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Two weekends ago, I had the privilege of representing Idea Couture at the Compost Modern conference here in San Francisco. Organized by AIGA SF, “‘Compostmodern’ engages designers, sustainability professionals, artists and entrepreneurs to collaborate in realizing a more environmentally, culturally, and economically sustainable world.” While you can read many recaps on the conference that have [...] Read more...
Vote now has become is the new charity call to action. But cause voting competitions are not without their critics. Read more...
I am walking down Tremont Street in Boston, delayed by two hours and no idea where I am supposed to be but then I noticed two people in space suites standing a few steps above street level in a beautiful historical building. At that point I was sure that this is where I was supposed [...] Read more...
There are 365 days in the year and our travel luggage spends most of that time buried away in the closet. When luggage is not being used, it takes away valuable space, and adds to the frustration of clutter creating awkward surfaces that are difficult integrate with other items. After 100 years in the travel [...] Read more...
More is not always better, because there's only so much that we can digest. The signal to noise ratio does not necessarily improve if that which was once signal converts to noise as new signals are introduced into the system. Read more...
Every one of us at Idea Couture has our own “outside of work” creative and quirky passions — that’s what makes us such effective creative and interesting professionals. For example, one of us runs a Design Collective, another plays in a rock-band, and yet another is a hard-core marathon runner. As for me, come every [...] Read more...
What's the role of government in the crowdsourcing cause competition model? Read more...
OK. We hear about the shining results of multidisciplinary design and the benefits of it in understanding the user’s needs and producing inclusive products. More and more design companies are adopting the culture of having a broad range of team members with different backgrounds that collaborate in multiple projects. With no doubt, these firms are doing [...] Read more...
I was really excited when I saw that Canada was getting some new DSL services that would give customers access to faster speeds and start making things like real time HD streaming video a reality. If you are not in Canada and haven’t heard, Bell has a new service that offers speeds up to 25Mbps [...] Read more...
How will this shift and change the way products are defined, shaped, and made? Will it make products or services easier, better, more enjoyable, more intuitive or more meaningful to use? Consider the following scenarios: Mobile Location Based Services: You’re tired and cranky after another distressingly long subway ride to an unfamiliar part of town. [...] Read more...
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