Archive for the ‘Value of Design’ Category
Researching Bridges | Our First Research Endeavor
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Something they don’t teach in design school is how to talk to clients (or bosses) in a language they will understand. You learn of primary, secondary, and complimentary colors; what makes a design “successful”; and many other valuable things. But what they don’t teach you–what you have to have the passion to learn on your [...]
Read On |The Science of Seeing
Monday, December 14th, 2009To most businesses, design is viewed as a luxury and not a necessity. Design budgets are the first to be cut in a recession and the last to be restored. To many who term themselves designers, design is an art mastered by many–not an invaluable, strategic business tool understood by few. It is obvious why [...]
Read On |Measuring the Success of Design
Monday, November 16th, 2009The design process (as opposed to the process of creating art) includes a great level of science and methodology; “strategy”, if you will. So, if the process of designing something is so strategic, it only makes sense that there should be a clear-cut way of measuring the success of design. Below are some tips for [...]
Read On |VOD Resources Are Up
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009For those of you who have started in on your copy of The Value of Design, you may have noticed that the VOD page didn’t have all the resources listed in the booklet as promised. As of a few moments ago I have updated the VOD page and included all of the links from the [...]
Read On |Waffle Fries
Thursday, August 27th, 2009While grocery shopping the other night I was looking for some waffle fries. They have been a long-time favorite of mine. For some reason they just seem to taste better than any other kind of fries. Once when we were deciding what kind of fries to have with dinner we had a choice between waffle [...]
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