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April 20, 2010 In Industrial Design

Industrial Design Analysis of Apple's supposed iPhone Gen 4

Gizmodo, in probably their scoop of the year, has written an interesting industrial design analysis of Apple's supposed iPhone generation 4 prototype that some poor Apple employee (probably now fired) left behind....

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April 17, 2010 In Articles

Brands, like Apple, are The Masters of the Universe!

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz on the Internet about two similar events. What happened was basically this; The Masters of the Universe had proclaimed their decrees like dictators and the only thing...

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April 14, 2010 In Industrial Design

Saving the First World Countries from Themselves

This does sound like a joke, but I don't think so. It often happens that first world ideology is used in an "I know what’s good for you, and you should listen to me" manner and end...

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April 12, 2010 In Articles

What are your Principles of Good Design?

Edit: As this is meant to be a living document, I have updated it to reflect my most recent thinking. The original was published on 26th March 2008, just over 2 years ago. principles of good design I used to see myself...

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April 9, 2010 In Design Leadership, Industrial Design

Apple Executives have Balls of STEEL!

The world is all in a frenzy with the launch of the iPad. Even I could not help but get caught up in the madness. I have been reading a whole host of articles...

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April 8, 2010 In Industrial Design

Less and More: A Dieter Rams Retrospective

Less and More is a Dieter Rams retrospective and traveling exhibition that recently made a stop at the Design Museum London. By the way it's a great museum to visit; the last time I was there they ran a similarly theme exhibition on...

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April 7, 2010 In Design Leadership

User Centered Innovation is not going make us Sustainable

As Roberto points out, this is because people, are not sustainable in their DNA make up, especially when the harsh reality of the world (budgets, health, wellness etc.) gets in the way. This is also probably because it is human nature for people to...

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April 2, 2010 In Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: Press Check!

Stop the press! Remember our last discussion on the Spaces for Ideas Brand? I had originally planned for the logo to be sophisticatedly debossed on the front of the...

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March 31, 2010 In Articles

Design Thinking is Killing Creativity

You might have probably heard everyone's jaw drop after I mentioned this on Twitter over the weekend. A fellow designer and I were discussing this in detail and jointly came to this disappointing conclusion. It was quite a significant conclusion and likely to be...

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March 25, 2010 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: Taking Pre-Orders Now!

Friends, the time has finally come! After spending a number of weeks finalizing the Spaces for Ideas Sketchbook, I can now confidently be in a position to take pre-orders! Let’s sum up the Spaces for Ideas Sketchbook in my usual favorite way, as a nice...

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March 23, 2010 In About Design Sojourn, Designing Designers

Come to the Designing Designers Forum?

Edit: Due to unforeseen circumstances this presentation has been postpone to 23 April 2010. Designing Designers Click for a larger image! Most long time followers of Design Sojourn will remember I use to blog...

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March 22, 2010 In Industrial Design

If only all Design Schools were this Nice!

Lasalle College of the Arts I recently went for a walk-about at the Lasalle College of the Arts here in Singapore. This local design school has an amazing...

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March 21, 2010 In Design Leadership, Designing Designers

Hartmut Esslinger – A Fine Line

The last time we mentioned A Fine Line was when we took a look a Hartmut Esslinger's interview by Guy Kawasaki. This time I have a little treat to share with you. The founder of Frog Design himself sharing a few words of wisdom...

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March 20, 2010 In Industrial Design

The RGB Light, Bright Like the Passion Behind It

Check out this clever lamp idea that made me smile. The RGB Lamp, or mischlichtRGB (in German?), seems to be inspired by RGB color theory and the mixing of Red, Green and Blue into a...

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March 18, 2010 In Industrial Design

According to Apple, Ergonomics is Ugly

Looks like there is a big problem with the ultra sleek Magic Mouse. Even though it has kick ass design, it apparently gives people wrist aches. Will, a racecar part designer over at MMFixed,...

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March 16, 2010 In Design Leadership

Innovation is Getting Out From Under a Street Lamp

Post-it Jaguar by Scott Ableman Legendary 3M inventor of the Post-it Note, Art Fry, shares his words of wisdom on innovation, creativity and getting disruptive products into the market. A wonderful read for all innovators, designers and entrepreneurs.

Q – Fact...

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March 11, 2010 In Design Leadership

Design's Return on Investment

Looks like China is getting it when it comes to design. In a recent interview on the local Chinese CCTV, Chen Dongliang, Director of the Beijing Industrial Design Center, has highlighted the tremendous economic value of Industrial Design to China's economy.

The output value of industrial...

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March 4, 2010 In Articles

Why are there so few truly remarkable products?

It's quite simple really. Our industrialized economy, founded on mass manufacturing and economies of scale spurred by consumerism, is the greatest enemy of remarkable products. Of course many products will come close, in fact many will be hailed as fantastic or even great, but the truly remarkable...

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February 22, 2010 In Industrial Design

Frustrated Consumer Designs a Dead Simple Headphone Wire Management Solution

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...

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February 21, 2010 In Industrial Design

Product Hack found in the Back Streets of Hong Kong

Sound System Hack from Hong Kong A colleague recently shared with me an interesting product proposition he purchased. It's not really a product proposition as such, but an...

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