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December 20, 2009 In Design Leadership

Don Norman believes Technology comes first, User Needs Last. What?

Yep. That's what Donald Norman (of Design of Everyday Things fame) wrote in his latest essay on his blog. You get the gist of his view in this introductory paragraph:

I've come to a disconcerting conclusion: design research is great when it comes...

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December 18, 2009 In Entrepreneurship, Spaces for Ideas

Spaces for Ideas: The Beginning

Spaces for Ideas: Expandable Sketchbook This product has officially launched! Get your sketchbook at the Spaces for Ideas Store now! After using my Moleskine for almost a year, I...

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December 10, 2009 In Industrial Design

About Time Someone Redesigned the Plug!

choi_uk_folding_plug01 As our evolving electronic equipment gets thinner and smaller, the biggest thing these days is the power brick and wall plug. This forgotten object lacked much attention until Min-Kyu Choi presented his redesign during...

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December 9, 2009 In Articles

Design Unplugged Podcast 02: What is Entertainment Design?

Just for this week only, we bring you our next podcast hot on the heels of our first. In this discussion Feng and I chatted about Entertainment Design and how much more work is required when you are designing a world rather than...

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December 8, 2009 In Articles

Design Unplugged Podcast 01: How important is Rendering in Design?

We had such a good response to the podcasts published during the Icsid world design congress, that I think I might turn this into a regular thing. The podcast will be published either weekly or bi-weekly, we have not decided. You might also have...

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December 2, 2009 In Articles

How to Present like a Pro!

This article was originally written for Yanko Design (YD). As there are some Design Sojourn readers don’t really frequent YD, I thought it would make sense to republished the article here. Looking forward to all your comments.
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December 1, 2009 In Articles

Summary of the Final Day 3 at The Icsid World Design Congress 2009

Day 3 continues with a number of equally interesting presentations. Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to sit through all the presentations as I had to take a break from the congress for some work related activities. However I will share what...

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November 29, 2009 In Articles

Summary of Day 2 at The Icsid World Design Congress 2009

Day 2 was really the meat of the congress. There were a number of powerful presentations that really set the scene and provided a wake-up call for everyone participating. Emily Pilloton, the 2nd keynote, gave a powerful account of design doing what it...

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November 28, 2009 In Articles

Photo Coverage of the Singapore Design Festival 2009

SDF2009_media Over the last few days, I conducted a whirlwind tour of the different events and exhibitions at the Singapore Design Festival 2009. There were some interesting work exhibited that reaffirmed my faith in the...

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November 27, 2009 In Articles

5 minutes with Michelle Berryman on Designers moving towards Designing Experiences

I finally got the pleasure to meet up with Michelle Berryman in person. I got know Michelle as a moderator at Core77 and also follow her closely on Twitter (@micberryman). Many Design Sojourn readers from the US would probably recognize her as the...

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November 24, 2009 In Articles

Summary of Day 1 at The Icsid Design Congress 2009

As promised here are some of the highlights of Day 1 of the Icsid Design Congress 2009. I've summarized all the best points and significant comments. Unfortunately, I won’t cover all the content as it will just be too much. Also, I've...

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November 24, 2009 In Industrial Design

5 minutes with Bruce Nussbaum on The Evolution of Design Thinking

bruce-nussbaum-Tharman-Shanmugaratnam Our next little chat is with Bruce Nussbaum, former editor at Business Week, advocate of Design Thinking, and provocateur of both designers and businesses. I was curious to find out if he felt that design...

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November 23, 2009 In Articles

5 minutes with Feng Zhu on The importance of Traditional Design Skills

fengzhu Throughout this Icsid congress (and maybe after), I will be running a special podcast series where I will conduct a very casual 5 minutes "unplugged" session with a prominent design professional and ask him or her...

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November 23, 2009 In Articles

Coverage of the Icsid Congress 09 and the Singapore Design Festival

As mentioned in a recent post I will be taking part and covering the Icsid Congress 09 here on Design Sojourn. What's even better, is that I will also be covering the Singapore Design Festival, where I will try to go to...

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November 20, 2009 In Industrial Design

Notefolio folder by Poketo

I’m a man who loves his folders. Every since I started school, I always had a little fetish for those Japanese made frosted Polypropylene folders, especially those with refillable pages. I’m not sure why, but I guess it was probably the unusually silky but rough...

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November 18, 2009 In About Design Sojourn

The ICSID Congress 09 is less than a Week Away!

This post went out a little later than I expected, but I just wanted to remind all of you that the ICSID congress 2009 is but a less than a week away!...

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November 18, 2009 In Design Leadership

How Japanese Culture influences their Designs

I stumbled over a really interesting interview of Kenya Hara by Oliver Reichenstein from iA or information architects. This interview was part of a New York Times feature on a new fad in the US, making Japanese Bento boxes. Kenya explains...

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November 14, 2009 In Industrial Design

Minimalism, Simplicity, and our Complex Needs

A few weeks ago, I pinged on my Twitter Stream: “I have been musing if simplicity is overrated. Humans are inherently complex creatures. What do you think”? I got a few responses mostly disagreeing with my thoughts, with many people suggesting that we...

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November 11, 2009 In Industrial Design

Foster Sustainable Behaviors through Fun

Piano Staircase: ”Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can...

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November 6, 2009 In Designing Designers

Michael Bierut's 5 Secrets of Design

Michael Bierut of Pentagram and Design Observer fame, has shared some of his words of wisdom collected through his years as a designer. He digs through his 86 notebooks filled with his design work, and distills his thoughts down to 5 awesome design...

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