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Strategy and Management
Posted by DT
May 13, 2008
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How best to Manage “Design”?

Wow a burst of link love and pointers from all my friends today seem to revolve around this theme. So I thought to compile it all right here in one place!

1) Managing Successful Client and Designer Relationships: Adaptive Path Blog.

2) Managing a Product’s Experience seems to be the key these days: Core77 Blog.

Transcendent product design is a matter of philosophy and approach. The reason product development has gone wrong is that people stop at the worst time—when the solutions are most convoluted. What Eastman knew, what Jobs knows, is that you have to go beyond; you have to think about the experience people are having.

3) Managing a Creative Environment, perhaps in your studio?

4) Managing Creativity De Bono Style.

5) Managing the Future of Design!
Martin Konrad’s recent master thesis in industrial design explored the areas of design democracy, personalization, and mass customization. A great read.

Design Tips
Posted by DT
May 12, 2008
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Give Credit where Credit is Due

This is interesting. In the many portfolios I have seen, rarely have I seen a portfolio that clearly indicates if it was group work or a project done with a team. If fact, it happens so infrequently that I sit up and take notice when a portfolio actually has credits.

In today’s Internet environment the term “don’t take a dump in your own backyard” is becoming more and more relevant as your “backyard” has become a lot bigger than you think.
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Meta Design
Posted by DT
May 08, 2008
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Stefan Sagmeister - Things I Have Learned in My Life so far


This looks like it’s been out for awhile, but the Guru of Graphics has recently launched his book of wisdom that I’m sure will be a massive hit. I’m going to get it, at the very least for the “type candy”!
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Meta Design
Posted by DT
May 07, 2008
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Award Winning Dump Truck of the Future!


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)

It is about time someone designed one that has totally broken the traditional configuration of a Dump Truck! It is really impressive how this designer re-thought how one would operate, and then used that insight to designed a break-through product. Absolutely amazing concept, and sure sign of the amazing pedigree of Chinese designers to come.
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Designer Musings
Posted by DT
May 06, 2008
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Life’s Like That: Part 2


Image: Poop Hat from Jbox

So where was I? Ah yes.

On two separate occasions, I had a similar discussion with two designer friends. One of which was a very senior designer almost two decades older than I. We were discussing how designers have “Use by Dates” and how we all will eventually get there. This is because the older designers would eventually get surpassed by new blood that has access to new training, technologies, skills and thinking.

So I pondered: “How can designers remain relevant in today’s fast pace design world?”
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