Design’s Inspiring Possibility
A new documentary profiles the life and perspective of Bruce Mau, a designer who had contributed more to my passion
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Bruce Mau
Design for Humans’ Energy
Energy powers innovation, creativity, motivation, and the will to make change happen if we design for it. Change requires power.
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Design Thinking: From Cognition to Craft
Design thinking is best approached as a habit, not as an exercise. Just as ‘critical thinking’ isn’t meant to be applied sporadically to one’s life, neither is design thinking.
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Design’s Inspiration Outcome Dividend.
Design is about making things with intention, craft, and care, but above all, it must inspire. Without inspiration and excitement, there is no action.
Read moreMarketing Metaphors of Meaning in Complexity
Marketing is largely about identity and stories about identity. Marketers want to influence what you do (choose, use, purchase, etc..) and how you experience what you do when you do it. To do this, they know the importance of design and the stories to accompany that design. Design, when done well, is partly about creating empathy with those who are to benefit from the products of design and the best products out there are ones that apply empathy and guide behaviour at the same time. Storytelling is the vehicle that links them together.
Read moreDesigning Education for Learning
Higher education strives to prepare learners to meet the scientific and technical demands of a changing world, yet does so in a manner that seems antithetical to change. What gives? I explore this in a little further with insights from complexity science.
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