto

The Cult of Done Manifesto is perfect for any creative, but procrastination prone, mind. The meaning of the images is after the jump....

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July 20, 2011 In About Design Sojourn

Presenting an Introduction to Industrial Design at Fuel Up!

Just wanted to let you know, if you are in Singapore over the weekend come on down to Fuel Up: the Creative Industries Workforce Skills Qualifications (CI WSQ) fair, where I’ll be presenting an "Introduction...

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May 12, 2011 In Industrial Design

Once Upon a Time – Experimental Watch Designs

Dutch design studio, GRO, has shared what they call "seven unique studies around the concept of time". I'm continued to be amazed at the amount of design and creative work...

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March 22, 2011 In Spaces for Ideas

Celebrate Spaces for Ideas 1st Birthday with Free Shipping! (Sorry it's Over)

Update: With just over a week to go before the end of our Birthday sale, I like to ramp up the celebrations with a new shop front and to announce that the free shipping offer...

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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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July 9, 2010 In Industrial Design

Use the Inspiration Pad for Inspiration

I'm not sure how useful or practical this notebook is, but it is sure to get your creativity juices flowing by helping you think, or write for that matter, out of the box! It...

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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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September 16, 2009 In Articles

Truths about Creativity

Creative Hands Image by: Dalydose I have been thinking about the relationship between creativity vs. design vs. where does it comes from. I have also wondered why some people, not just designers, are more creative than others? Here are some of...

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September 14, 2009 In Design Leadership

Doing More with Less is where Design is really Needed

Check out this very well written article by Dan Harding President of Whipsaw on “Doing More With Less: Using the Down Economy as a Design Brief”. Here is a snippet:

Contrary to logic, a good economy compromises quality more than a bad one. In good...

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July 15, 2009 In Industrial Design

Better Surfboard Designs!

thomas-mayerhoffer-surfboards Thomas Meyerhoffer, a former designer at Apple, did what any designer would do when he was not happy with a product. He created his own. In Thomas' case it was his love for surfing and...

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May 10, 2009 In Industrial Design

A Post-it Pad makes a great Cup Coaster

post-it_coaster1 I slipped early into a meeting right before it was about to start with a cup of hot tea in my hand. My second for the day, freshly brewed and in a freshly washed...

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March 17, 2009 In Designing Designers

Elizabeth Gilbert talks about The Creative Genius at TED

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, gives a great little talk about creative ventures, the creative genius and how we...

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October 7, 2008 In Designing Designers

More Stefan on TED

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...

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March 21, 2008 In Design Leadership

Top 10 Ways to Nurture a Thriving Creative Culture

spark08.jpg From the recent SPARKCon, a creative conference for the Southern states in the US. One of the community discussions were the top 10 recommendations of how to build a creative scene in your area or, I dare say, in your...

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March 19, 2008 In Designing Designers

Bye Gary, Thanks for the Memories and My Ability to Design

Gary Gygax Futurama Simpsons I wanted to write this much sooner but it kinda got lost in the back burner. Sadly, half of the population, depending on your age, may or may not...

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