I often like to get myself into a spot of teaching, collaborating with and critiquing students. I find it enhances and consolidates what I have learned in my career in Design. I do recommend that designers, especially the senior ones, take some time
About 6 months ago I discovered the work of Brazilian designer Chico Bicalho in, of all places, the Artist village of Leura in the Blue Mountains of Australia. I was in
Bono Glasses by killkenny That's right everyone just wants to be a Design Superstar? Oh really? No the fact of the matter is, when all else is equal, Superstars get hired, and boring designers don't. The main difference between the two? The Superstar has the ability
A designer in corporate life is not that easy. It does has it pros and cons, but the reality is not only will you have to do good design work, you will have to navigate the corporate ladder as well as all its related
Mario Vellandi author behind the very excellent Melodies in Marketing, spent the last couple of weeks conducting a hard hitting interview on my views on the future of industrial design, design strategy and sustainable design. It was a great discussion with very high
One of the issues industrial designers, often working in a high level strategic roles, face is the dreaded "Design Creep" or some call "Specification Creep". Year after year it's the same old unproductive story, and I hazard a guess probably for you as well.
A few times a year most companies tend to start or relook at their Innovation and product development cycles for the following year. Often involved in such matters, I've experienced that most of the time, elements of the answer involves Innovations and some of
There are just so many websites out there these days, so how do Industrial Designers determine the ones that are worth looking at, and relevant to the wide range of topics covered in the Industrial Design profession? Therefore I have decided to create a
Our guest contributor py brings us this week a very informational article on how a designer can get better in the use of materials and their manufacturing processes. As usual it is very well researched, I hope you enjoy it as much as I
Our final Sunday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they are "able to wear many hats".
Saturday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have "Strong communication and people skills".
Friday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have the "Ability to sell well".
Thursday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have "A Renaissance outlook in life and unique specialist interests".
Wednesday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is that they have "Good general management skills".
Tuesday's habit of effective Industrial Designers is "Proactive, passionate, motivated and truly loves what he/she does".
Monday's habit is that effective industrial designers are "Creative problem solving instead of problem creating".
Every once a while I like to look back to see what sort of trend predictions research companies made, that have come true. In 2002, some clever researches from British Telecom published in BTexec that in 5 years time, ie 2007, lifestyle brands will
Sketch by Michael Bretherton The concept development phase can be one of the best or most frustrating times a designer can experience during the design process. Furthermore managing the concept development work from both from an Art directors or designer's view point can also be
Often I get questions from designers by email on how to solve various problems they may have in their design careers. Most of the time my advice is returned via email. This time however one of my readers, Bill, has asked a great question that
One of the great things I love about blogging, is you get to meet so many great people through your blog. One of them, whom I now consider a friend, is William Lehman from the Artist Hideout. Not only is he a