What do designers want?
I remember on my first job out of school, just a couple months after graduating from CMU, one of the principal designers at Oracle had a quick introductory chat with…
Key questions for every designer
When entering a situation for the first time, or when re-visiting issues later on in the cycle, there are a few critical questions that as a designer you should continually…
On design process…
I must confess–I find it amusing when people talk about “the” design process as if there were one final absolute ultimate standardized process that always guarantees success. Hmmm! Even I’m…
What drives a designer?
Problems. And a passionate desire to improve upon problems found anywhere. But to elaborate more on that…I think there are at least two (and certainly more…coming soon!) critical factors that…
Multiple hats at work
As a designer at work, there are multiple hats to wear, each of varying size and weight and flavor given the situation at hand. Here’s a quick sketch of what…