Archive for October, 2007

I was reading some article in the latest Vogue when the writer mentioned the classic Coco Chanel adage that
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.”
I’ve heard this quote many times before but for some reason it struck a strong chord within me this time. I realized [...]


A very interesting presentation from Christine Wodtke.
How do we design social networks? What do they really do for us as a community?
She has many insights into what they mean.
I especially appreciated her commentary on how we as users have different identities on the web. If you look at the differences between sites [...]


A very interesting look at the latest Web Design Survey by the people at A List Apart.
If you’re interested in learning what the latest title, salary, and job trends are, take a look. You can draw lots of great insights from this report
Web Design Survey PDF


D-schools 2007

15Oct07

A comprehensive list to the best Design Schools around the world, compiled by Business Week.
I looked through them and clearly the biggest trend that seems to be happening is the intersection between Business and Design. A new army of MFA with Business know how are about to take over. Get ready!
Best [...]


It was 9pm at night and I was doing my usual, strolling through the internet, reading up on the latest news, checking out my facebook news feed when I noticed the oddest thing; I saw a friend of mine joined the group:
“Petition to Get Rid of “is” from Facebook Status Update!”
79,280 members and growing….
Now the [...]


I recently stumbled upon an interesting PDF paper created by Jess McMullin commenting on what he believes is Designs EVOLUTION in business.
It’s pretty interesting and makes you think about how Design can make an impact on how companies are run and how services can be improved through design.
After taking a look I realized a lot [...]