Design is an art of decision-making
I knew of Herb Simon somewhat before I went to study design at Carnegie Mellon (CMU) but only as “factoid†bits of info: Nobel Laureate in economics, contributions to AI, legendary…
Uday Gajendar's musings on design
I knew of Herb Simon somewhat before I went to study design at Carnegie Mellon (CMU) but only as “factoid†bits of info: Nobel Laureate in economics, contributions to AI, legendary…
One of the most critical, even inherent, aspects of design is the notion of craft — shaping a material with masterful familiarity towards a benchmark of quality, based upon a…
There are now numerous ways to learn “design thinking†or methods of practicing design for many types of problems: interaction, communications, service, governance, etc. There’s plenty of books and online…
What does it mean to be a design leader? Countless discussions, essays, blog posts and pithy tweets abound covering this question in numerous ways. But as you prepare your portfolio,…
If your’e just starting out, or at a relatively early stage in your career as a designer, the commonly perceived evidence of potential ability & quality is your portfolio, the…