August 30, 2009
“I don’t know what’s next! It’s kind of a joke, but we’re proudly ‘without business plan’ in our 13th year. We’ve had a lot of things not work, and that’s OK too. If it’s a good idea and it gets you excited, try it, and if it bursts into flames, that’s going to be exciting too. People always ask, ‘What is your greatest failure?’ I always have the same answer—We’re working on it right now, it’s gonna be awesome! …
You need to have the stomach for risk and you need to have good ideas. Let’s just assume that those …
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Source: Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners interviewed by Design Glut
Via: “Fresh Signals” by Coudal Partners
Labels: Risk
August 29, 2009
“…creativity isn’t a specific activity; it’s a quality of things we do. You can be creative in anything—in math, science, engineering, philosophy—as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. And you can certainly be involved in the arts in ways that are especially creative. And so it’s important to emphasize that it’s not about creating some small space in schools where people can be creative, and particularly not if that means just tacking on some art programs on a Friday afternoon. It’s about the way we do things. … We live in worlds that we …
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Source: Interview with Sir Ken Robinson by TED and Reddit
Via: Thinking aloud
Labels: Creativity
August 28, 2009
We don’t see urban and nature as opposites. We feel that they need each other and coexist. Even in a big city, all you need to do is to take a few minutes to look at your surroundings with a new eye, and you will find nature is right there.
Chao-Hsien Kuo and Eero Hintsanen
Founders, Chao&Eero Jewel
Source: Questions for Chao & Eero
Labels: Nature
August 25, 2009
“Our clients need to believe in what we are selling and to believe in us. From a graphic design perspective, the onus is on us to make our visual communications clear, impactful and meaningful.
It took much patience and a few years to build trust among my clients, both in the value of good graphic design and in me. I remember one late night standing in front of three 4 x 8-foot presentation boards intended to sell our healthcare services with their charts, graphs and half-completed renderings, when the design leader quipped to me, ‘Graphic design is hard to explain.’ …
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Source: “Trust: How to Get It and Why You Need It” by Lisa Gainor
Labels: Trust
August 22, 2009
Scott Hansen, Artist and Musician: “Design, to me, is the search for efficiency. Efficiency in conveying a message, efficiency of form. In this way I see some of my own work falling into the category of design, while some of my other work falls under the umbrella of illustration. With the more illustrative pieces my primary goal is to create something beautiful or striking in a visceral sense. These goals remain intact when I create a purely design-driven piece, but there is the added goal of minimalism and efficiency which constrains the process and limits the content. It is these constraints that force us as designers to reveal the core of the idea we are trying to express and to seek the most direct route to it. In this way, all of the periphery and excess of illustration and fine art can be shed to expose the roots of visual communication and express them in a concise and instantly understandable form. When I see something that embodies these ideals it is always very moving, these are the things that drive me to create.”
Source: ISO5O Blog
Labels: Efficiency
August 16, 2009
Nicholas Felton, Designer, and Co-Founder of Daytum: “I approach every project systematically, and develop a set of rules that will help me make something consistent and interesting. With a typeface I’m considering all the angles, lines and transitions which will create a kit of guiding principles that direct every decision. The same is true in a logotype or a diagram or a publication, I try to develop a system that is robust and interesting enough to carry all the parts of the design in a successful manner. …
You have to stay busy. If you’ve got a day job and you’re not doing freelance or personal projects at night, you’re not doing enough. If you’re working for yourself, and not working on the weekends, then you’re basically standing still. Experience and a solid body of work takes time to accumulate, and there’s only one way to get there.”
Source: Interview with Nicholas Felton by Kevin Kelly, Notes on Design
Labels: Work
August 14, 2009
Working in the entertainment industry is really fun (sometimes it doesn’t even feel like a job), but to get here, you have to put in thousands of hours of hard work, blood and sweat. There are no secrets or ‘magic’ buttons to push. Focus on the fundamentals and don’t get caught up on superficial stuff. The latest versions of Photoshop or the coolest MAC/PC are not going to solve your problems. Put away the excuses and the urge to always have the newest things—instead, just work hard.
Feng Zhu
Designer and Founder, FZD School of Design, Singapore
Source: Designer Q&A with Feng Zhu by Raph Goldsworthy
Via: @designdroplets
Labels: Work
August 8, 2009
“Creative Good had a difficult time, like a lot of companies did, in 2001 when we laid off almost the entire company and were not doing so well.
I took some time off because I was in need of a sabbatical. When I came back from driving around the country for a few months, I had this germ of an idea, that I wanted to start a conference that was not about customer experience and business, which I knew would remain the consulting focus.
But I wanted a conference that was about good experience. Customer experience is important. I …
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Source: An Interview with Mark Hurst by Tamara Adlin
Labels: Experience
