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Ethnography, Explorations
There are an uncountable number of business-related sites, articles, and books that use the phrase ‘real world.’ You can get an endless number of books or services offering insight into ‘real world’ business problems. You can go to a business school for ‘real world’ learning. You can get...
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The phenomenon of cheaper, faster, better (better in terms of having more options) is more a result of global economics than it is a corporate mandate. If you think about Bauhaus (the origins of Industrial Design) and how it was intended to provide a social service of making houses and household product...
Articles, Strategic Innovation
You might think that the biggest challenge in any new project is doing the work itself, but that’s actually not the case. The biggest hurdle we face when we kick-off a project is usually trust. Our fuzzy front-end innovation process means that right from the get-go, we need to win our clients’ trust...
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I have reached a point where I am (gasp!) considering making the Montreal Canadians, and not the Leafs, my favourite hockey team. I was born and raised a Leafs fan….so this move is serious business for me, and comes after prolonged deliberation. It is not just the performance of the Leafs–...
Art and Culture, Social Change
Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize on February 28, 2008, and made a wish: for help creating, launching and propagating a Charter for Compassion. Since that day, thousands of people have contributed to the process and yesterday, the Charter was unveiled to the world. The Charter for Compassion is a cooperative...
Art and Culture
In an age where we have Google and Microsoft mapping technology available that allows us to see such voyeuristic details as the front door of a building or a bird’s eye view of a celebrity’s backyard, it’s sometimes refreshing to look at a road map with a different lens, one that only...
sustainability, Technology
I’ve traveled to many a cycling loving city including Amsterdam and Copenhagen and they live in stark contrast to our city’s bicycle culture. With few dedicated bike lanes, sparse parking facilities and a passive aggressive car vs. bike culture relationship, it’s amazing that people...
Experience Design, Industrial Design, Technology
A show stopper at the Royal College of Art’s graduate show is… a plug? A student has tackled a design problem that has been ignored for decades – how to change the fist-sized plugs used in electronics in the UK. What’s amazing about this is how a major annoyance has been ignored...
Industrial Design, Technology
Creating real life products that have the aesthetics of fantasy is a trend we’ve seen before. The steam punk movement is an incredibly romantic example of this. The Wand Company has recently introduced a re-imagined television remote, integrating classic remote features into a gyroscope-enabled...
Industrial Design, Strategic Innovation, Technology
When was the last time we saw an innovation in the “fan” product category? This guy gives a quick demo. I love love this product. http://www.dyson.com/fans/ The Dyson Air Multiplier™ fan works very differently to conventional fans. It uses Air Multiplier™ technology to draw in air and...
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