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As designers/industrial designers/architects/visionary futurists we must be able to employ many tools, and with the passing of the hand-drawn ship curves we are now permanently entering the realm of an almost fully digital process. With so many new softwares becoming available, the creative process itself has become fully encompassed with digital tools for every aspect of [...] Read more...
When the Spaceship One took off the runway to begin its 24 minutes of free flight duration into Earth’s orbit, many people didn’t believe the commercial flight would become a reality. The success of the Virgin Galactic in pushing the boundaries forward, promises a bright future for commercial space travel. While the ticket prices are [...] Read more...
Being the dean of a design school is no easy job today. Design schools are struggling to serve three masters: the student, the industry and society. The last one is a new one as generally designers have now come to a consensus that designs for social change is a part of the design agenda. With [...] Read more...
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 effort to restore not [...] Read more...
What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or “disposable” razors? The supply chain for products we use is something that has undergone rigorous analysis and innovations that have resulted in improved efficiencies, [...] Read more...
Here’s the latest version of the “Shift Happens” video. Fascinating facts and statistics regarding the surge of emerging technologies and social media innovations. Enjoy the mind candy. The following quotation from 60 years ago seems more relevant today than ever before. “Before I left England for China in 1936 a friend told me that there [...] Read more...
Having spent my final year of school at Carleton University’s school of Industrial Design working exclusively on products that were ‘eco-friendly’, I feel slightly jaded when it comes to ‘green design’. Frankly the majority of it out there currently is simply a cash grab, hoping to cash in the latest design trend that has permeated [...] Read more...
A few weeks ago, I was pointed to an article in business week that provides a harsh criticism of a classic business education. I think I’ve looked back over it a dozen times since it was first published, because it provide a powerful insiders look at business education Take this quote for example: … I [...] Read more...
The ultimate innovation challenge comes to America’s doorstep. It’s knocking, banging, kicking and screaming. Someone give that kid a lollipop and get to work. But there’s so much to do! Hmmmm… the economic crisis has destroyed banks, jobs, academic endowments, homes and more; there’s massive (and growing) federal debt; the education system is painfully failing [...] Read more...
I can’t sleep. At moments like this, I find myself reminiscing about how we used to live; sleep, wake, sleep, wake. I’ve always been nostalgic, but I guess I’m still having a hard time adjusting even though I have implanted and installed a solid understanding of the change. Despite the inefficiencies that we resolved, a [...] Read more...
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