News, the occasional rant and maybe even something smart to say. If I'm going to write it down for posterity, it's going to be here.
Before you decide whether design matters, maybe you should decide what design actually is. I found this great little article in an old Canadian Business Magazine and thought I should share with what started out as just a few of my thoughts on the subject, and well…I could have kept going. I don’t once use the word “innovation”, though, in case you’re tired of it.
Read MoreBuilding a trade show model on a short deadline, shoe-string budget, in the middle of a torrential downpour, while flying by the seat of my pants. Or: “Mis-adventures in clear-coating and varnishing on a the eve of a deadline”. Adventure, surely.
Read MoreThe incredible realization that a trip to the pub with some friends one winter night 14 years ago resulted in a special trip to Lebanon, Ohio last week. Life is weird.
Read MoreIn short, this is a great little read if you work in design - whether that's interface, experience, industrial design or what have you. It's a great read if you're in human resources. It's also a really great little summer read if you're a teacher or educator working with little and not-so-little minds, unique and not-so-average as they always are. But this is an even greater read if you, like me, never quite feel like you fit in anywhere.
Read MoreChanging mediums slightly from doing things in 2D to doing, well, things. Stick Design Group is my new design consultancy focusing on healthcare and medical device design. Oh, don’t yee worry. I’m still drawing pictures.
Read MoreShared workspace works. This is a nice story of how two engineers working on wind turbines found a designer and illustrator who normally works in health care, and together they made a really handsome static discharge tail for wind turbines. Made in Hamilton.
Read MoreClutch engaged. Shifting cautiously out of neutral. And slowly forward I shall go.
Read MoreOooh, Netflix has a documentary series on designer. Let's see how they do explaining design to non-designers.
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