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Is J. Jonah Jameson calling the shots on the theater scene, or what? An article in The New York Times reports that the producers of the Broadway musical, Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark, recently held focus groups to figure out why critics had largely panned the show. I’m no fan of focus groups, but [...] Read more...
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...
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...
In a recent blog post, Grant McCracken suggests it is the job of designers to conduct provocation and innovation through pie. He points to Project M as the source of this uniquely American metaphor with its Pie + Conversation = Ideas/Ideas + Design = Positive Change equation. As a first step towards ideas that better [...] 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...
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...
Hyundai and Kia have made immense gains in the past decade by re-invigorating their brand with truly unique designs and exciting offerings with their products such as the sporty Rear-wheel drive Hyundai Genesis coupe and Sedan, and attractive yet affordable Front wheel drive Kia Forte, Soul and Sorento. Consumers who were previously buying marks such as Honda, Nissan [...] 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...
My career up until 2007 had been about design and styling on the exteriors and interiors of automobiles. This type of design work is essential for car companies, as it is better aligns the appearances and function with the demographic in mind for a brand. While working at GM Holden in Australia, I worked on new [...] Read more...
To address better ways of integrating Transportation in Urban environments requires a very wide-angle perspective lens in order to view the whole scenario of life in an urban environment as well as those in and around the emerging world. It requires that we put ourselves on the same streets of the people we would like [...] Read more...
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