Design Feast at design:related’s “sites we like”

Design:related, a community site and inspirational tool for designers, released a new feature dedicated to “sites we like.” Design Feast was included. Thanks to Matt Sung, Karen Horton and their crew for putting Design Feast in good company!

Thought Leadership by Design book at idea 2008 Conference

Thought Leadership by Design, the book, will be featured at idea 2008, “a conference on designing complex information spaces of all kinds,” of The Information Architecture Institute. Thanks to Sapient Interactive of Sapient Corp. for picking up the book!

[Nifty Idea] Open Design Critiques and Work Travelogs

White Whale Web Services, Oakland, CA, create blogs for clients and their constituencies to publicly comment on the firm’s work in progress—such as their redesign of Southwestern University, including Kenyon College and Haverford College. White Whale also writes and publishes a Business Travel Diary for more behind-the-scenes views on their work activities. As Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV said at this year’s Seed Conference, “Talk about stuff—what you do for work, that your crap looked weird yesterday. Everything’s going to be out there, you won’t be able to hide anything, so embrace it.” White Whale is one of many firms that embrace defrosting design work by sharing the decisions behind it.

[Blog Entry Echo] Selected Pieces from July and August 2008

If you’re a newcomer to this blog or an occasional visitor, here are some notable past entries that span this blog’s categories: Bits, Design Research, Writing, and the Designer’s Quest(ionnaire):

• [Connecting Bits] Noticing Power
• Write to be read
• Design the Vote!
• Design that Fits
• Design Shrines Online
• Flickr Taps Into Our Inner Typographer
• Ethnography and Design
• Designer’s Quest(ionnaire): James David Morgan of The Groundswell Collective

Enjoy and thanks for visiting!

[Found Terms] Democratic Design and Design Ecology

Democratic Design
Gives everyone high-quality products at affordable prices.

Design Ecology
Developing relatively cheap, attractive, energy-saving products to introduce everybody to ecology.

Source: And Now, to Try and Catch the Wind by Alice Rawsthorn

Designer’s Quest(ionnaire): Lincoln Kayiwa of Kayiwa

The Designer’s Quest(ionnaire) is a Design Feast initiative embracing the perspective of a designer in a succinct format. Lincoln Kayiwa founded his design company Kayiwa, “an epitome of novelty, aesthetics, functionality and environmental friendliness.” Inspired by the toucan bird’s bill, he designed the sterling silver Tukanni (above), an interpretation of the conventional chopsticks. Read about his intriguing ideas on design and designing.

[Design Portfolio Spotting] Giovanni Jubert

Knowing the best way to present information about yourself and your work is a real challenge. You can solve this by adopting a solution like Carbonmade and Qfolio. Or you can hire professional help to design your online portfolio, so as not to be enmeshed in the design process, especially when the heated topic is you. These options are viable, but there’s the drive to take the bottom-up approach and envision exactly how your work should be viewed.

For an inspiring approach from debuting a periodic highlight of design portfolios online, check out the simple presentation of Giovanni Jubert.