Recently I have been yet involved again in a very common design discussion that can be found in both industry and academia, and that is how to you grade, view or access a good design? In other words how do we know if a
When ever we work on our designs we often come to a point in the development cycle when we invariably ask ourselves, will our designs sell? Will it appeal to our target marker or users? And very often, we ask will it be a
What are the advantages of writing product briefs or product descriptions? Plenty if you are a designer looking to get your design right! Recently I was glad to see that Guy Kawasaki had written in his blog that there was no statistical difference in successful
Traits of successful designers This is fitting as a part 6 installment to our popular series here at Design Sojourn. In the past 6 months, I have been having the most wonderful conversations with senior design managers and representatives from some of the best design
Many times when I consider the concepts being presented to me as a Design Manager, I find my self thinking: "I'm not visually or mentally excited". This is because many designers often get ideas from either being inspired by another object, design, form, emotion, picture etc,
Any good designer worth his salt is not only about creating evocative and beautiful designs but is also a good communicator. There is no point in a designer creating these fantastic and unique designs if he/she is not able to communicate his intent or concept
I have been to long away from our popular series. So lets get back to it! In this rendition we discuss the fine line between arrogance and confidence. My wife and I were watching our favorite reality show, Project Runway Season 2, when we
What I am about to say is the hard truth. No matter what they tell you, no Design School can completely train you to be 100% ready for the workforce. That's right. I've heard that even designers from the famous Art Center College in Pasadena, in the
There is so much talk on design and innovation in an organisation and how to do it. But there is actually very little on how a designer can be a better one on his own steam. I supposed it's expected for a designer to improve