Being a designer
This has actually been simmering in my mind for almost four years (!) since my days working at Involution Studio in Silicon Valley. What does it really mean to be…
Month: April 2011
A designer’s toughest challenge
Being a designer is not for the faint-hearted, as I’ve often said to my former class and elsewhere on this blog. It takes a certain fortitude of sprit, conviction of…
Empathy for non-designers
This past week we held internal product design training sessions for our product managers and engineers. It was quite eye-opening to see firsthand the difficulties of bringing someone from outside…
What is “design evangelism”?
Recently had a lively, thought-provoking lunch with a design candidate, exploring a wide range of issues from “what is user experience” to “design evangelism”. The latter in particular caused me…
Jony Ive on “design value”
From Paul Kunkel’s Apple Design, c1996: “As Apple designers we will continue to deliver power, ease of use and functionality  second to none. But the fruit of our work will be…