Thrown into the mess…
I always say there is no perfect design. Likewise, there is no perfect design situation. You are always thrown into a mess of communications and deliveries. This is not meant…
Reflect and Resolve
The act of being a professional designer is a process of iteration in itself — demanding ongoing feedback from peers & clients, of course, but also continuous critical self-examination, guided…
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…
Levels of design craft
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…
Styles of design methodology
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…