Ok the secret is finally out and one of the reasons why I have been "extra" busy during my down time!
After months of work sorting submissions, we have officially launched the Dandelion On-line Exhibition featuring work of designers from
I'm floored. This is not a trick, nor is it a story out of Star Trek, and best of all its not even a concept. Yesterday, November 01, 2007, Bug Labs launched for the first time to the public,
One of the issues industrial designers, often working in a high level strategic roles, face is the dreaded "Design Creep" or some call "Specification Creep". Year after year it's the same old unproductive story, and I hazard a guess probably for you as well.
A while back I started this non-profit social-entrepreneurship endeavour called IDAsia.org as a means to network, uncover and perhaps showcase Industrial Designers from Asia.
As a result of these efforts, my team of volunteers (py, ec, kk and <a
You might have caught this on Gizmondo, but if you have not, it seems in 2001 Matt Presta from Bridge Design was brought in to conceptualise, as a product pitch, the idea of a revolutionary motion sensing game remote control to Nintendo. I'm
Another fantastic Design Sojourn Reader Question! This week its by Fred from Switzerland. He writes: Hello, I am an avid reader of your blog. I like it's broad scope and honest opinions. I also like beautiful well-designed products. Which brings me to my question about industrial design.
Sketch by Michael Bretherton The concept development phase can be one of the best or most frustrating times a designer can experience during the design process. Furthermore managing the concept development work from both from an Art directors or designer's view point can also be
Often I get questions from designers by email on how to solve various problems they may have in their design careers. Most of the time my advice is returned via email. This time however one of my readers, Bill, has asked a great question that
Launched more than a year ago, the Nakamichi Lumos portable DVD, designed together with Tithima S. and E Chin, for Nakamichi, has been featured in the latest UK version of the T3 Gadget Magazine. (August 2007, Page 18). Very nice. The design was
The only other thing that is as tiring as News of Paris Hilton going to jail is the mega-over-hype of Apple's iPhone. As usual I go a hunting and after reading most reviews there are to find. I'm now convinced that the iPhone
A few years ago I attended a design seminar of which one of the speakers was an Innovation Manager from Philips. She spoke about the innovation process and design's role at Philips. She first described her role in the organisation and her
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.
The Business Week design innovation section is fast becoming one of my favourite reads (Just ignore the blogs!). Recently they featured the strategic redesign of a computer mouse for Kensington Technology Group. More on my thoughts after the jump. Focus on Emotion Having product designers
I have always been a big fan of Oakley sunglasses since a very good designer friend (a hard core collector) got me into it. However just today an interesting cosmic convergence happened and I had to write about it. Firstly I recently after much deliberation
I've always been a fan of drawing tablets though I have the toughest time getting my drawings right by using it. I've even written extensively on it, comparing the differences of sketching in a traditional sketch book, to sketching on a drawing tablet and
Check out Hackzine's video blog on how this (apparently famous in his field) blogger named Scoble reads 622 Feeds a day. It’s interesting to see in today's internet environment, the deeply wired net surfer has to deal with the fact the blogs and post
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
Brionvega, known for its very esoteric consumer electronics, launched their latest LCD+DVD player called Alpha at the recent Milan Design Week. I have always been a fan of Brionvega's strong design language, and the ability to use design to make a difference in the competitive CE
I bumped into an article at the Design Observer titled: What If Apple Is Bad for Design? and was first excited but quickly became seriously appalled. It was poorly argued, very disjointed, and really a huge fuss over nothing. I'm also surprised as
Welcome to part 2 of my coverage of the CeBit Australia 2007. If you have not already, do have a look at part 1 first. In this post we take a look at the rest of the show and some of my noted