The Dyson Challenge
Every year, in a competition we call Challenge Dyson, Dyson engineers are given a design brief outside their everyday job. It’s our way of encouraging…
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Why Do So Many Designs or Products Look The Same?
Ever wonder why so many products look the same? On the surface, it may appear designers have found the ideal form factor so there’s no…
Herman Miller Live Unframed Recap
We’re a bunch of lucky ducks. On October 14th, we attended the Herman Miller Live Unframed event where the famous company along with designer Yves…
Entertain Yourself: Sony BRAVIA NX800 3D HDTV
In this first of a three-part series called “Entertain Yourself”, I’m going to put together a quick and dirty home entertainment center out of three…
How to Manage your Creative Work and Intellectual Property Online
It is with a hard heart that I write this post today. It has come to our attention that a design, The Pocket Light by…
How to Present like a Pro!
One skill many designers should often work on is presentation. Designers of all levels can always benefit from a little more jazz in their presentations….
Truths about Creativity
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I have been thinking about the relationship between creativity vs. design vs. where does it come from. I have also thought and wondered why some people, yet alone designers, are more creative than others? Here are some thoughts on creativity that may help you understand what it is and how to get it going for you.
Can A Tiny Company Compete With A Huge One?
I spent the first sixteen years of my career working for Polaroid Corporation starting out as a design engineer. It was one of the most…
How to be the Best Designer in the World?
Have you ever wondered how you could be the best designer in the world? How to be that money making Design Virtuoso? I know I…
The Top 10 Mistakes Inventors Make
In working with numerous inventors and designers over the years, I’m surprised to see how many make the same errors. So from that perspective I’ve…
The Dark Side of Design
There is something really nasty about the Design Industry; something many know of but never really spoke of. In our ever-competitive society, we always seem…
20 Tips for Designers to Beat the Recession
It is all around us, talk of Doom, gloom, job cuts, job losses and recession etc. This is not what a young designer, fresh out…