3 inspiring people and thoughts from BusinessWeek’s Design conference
Last week I attended BusinessWeek’s first conference dedicated to design. I got more out of it than I thought I would. Many had eye- and mind-opening things to say. I thought I would share a few. Brian Chesky, CEO of AirBNB Among my favorite presenters was Brian Chesky, CEO of AirBNB. He has a degree [...]
“Scientism”, rationality, and practicing design
Even though it was written by someone from frog, I have to give props to Ben McAlister’s “The Science of Good Design: A Dangerous Idea.”. At some point soon-ish I plan on writing about some of the follies of how design consulting is bought and sold, and Ben hits on a key aspect — the [...]
Samsung has crappy design — so why is it always an exemplar?
I’m reading Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company. In theme and topic, it’s *very* similar to Subject to Change, which mostly makes me grateful that we published first. We also don’t reference Apple *nearly* as much as this book does, though I guess it may be excusable, because one [...]
