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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 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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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 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 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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October 28, 2009 In Industrial Design

Slow Design: 13 Years to get this Wooden Radio Right

Edit: An irate Design Sojourn reader has highlighted to me that this is Green Washing at its best. Mahogany trees takes 10 years to mature before it can be cut down. I have responded directly to her, but I also would like to...

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October 27, 2009 In Design Leadership

Design Leadership is about Asking the Right Questions

This morning, my colleague pointed me in the direction of this great little New York Times interview with Tim Brown, the chief executive and president of IDEO. (Wow, he even gets on the NY Times!) In the interview, Tim shares that (design) leadership is not...

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October 26, 2009 In Industrial Design

Taking Advantage of Economies of Scale: $10 Kiran Solar Lamp

Kiran-closeup I was really impress with the $10 Kiran Solar Lamp by D.Light. Finally someone is using the cost advantages that come with manufacturing economies of scale to keep the price of a product low...

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October 22, 2009 In Design Leadership

The Golden Age of Design has Come!

While all the fan boys were getting Macgasms over the new 27" iMac or the Macbook with the sausage shaped profile, I was interested in only one thing: Apple's financial results. I tweeted my response on my twitter stream. Here's a screen-shot.

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October 17, 2009 In Industrial Design

Hard Gay's Guide to Product Development

Edit: Originally published Jun 29, 2006. Updated broken video links because I just bought a similar version to this toy! hadogei-kurohige-hard-gay-tomy I could not stop laughing after watching this. This Razor Ramon character has got...

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October 16, 2009 In Industrial Design

Sleek Multi-Touch Interface gets Your Hands out of the Way!

The problem with a touch screen interface is that your finger tends to block the GUI (graphic user interface) object you are engaging. On small screens with just a single finger (or digit) it is not that big of a deal. However on...

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October 13, 2009 In Industrial Design

Awesome Design Sketch Hacks

I love it when Industrial Designers don't take themselves or their sketches too seriously. Reviewing sketch after sketch in an automotive style does get tiresome at times. Enter Craighton Berman, an Industrial Designer and Creative Director, who is not afraid to share his view on...

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October 10, 2009 In Designing Designers

What happen to my Workspace?

Macbook 13 inch and Wacom 9x12 (A4) Intuos 3 Click image for a larger view! Thought I might share a quick snap of the workspace that I use for...

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October 8, 2009 In Design Leadership

Customer or Consumer, Who are You really Designing for?

Many of us have been taught in design school to be very user focused when seeking design solutions. However if you have been in the industry as long as I have, there is this insidious sickness that tends to influence this fundamental approach we...

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October 3, 2009 In Design Process, Industrial Design

The Unconventional Ora Watch

Ora Yellow 01 Check out Alexandros Stasinopoulos' very cool Ora watch! What is even more exciting is that Alexandros has generously shared his concept sketches so that we are able to have a deeper insight into his thinking process....

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