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Design Business Review

In Discussions on 10 April 2009 tagged business, fundamentals, innovation, visionaries with View Comments

If you’re a designer you need be checking out the Design Business Review.
Designers are in the business of doing business; their clients rely on them to make smart, market-savvy decisions and yet there is no resource to provide the necessary knowledge to make these decisions wisely. DBR is simple, pragmatic advice on the business of [...]

Extended Interview with Gary Hustwit – Dwell Blog – dwell.com

In Discussions on 6 February 2009 tagged fundamentals, technology, visionaries with View Comments

More on the forthcoming Objectified documentary; this time an interview with the director, Gary Hustwit:
Extended Interview with Gary Hustwit – Dwell Blog – dwell.com

Bill Gates at TED 2009

In Discussions on 5 February 2009 tagged fundamentals, science, service, visionaries with View Comments

Bill Gates talks about two of his latest philanthropic efforts at the annual TED conference going on this week; conquering malaria and making teachers great.

Gary Hustwit talks with Doug Pray

In Discussions on 19 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, visionaries with View Comments

I just found this interview between Gary Hustwit, director of the new Objectified movie, and Doug Pray, director of the new Art & Copy movie.
Art & Copy is all about advertising. Objectified, as I’ve previously written, is all about product design. Hustwit and Pray find some interesting common ground in discussing [...]

New Buzzword for Great Ideas?

In Discussions on 15 January 2009 tagged fundamentals with View Comments

Since reading Bruce Nussbaum’s “‘Innovation’ is Dead” article in BusinessWeek back in December, I’ve been giving the idea some serious thought. Initially the whole notion struck me as a contrived discussion on semantics. I just re-read the article along with all of the new comments and it still seems like Bruce is just [...]

Rollins Interviews Shepard Fairey

In Discussions on 13 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, visionaries with View Comments

DIY/Punk icon Henry Rollins [official/wiki] interviews Shepard Fairey [official/wiki], creator of the OBEY Giant cultural phenomenon.

Lovegrove

In Discussions on 12 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, visionaries with View Comments

From 2005 – Ross Lovegrove talks in detail about his “D.N.A. – Design/Nature/Art” design philosophy at TED.

Lifehacker Posts their Top 10 CES and Macworld Announcements

In Discussions on 11 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, service, software, technology with View Comments

I don’t necessarily agree with all of these, but interesting nonetheless.

10. iLife/iWork new features and tweaks
9. Apple/Jobs won’t dominate Macworld anymore
8. Palm is back in the game
7. Built-in media streaming on TVs, DVD players
6. Better laptop batteries
5. Smarter voice-activated car systems
4. Wireless charging, for real
3. Picasa for Macs—FINALLY
2. Windows 7 Beta announced
1. iTunes frees its [...]