The Undesigned Web is Design
Dylan Tweney, a senior editor at Wired.com, wrote on The Atlantic:
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Dylan Tweney, a senior editor at Wired.com, wrote on The Atlantic:
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This awesome infographic (after the jump below), created by the team at Focus, predicts that Tablets (iPad et al.) will be the future of computing. According to the data, 14% of online shoppers intent to purchase an iPad in the next five months. ...
I'm pretty impressed with the Klhip Nail Clipper. The product is testament that "Form Follows Function" can produce beautiful (instead of boring) products. I love the mechanical design and how it folds up tightly...
Source: Frog Design
I realized that a Design Manager is not an easy role to play in today's design industry. How a design team gels together is very much affected by how the "boss" manages them.
More often than not, I see...
It’s all up to your and your work....
Francisco Inchauste, a User Experience (UX) designer passionate about all things web, writes a very insightful analysis on the difference of approach between his design of intangible digital products, to that of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright's more analogue (or tangible) products. He writes:...
I'm not sure how I missed this!
Some months ago, Boing Boing ran an interview with Jens Martin Skibsted on the industrial design of the Terrafugia flying car. Skibsted, a Danish industrial designer, is better...
I have not gone all "Ga-Ga" over anything for a long time. Until I caught wind that Muji, one of my favorite brands, has released a Notebook App for the iPad inspired by...
Chuck Close from Wisdom said:
The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of...
Bryan over at the ZURBlog wrote that designers should focus on methods, not process.
At a glance, method and process may seem like the same thing, but a closer look reveals their distinct differences. A method is a how you do something, while process is putting...
I’ve always believed that videos were one of the best things to happen to learning on the Internet. Now people from all around the world can see beyond just the word and fully appreciate a...
As designers, we all have processes, systems and tools that we use day in and day out. Each one employed to solve a specific problem in a specific way. As we attempt to automate our design process and optimize our methods we invariably realize that...
I even tried to customize my own with near zero options!
I just had to take a break from my busy proposals schedule to share this with you. This has to be...
I'm always open to new experiences!
Last Saturday was the first time I presented a blog article to an actual physical audience! I was invited by the Design and Technology Educators Society (DTES) to present my controversial post: "Design Thinking is Killing Creativity".
That's right people, no fear! Image by StreetFly JZ
When Moo approached me to see if I was interested in some Moo cards for Design Sojourn readers, I immediately said "yes!" These Moo cards...
Sorry this post comes a little late. I was invited last Thursday to a VIP preview of the Transmission: Experience 2010 exhibition, a creative outlet for students to explore "...
I have always maintained that Design and Marketing go hand in hand. Any designer looking to become more business savvy can get quite far if he or she starts with some marketing knowledge. Mike Funk writes:
Marketing is a framework for the organized delivery...
Design? from Design Says Hello on Vimeo.
A nice little introspective on how people understand the profession of design in Singapore. Student director N.Ziqq interviews, in just under an hour, a number of multidisciplinary designers and artists for...
I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this car but it sure made me look, three times! I never realized how wide, low and brutish the design was until I...
Image by David Lofink
Design Sojourn Consulting officially opened for business today, and what a day it was! This first momentous day started slowly but ended with a heart pounding and diaphragm aching bang. I’ll tell you more about that...