<< Back to inform newsletter archive | What is designindustry? >>
inform issue #32 - 14th of July 2009
The View When Standing On Your Head

The View When Standing On Your Head

The last few articles I’ve written for designindustry have been a reflection on five years of working with companies in the field of design strategy and management.

You see certain things time and time again, you read of the experiences of others that echo these observations, and if you are lucky – as I have been - you get the opportunity to test out your hypotheses in real-life business situations.

Unlike everyone else I talk to - they all seem, by their own account, to be evenly balanced between ‘left brain’ and ‘right brain’ thinking – I’m more of a left-brained kind of chap, with a couple of right-brained tendencies thrown in. I’ve learned that I must push myself to be creative and not to suck the life out of things. I get it right sometimes, and sometimes I don’t.

Read the full article >> 

 
latest blog updates

latest blog updates

  • Ten Things to Demand from Design Thinkers
  • Bicycle Panniers
  • Design challenge, uncloggable tops
  • Vacuum Fragrance (pump)

visit our blog >>

 
latest case studies

latest case study

SCION biomaterials technology, research & development services

Project: Life cycle assessment wall calculator

Challenge: With a potentially exciting product at concept stage, the client lacked two critical elements to move forward: A design brief and a user experience strategy. Ou goal; to define a brief for the development of the product based on real world requirements, ensuring both fitness for purpose and that the product interface would be intuitive to the end user.

our solution >>

{tag_unsubscribe}