Apple have only 16 people in their design team. Thinks of how much influence they make.
How many designers you have on your team? How much influence do they make?
Apple Wins D&AD awards for best brand, and best design studio of the last 50 years. Read more here.
Never known for pushing the design envelop. MS changed their logo (again). The new simplistic version is kinda… simple. Joining a trend is a good thing (sometimes). But it might be too late to deliver any real impact. MS might be leading in many fields of computing but as a brand they still lack leadership in spirit.
Microsoft new logo:
My favorite version by far is the 80′s design.
Thresh Metal fans might agree that this is almost as good as Anthrax’s logo.
Dan Benjamin is joined by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and Mike Rohde to discuss visual thinking, visual note-taking, and the “doodle revolution.” They discuss how something as simple as a drawing can change how we communicate concepts and ideas more directly, and how this is beginning to change how people to business.
“We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
‘Product Design’ isn’t really dead, but the meaning of it has changed dramatically in last few years.
I graduated last year with a BFA in Product Design but now I find the terminology confusing while job hunting for both companies and future employees.
I just noticed this add on the Pinterest jobs board. While I might be a Product Designer on paper I don’t fit the job description.
Why don’t we make it easier on ourselves.
Industrial Design is a well known (relativity) profession with distinct (yet slightly loose) description. Industrial Design pertains to the physical consideration of object interaction. Product design (also interaction) has to do with an interaction as a whole but mostly pertains to digital interaction. For defining the profession, ‘Industrial Design’, it’s a good start.
So why do they still distribute degrees in ‘Product Design’?
It does not mean one can’t be both. That might be the future of product design. But why not make it easier and define It just for the sake of job hunting. A process that is not always that fun to begin with.
” She had no fear. People who die more than once aren’t afraid anymore. In the statistics of war, she was among the fortunate ones. The Nazis didn’t kill her, they just took her life.”
An excerpt from the page turning book Memories After My Death by Yair Lapid about his dad, the famous Israeli journalist and politician, Joseph Tommy Lapid. A man who was as loved as he was hated. A Holocaust survivor (ain’t we all in a way?) which helped in building a country and shaping its culture while keeping true to his often in-your-face idiosyncrasies. A fun (it really is funny) yet insightful read.
“Lord Boothby… once told me. In 1931 I visited the Führer in Munich. When I stepped inside his office he jumped up, raised his right arm in the Nazi salute and shouted ‘Heil Hitler!’ I had no choice, I jumped up myself , raised my right arm and shouted, ‘Heil Boothby!’”
- These are my translations directly from the Hebrew version. The translated book may (certainly) have these translated differently.
Vermin Supreme is an American performance artist, anarchist and activist who is known for his being a satirical candidate in various local, state, and national elections in the United States
An end-of-the-year kind of set that really focuses on albums and tracks that were released right before the year’s end (thus mostly neglected from those end-of-the-year sets). This soft electronic stuff really goes well with the weather outside. Kinda chill. Mixed by DJ Wannabeats.
00:00 – Darkside – A1 // Clown & Sunset
05:30 – 1000names – Water Resistant Rakete // Project:Mooncircle
08:30 – Juj – Mibira Spirit // Project:Mooncircle
10:30 – Royalty – Cookie Dough (Jimmy Edgar) // Five East Pieces
15:30 – FaltyDL – Atlantis // Ninja Tune
20:30 – Minoo – Easy (Kixnare Remix) // Mad Hop
24:30 – Amy Winehouse – Brother (Powell Remix) // Ego Thieves
28:30 – Eliphino – Devoted // Some Think Sound
31:30 – Dubbel Dutch – Hymn // Mixpack
36:00 – Throwing Snow – Pyre // Local Action
40:30 – Salva – Komodo // Friends Of Friends
45:30 – The Range – A Solitudinous Diptych // Astro Nautico
48:30 – Galapagos – Feel Things Inside // Soundcloud
52:00 – 1000names – Paper Trip // Project:Mooncircle
56:00 – Jill Scott – Crown Royal (Simon S Remix) // BamaLoveSoul
This project by MVRDV was shut down as many observes complained it reminded them the image of the smoking twin towers. Moreover, the master planner of this design is none other than Daniel Libeskind who designed the ground zero plan. MVRDV has apologized and stashed this project away from sight. So… here it is:
