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...
Following on from our coverage of his thoughts on Theories behind Japanese Design, Aen Direct has posted his Chapter 2 expansion article which focuses on "Yugen", which is all about the idea of a Focal Point in design or the seemingly lack of one. Aen...
Michael Graves Its amazing that the Moleskine has manage to brand and associate themselves with the great talents of our time. Don't get me wrong as I think this is a good thing, but I wonder if this branding aspect has been taken too far....
As some of you might know, I was recently invited to present a Design for Brand presentation at the University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment (my Alma mater). As mentioned before I will not be posting the entire presentation as...
I have been nursing this article since June 01, 2007. It was originally called "Who stole my design? A Primer for a Guerilla Design Strategy", I felt the context just did not seem to be comprehensive enough as it covered only the creation aspect...
Congratulations, if you have just completed your design studies. You are finally qualified to begin your journey into the working world of design. Now that you have graduated, where do you intend to pursue your design career? More often than not, fresh design graduates...
This post started as an interesting discussion in another post, when a Design Sojourn reader wondered why China suffers from this syndrome of copying product designs from the West. I'm no expert on this but having work with Designers and Vendors from China, as...
No matter how good a designer we are, they are times when we face mental blocks that disrupt our design thinking. So in times like these, how can we then boost our creative juices? Here's another exciting post by our resident contributor py, helping...
Our resident contributor py, inspired by "Theories behind Japanese Designs" writes about the time spent working in Japan with Naoto and Kita, and how they have applied such Japanese design theories into their work. After reading through the previous article on "Theories behind Japanese Design", I...
One of the things about the future of Industrial Design that I've always been interested in, is the interplay or relationship between software and hardware interfaces, the pros and cons of each, as well as being a product designer, how we can give an object's...
Aen, the guy who banged out the design of this site has an interesting write up of the theories behind the Japanese approach to design and aesthetics. Also called Wabi - Sabi (I know I had to re-read it after thinking it was Wasabi too), the...
Updated: I cleared up a few statements and typos. Dan over at his Adaptive path blog, has written a interesting rant on the quality of graduates today. He bemoans the lost of thinking designers that can "think, make and do", and furthermore blames the schools,...
A design and branding case study on 2 of the more prominent Singaporean consumer brands Creative and OSIM. We track their success, as well as comment on what they can do to overcome their current struggles in this very fast pace and fickle consumer...
More often than not, fresh graduate designers have found themselves searching for a design job, unaware of what they are capable of. Hence, when it comes to interviews, they fall short of showing their unique design capabilities, which makes them stand out from the others....
Here at Design Sojourn I like to explore the extent of the Web 2.0 and its impact on industrial design. These days we are starting to see many products positioned as windows to such Web 2.0 environments. For example Nokia N-Series multimedia phones...
It always nice as a designer working in industry to catch up with designers in academia. I always come away with an "academic shower" feeling refresh and inspired. Especially when it comes to innovations like dirt repelling paint and ergonomic chairs and my...
Intrapreneurship or Internal Entrepreneurship is fast becoming a big buzz word as companies start to embrace design, innovation and creativity as a strategic competitive advantage. Using the viewpoint that "innovation begins with everybody" as a credo to beat the competition, companies like IBM, 3M and...
Further our previous discussion on the merits of the ability to sketch and how sketches are used in studios, I now present a list of hints and tips that has helped me improve my drawing ability. Tips on how to be a sketch god! (or at...
This by far, is one of the most frequent questions designers always ask of me. Furthermore, "I can't be a designer cos I can't draw" is also one of the most frequent reasons people give for not being a designer or any type. I myself had...
Some of what I do is to initiate or be involved in design and product production programs. This requires me to be involved in, design and program management, negotiations with vendors, and getting management to buy into a concept. Here are a few tips...