Saturday, November 28, 2015

2015:49 What I learned this week

Career advice
https://www.futurerising.com/careers-advice

Detroit 2030. Planning the future of the city together with the citizens of Detroit.
http://detroitfuturecity.com/

IKEA LATTJO collection. Toys! "Play it forward"
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10312751/

Cooper Hewitt  how design has become more and more user-focused over the past fifty years, and how this shift has affected the daily lives of people everywhere
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/51669015/


Sunday, November 15, 2015

2015:46 What I learned this week

camera drone that you just throw and it follows you. It's also cute.
https://www.lily.camera/

Talk to your intelligent robot to assist you. Yes, like Her.
http://motion.ai/

RSID has a design and health program
http://footnote1.com/better-health-by-design/


As I try to understand more about what is a designer, strategist, design strategy, design thinking:

A good article from AIGA about the role designers play in strategy. An excerpt from "Success by Design: The Essential Business Reference for Designers" It's not explicit, but it is probably skewed towards graphic designers
http://www.aiga.org/what-aspiring-designers-need-to-know-about-strategy/

IDEO's expertise as Business Design explains what design thinking x corporate strategy is for IDEO, and case studies to prove its value
https://www.ideo.com/expertise/business-design/