Reinventing Work
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Seth Godin's new book, Linchpin (Amazon link), reinvents work by challenging everyone to be an "Artist" now! (Check out the Linchpin manifesto graphic above for a gist!)
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Seth Godin's new book, Linchpin (Amazon link), reinvents work by challenging everyone to be an "Artist" now! (Check out the Linchpin manifesto graphic above for a gist!)
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
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
A colleague recently shared with me an interesting product proposition he purchased. It's not really a product proposition as such, but an
iPhone and 15cm Ruler for sizing!
So here it is, the final prototype for my Spaces for Ideas expandable sketchbook. Actually this prototype has been in my care for the last 2-3 weeks, however I had delayed releasing
Unless you have been living under a rock recently, I’m sure you would have heard of the Apple iPad. Pretty much everyone has. So much so that there has been a lot said about
To celebrate the launch of the iPad, the team at Frog design went to their design archives and dug out a tablet PC concept that frog founder Hartmut Esslingner developed for Apple in 1983. Looking
With a cheeky little link to Tom Kelly's The Art of Innovation, Roberto Verganti (author of Design Driven Innovation) suggests in not so many words that User Centered Innovation, IDEO's claim to fame, is dead.
It is time for a long overdue update on my Spaces for Ideas Project. This time I like to share with you the brand that I am building for this
The GoGirl Female Urination Device allows women to go standing up, thus avoiding annoying pitfalls like heavy clothing, dirty bowls, grassy environments or creepy crawlers etc.
I like to add one more point to this cool list.
I so love this beautifully elegant and simple "Mast" humidifier. Made of Japanese cypress (hinoki), it was designed by Shin Okada and crafted by Masuya Koubou.
Bryce Bell, a Mechanical Engineer from Oklahoma, is another Engineer that has a soul of a Designer. I love these guys! He shares, on his website Cardnetics, his 2 crazy transformable business card
I have to admit that I am a closet toy freak, unfortunately (or fortunately) I never really got into the toy collecting hobby. Chasing down plastic crack was just too much for
Here we are finally, pictures of my first prototype for the Spaces for Ideas sketchbook! But before I get ahead of myself, let me pick up from where I left
At the end of last year I was planning to write a post that was something like "The Best Products of 2009" or "The 2009 Product of the Year" or even "The Best Products of the Decade". After asking my twitter friends and designers
The BigShot Camera is an awesome little product proposition that aims to teach children (and adults) the ins and outs of cameras and photography. It does this by engaging traditional old school learning methods:
See you can find interesting stuff on Facebook.
"人が無意識の状態でやってしまってることに興味があって、そこにはめこんだほうが、モノが素直にとけ込んでいくのではないかと考えたりする。自然にやることの行為の断片に、その“人となり“みたいなものがでてくることがある。デザインはそこまで考えた上で、非常に客観的な立場をとっていなければいけないということ" ~ Naoto Fukasawa in 2007Translated.
"What people do unconsciously decides how naturally a thing should be designed, because at times, a person's character can be seen in his unconscious deeds. A designer must take all that into account and
Image by Rob Warde
Wow what a year 2009 was? We got hit right in the face by the economic down turn and designers all over the world were falling like flies as companies cut R&D or design
This product has officially launched! Get your sketchbook at the Spaces for Ideas Store now!
After using my Moleskine for almost a year, I