I keep on making these and then switching computers every few years and losing them, so I’m putting it here. The above file is what it looks like, but it’s a .PNG; ignore it. Here is a link to the BC vector map in AI (Adobe Illustrator) format. If you need to know what an […]
Category Archives: design
Reflections on Emergence
I just took down all the “get tickets” links for Emergence on TEDxVictoria.com and changed the language to be past tense. This means we have reached the point in time where we have largely accomplished what we intended to do when we started planning this event. There are so many people to thank for this […]
impedance to expression
I took the above photo of my good friend Casey Jo, just before she was about to say .. — As time goes by, and I create more and more through many different platforms, programs, and processes, I’m beginning to notice which are most successful and why. At one point I believed I just “wasn’t […]
in need of an exorcism?
As seen in Vancouver at Davie and Denman in late August. I would have used red instead of blue for “You may be possessed!” – would get the fear and impatience going a bit faster. I should note that I came across a similar flyer in Trinidad, except it was a guru there. I’m sure […]
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Cameron Sinclair at Design Currency
This week I wrote a post about Cameron Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity. In and amongst all the discussion at and about Design Currency – now a week and a half ago – there is one talk that stands out for me. And it is not to do with the way it was said, or […]
Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design
This past week was Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design, an installment of Icograda’s world-wide Design Week series. This was a multidisciplinary design conference – there were speakers that had backgrounds in business, education, marketing, advertising, industrial design, journalism, city planning, consulting, strategy, and much more. I’ve written a number of posts on defining […]
Design Currency update
My blogging is all over the place – I realize that some of it isn’t quite right for the audience here, but this is also my own archive so deal with it ;). This is what I posted last night on www.gdc.net: Say what you will about the value of design, but one thing is […]
defining the value of design
The entrepreneur who picks a logo off the shelf to use, solely because it appeals to himself or herself, is more likely to fail in business than the entrepreneur that engages in a full design process. This isn’t just because self-reflection can sometimes be a smokey mirror. A full design process can be defined many […]
the technology pendulum
Is design technology doing what we need it to do? New products are everywhere, but is technology helping with quality products or obfuscating design’s purpose with quantity of products? Are those responsible for rendering our designs doing so in a timely way? Finally, is infrastructure for cloud computing ready for what designers will need it […]