I took the kids to the Vancouver Maker Faire this past weekend. It was pretty much what I expected. My summary of the event would be “overpriced, under good, but worth going to”. There are so many things I want to love about Maker culture but I can’t get past the fact that the majority [...]
Tag Archives: Industrial Design
I’m Underrated
Creativity Design Design Thinking Personal ThoughtsLast week I was declared underrated….again. I was declared underrated and I loved it….again. I’ve gone through my life considered underrated and I have always revelled in the designation. The reason I revel in it is because for whatever reason people don’t think I’m capable of doing what I am capable of and yet I [...]
Bring The Woo!
Creativity Design Industrial Design Personal ThoughtsThe Woo is the moment during a sporting event when the fingertip grab is made or the big open ice hit is laid on someone and the crowd goes “Wooooooo”. It is a moment every athlete strives for. Those moments are very easy to come by in the day to day. They’re usually more subtle and far [...]
Design Thinking: How it Applies to Business
Creativity Design Design Thinking Industrial Design TechnologyDesign Thinking…..it is cropping up everywhere. I have accounting firms asking me about it. The Standford d.school and IDEO have harnessed the term into something of a cliche. I had an experience recently as to what it is that has always rubbed me the wrong way about the hubbub over Design Thinking. If you’re not [...]
Changing the World
Design Design Thinking Industrial Design Kijani Technology Personal ThoughtsIt is interesting how little themes start to pop up everywhere you look when you start looking for it. It was really struck home for me when my 9 year old daughter who, while sitting in the back seat of our car, noticed the fact that she now notices dogs everywhere now that she really [...]
Chain Sketch Video
Core77 Chain Sketch Creativity Design Drawing Fun StuffI put in another quick entry to the Core77 Discussion Forum’s chain sketching thread (found here). I drew an “Alligator eating ice creaM” I also did up a quick video of me drawing it: [tentblogger-youtube o-LRDiLhCMQ]
Design and Policy Management
Design Design Thinking Personal Thoughts TechnologyI’ve been considering the thoughts around the curation of the design industry for a couple years now. It started about 2 years ago when I got involved in the International Council for the Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). I’ve been using the word “curator” because it seems that the design industry requires someone that can [...]
Design is Sales
Design Design Thinking Industrial Design Personal ThoughtsI’ve been rummaging this thought through my brain for several months now. It was reinforced to such a strong degree this morning that it has me needing to get it out there. Design is Sales in both a literal and figurative sense. Here’s what I mean: Design is Sales in that if your product is [...]
Are Metrics the Foundations for Success?
Design Design Thinking Industrial Design Personal Thoughts TechnologyQuantifying progress. It’s a thought process that I’ve always been on board with, but I’ve always struggled with when it comes to the discipline required to log the data that tracks success over time. I meet the deadlines, or other targets, but at the end of the day, I don’t really have any way of gauging how [...]
Design and the Cloud
Creativity Design Internet of ThingsPart of me thinks I might be a bit late to this party. But there’s a couple of new cloud offerings from major players that I can’t stay quiet on it anymore. The obvious connection with this whole Internet of Things discussion is that the platforms that open in the cloud, the more opportunities there [...]