What a nice way to look at design constraints. The best designers like VW's head of design Klaus Bischoff (whom I have quoted below), learn to work with constraints and even excel with them. Are there any restrictions you face when executing design?From my point of view, limitless design is not so interesting. The game starts when you have limits - when you decide with the …

Click image for a larger view. Source: Black Country Museums.I just had to stop my client work to share this wonderful design with you. While researching for some antique kitchenware, I stumbled upon this Gaydon salt & pepper pots by A.H Woodfull for British Industrial Plastics.

The chaps from Nowhere Else has graciously compiled all the iPhone 5 rumors in one place for easy viewing, and added a slick infographic to boot! They have done all the work, for the benefit of time strapped people like myself, from hunting down and reading every iPhone 5 rumor that pops up. We have better things to do than digging around for iPhone rumors, no?The infographic …

via youtube.com My favorite chair of all time.  A nice video, though it makes me a little disoriented. &# 160;  

As described in my previous blog post "Taking Engagement at Design Sojourn to the Next Level", I wanted to let you know that 3 lucky email subscribers of Design Sojourn's Newsletter have won a Finlandia iPhone 4 case! They have been directly notified of their win by email. The selection process was pretty simple. I used Random.org to select the three random subscribers from …

Check out the Samsung Series 9, a 13.3" Macbook Air “fighter” that boasts a thinner and lighter chassis, and a more up to date processor. (Samsung’s i5 vs. MBA’s Core 2 Duo.)It should be j …

Paula Antonelli indirectly answers the question "What makes good design?” by sharing some of MoMa's selection criteria.The written transcript of the video is after the jump.

Branca, something of how they are made.Branca is inspired by wooden branches that turn, twist, meet and branch off.The result is comfort to the eye, to the body and to the hand.Juriaan Booij has created a wonderful video on the creation of the Branca chair, designed by Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility fame.

View more presentations from David Sherwin David Sherwin, a Senior Interaction Designer at Frog Design, has complied a list of the top 10 mistakes design businesses make. This presentation is a must read for anyone who runs or owns a design business of any kind, as well as those thinking of starting out on their own entrepreneurship venture.

Feng Zhu, Entertainment Design Guru and friend of Design Sojourn, recently released a really cool video filled with tips and techniques on designing with traditional mediums, i.e. pens, paper and sketchbooks. Remember those? Just kidding! With many designers now working with digital sketching tools such as Wacom tablets, and also considering that the iPad is fast becoming the …