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innovation

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The Great Idea Viability Test

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Some ideas look really good in your head but when you get them down on paper and begin to develop a strategy, the flaws become apparent.

Acknowledge the Box

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We talk about creativity and innovation in terms of thinking outside the box. Thinking outside the box still needs to remain within the boundaries of the problem we are solving. In other words, thinking outside the box does not disrespect the box. Look at the box from a different angle, but keep looking at it. Be [...]

Critique and Criticism

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No one likes to be critiqued, but everyone is a critic. As a design practitioner and teacher of design, I am involved continually in the analysis and evaluation of design. I critique my students’ work in the classroom and I critique my own work in the studio. My clients critique my work. I critique the [...]

True Lies

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Those who track and analyze cultural trends generally agree that our culture has become design-driven. It’s no longer based on business or technology but on design. We consumers generally assess the value of a product or idea based on post-modern criteria: its design, its visual appeal, how we experience it, how we feel about it. [...]

Put In A Different Context, Something Becomes Extraordinary

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rZqw5bXb4] I first saw this clip by EepyBird in a post over on The Digital Sanctuary followed it to its source. I enjoyed it enough to want to share it here.  And I wanted to add the thought that everything we consider ordinary, such as a pad of sticky notes, had a unique origin. Whether [...]

It’s Touching

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I was over at FastCompany’s blog reading Chris Dannen’s review of Apple Leopard. He referenced the multi-touch technology developed by Jeff Han at NYU, and included this clip. Just watching this is very entertaining and all the gestures and movements going on reminded me of traffic control officers and orchestra conductors. I found this clip [...]