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A cool video compilation of design quotes from design luminaries as well as the clients of interaction design consultancy Vostok. If only we all had clients like Vostok's...
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It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that I have decided to put the Spaces for Ideas Collection 2 on hold indefinitely. After taking a hard look at the new prototypes, I am unable to get the design and marketing mix right. The cost to make the Story Book and Iteration Book is not economically viable in the volumes I can afford. Initial user feedback have also …
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This article was originally published on Yanko Design and is reproduced here for reference as well as I know many of you don't frequent that site to often. Enjoy!I’m surprised to see two s …
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Christmas comes early for all Design Sojourn readers! It is indeed the season of giving, but more on that later... (heh-heh)Avid Design Sojourn reader and multidisciplinary industrial designer Juho Viitasalo was very kind to send over finished samples of his design work for Tunewear. Called Finlandia, they are a range of iPhone / iPad covers inspired by nature with a Nordic …
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Forget Black Friday, if you are reading this, it is now time for the Spaces for Ideas Cyber Monday Sale! Well at least in my timezone it is (+8 GMT).
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It has been far too long since I have written an update on this project. I have been so caught up in setting up and running Design Sojourn Consulting that my own produced (brand managed) products got neglected.About 2 weeks ago I suddenly realized, with much frustration, that I have missed the window to get my products into the retail shops for Christmas. Fortunately I still …
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I'm sure most of you would have probably heard of Scott Wilson's little entrepreneurship adventure on Kickstarter, the TikTok and LunaTik iPod Nano watch? FastCo Design, then Cool Hunting and Gizmodo picked up the project and as a result, Scott raised USD$91K in two days. At the time of this article's writing, 6 days since the launch, the project has amassed USD$276,984. Much …
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Dmitry Fadeyev on Google’s decision to remove the “http://” portion of the URL in Chrome’s address bar. But see, this is one of those things that just doesn’t matter. Design isn’t ab …
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You know the kind of products I'm talking about. The type of product that contains design elements (like that speaker grill) that you spent the last 7 years as a designer trying to get the business and development to embrace. Then suddenly someone else, another company perhaps, had the guts to go with the idea. And the predictable story, as you know it, unfolds before you.
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Dylan Tweney, a senior editor at Wired.com, wrote on The Atlantic:...in the 21st century, Internet standards have successfully separated design and content. The two live more interdependent lives, sometimes tightly tied and sometimes completely separated from one another.The message is now free from the medium.It's that separability of design and text that has led to the …
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This awesome infographic (after the jump below), created by the team at Focus, predicts that Tablets (iPad et al.) will be the future of computing. According to the data, 14% of online shoppers intent to purchase an iPad in the next five months. This equates to 28 Million people planning to buy the iPad in the next 5 months. Even though people don't often do what they say, if …
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I'm pretty impressed with the Klhip Nail Clipper. The product is testament that "Form Follows Function" can produce beautiful (instead of boring) products. I love the mechanical design and how it folds up tightly with you are done with it. The ability to contain your nail clippings and prevent it from flying all over the place is icing on the top.
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It has been awhile since but we had a guest post here at Design Sojourn. This one has been written by Sharon, a good friend and fellow designer. I hope you enjoy it! Source: Frog Design I realized that a Design Manager is not an easy role to play in today's design industry. How a design team gels together is very much affected by how the "boss" manages them. More often than …
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Hate/Love from CRUSH on Vimeo. "It’s all up to your and your work."
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via petitinvention Interesting idea for a chopstick holder. In a drawer full of chopsticks, this also helps keep the pairs together for easy sorting and retrieval.
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Francisco Inchauste, a User Experience (UX) designer passionate about all things web, writes a very insightful analysis on the differences of approach between the design of intangible digital products he deals with daily, to that of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright's more analogue (or tangible) products. He writes:
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Image by Michael VerhoefIt certainly looks a lot like Christmas, my favorite time of the year! To celebrate this festive season, we have decided to do something special to get us all into the festive mood.Throughout the month of November (starting from today) and all the way to Christmas, we are going to give you 1 free Spaces for Ideas Expandable Sketchbook for every …
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via youtube.comHow geek-gasmic can we be? I can’t wait for this movie to come out.Sponsored By: Design Sojourn | Strategic Industrial Design Blog
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