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• Service Design, Resources, Methods, Tools

  Methods Libraries to Suit Every Mood

  05.17.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m a methods nerd. Does this surprise you? I’m a methods nerd but not so much of one that I have carefully documented and archived every method I’ve used or come across. Happily, some folks from various disciplines have been developing methods libraries to share with their constituents. Some of these databases are really useful […]

• Design in the Organization, Resources, Collaboration

  More on Silent Design

  03.21.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Did some more poking around on the term “Silent Design.” Turns out the phrase comes from research conducted in the late 1980s by British researchers Peter Gorb and Angela Dumas. (The original paper is available through Science Direct). The objectives of this research was to identify the understanding of design, resource and support of design, […]

• Resources, Methods, Collaboration

  Resource: bringing users into the design process

  01.16.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I was playing “one thing leads to another” this morning (aka following links) and came across this fantastic article by Allison Druin of the University of Maryland’s  Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. In Druin’s article, “The Role of Children in the Design of New Technology,” she builds a case for the involvement of children directly […]

• Resources

  Design Management Book

  01.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  When I go to Amsterdam, I like to hit Nijhof & Lee, a great little design book store located near Waterlooplein (and while I’m at it, I hit De Beesten Winkel for stuffed dinosaurs and creepy crawly bugs for my nephews). For the size of the store, they have a great selection of both US […]

• Resources

  Design Meditations

  09.18.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  If graphic designers can learn anything from their past, it should be that the best graphic design doesn’t use the past to solve the complex problems of the present: it uses the present to reveal the possibilities of the future. —Jeffrey Keedy, Designer and CalArts instructor
  I recently stumbled across a book of design meditations […]

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