Monthly Archives: December 2008
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I am taking off for Christmas. And have promised myself I will not blog over the break. I will spend all my time with my family and be available for the kids. In a non distracted fashion. So this blog … Continue reading
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Social Design it is
I have just come back from India. And from Presenting the School of Design vision. For now its all go – and that is really exciting. In short the vision argues for three new kinds of courses: 1. Social Innovation: … Continue reading
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Netroots
Word Spy – netroots n. A grassroots movement that uses the Internet to communicate, organize, and raise money. Also: Netroots. Example Citations:Democratic congressional candidate Darcy Burner … followed her husband to Washington state in 1998 when he was hired at … Continue reading
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What is the methodology for Base of the Pyramid Innovation?
I found this interesting blog – where the aim is to come up with a ‘practice’ and method for designing and developing products for the BoP. I will be watching this blog from now on. www.bop-innovation.com I am very excited … Continue reading
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Design Education for the future
Now Imagine a Design School that offers courses at three levels: Bachelors, Graduate Certficate and Graduate Degree. The key focus of the courses is Design for Social Change. The primary context of practice is India – and the location of … Continue reading
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A New School for India
Imagine a country where by many estimates 70% of the population is rural – with poor access to work, services and the benefits of technology. Where life in a sense is a curious mix of the ancient ways-practices and contemporary … Continue reading
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Integrated Design
I have been looking at the Bachelors in Integrated Design offered by the Koln International School of Design. This means I have considered it from many angles and there are many things I like about it. 1. I know many … Continue reading
Filed under Design School, Service Design, Social Innovation
Ranting is good
I was asked this monday and tuesday: ‘do you deliberately set out to provoke people’. I dont. It just all comes out when my dam of irritation breaks. I live and work in a pace where the conservative perspective dominates … Continue reading
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GM wants 18 billion
If 18 billion is given to Better Place we will have genuine change. Is it time to ban private ownership of cars?But I do like Megan’s tone. GM goes nuclear – Megan McArdle So GM wants $18 billion just for … Continue reading
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Diabetes and Interaction Design
I saw charmr (you can say Charmr on youtube to watch the video) by Adaptive Path and was quite intrigued. I have students doing similar projects. This is ‘gadgets that help’. I am in diabetes for a different reason – … Continue reading
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Schon Lecture
Donald Schon, AERA 1987, “Educating the Reflective Practitoner” And so the separation of research and practice. And the consequence of this is, I believe, that if you find yourself in university, you find yourself in an institution built around an … Continue reading
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How do you program a VCR?
Its 1991. I am sitting on the grass at the Katsuta factory of Hitachi. It a factory that makes TVs. And I am sitting with factory workers – one of them says he goes home late so that his son … Continue reading
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Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money
This is a gorgeous piece. Okay I am in love with China – and cry for its faults. But I have to admit I smile every time I hear a bit of muscle flexing – and so very graciously done. … Continue reading
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Smart Phone or RFID embedded?
Is this making GPS outdated? The location mapping is terrestrial. Scobleizer: Google’s Plan for Mobile Domination | Fast Company Maps, Mail, Calendar, and Reader work in some form on a large number of handsets, but they can do so much … Continue reading
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Sketching was the new black
adaptive path » the joy of sketch : explorations in hand-crafted visuals About two years ago, Adaptive Path experienced an upwelling of analog approaches. We started using design tools that jumped out of the screen and into the real world. … Continue reading
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The Table in Context
This is interesting and different from the studio as the location of design. But still valid as the consultant preoccupation. What may also be interesting is to focus upon what we do not speak about because we believe mistakenly that … Continue reading
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You may already practice service design
Service design is old – and many different people do it. But the time has come to move from ‘need’ driven initiatives – which are also called social innovations – to a more ‘systematic approach’. For social innovations and disruptive … Continue reading
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The IxDA is pleased to announce its second annual conference-Interaction’09|vancouver.
Would love to go to this event. IxDA Interaction 09 | Vancouver > Main Interaction’09|vancouver will be held from February 5-8, 2009 in stunning Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in conjunction with Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology. … Continue reading
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The 5 habits of highly effective project teams
Cooper Journal: The 5 habits of highly effective project teams Establish structure and discipline At the start of a project, it’s common for managers and participants to be certain only of the impending release date – everything else is anyone’s … Continue reading
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What kind of people work in service design
Some people with a design background work in service design. I have posted the engine ‘people’ page here to give a slice of profession specializations – Product Design and Graphic design in particular. Engine Service Design | About us Engine … Continue reading
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Service Design on film « Redjotter’s Weblog
A simple and easy video introduction to service design. more about "Service Design on film « Redjotter’s …", posted with vodpod
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start tackling problems and pushing through ideas together
Emergence 2007 » Blog Archive » What People Are Saying About the Emergence Conference One of the big pushes coming out of the conference was to start continuing the conversations we’ve had over the past three days so that we … Continue reading
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I hope we’re nearing the end of the product design mindset
Emergence 2007 » Blog Archive » What People Are Saying About the Emergence Conference Todd Wilkens from Adaptive Path’s talk–”The End of Products”–was near to our hearts. Building the argument for ecosystems rather than products, he talked about the need … Continue reading
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the most exciting and promising research opportunities for the future
Quasi-nerds only: interesting little compare and contrast – James Fallows Two of America’s tech powers — IBM and Microsoft — have given glimpses of what they consider the most exciting and promising research opportunities for the future. Their lists are … Continue reading
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I can do my take on Design Today
I make a proposition that Industrial Design is at a place where graphic design was in the 90s and photography was at the time of the digital camera. The line between the professional and the amateur is blurred. The amateur … Continue reading
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