Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Shit adults say to themselves and to each other: “I can’t do this” “I shouldn’t do this” “Don’t blow it”. “Not good enough” “It’s wrong” “That’s a CLM” “No budget” “It won’t sell” “It sucks” “Think about it” “Don’t worry” “They won’t like it” “That’s not allowed” “Give Up” “Why?” “It doesn’t make sense” “When […]
Monday, September 27, 2010
I looked at the “T” in T-Shaped Designer under a microscope and the vertical is actually a lot more complex. Though the name is simplified to a marketable catch-phrase, it looks more like the image below: The misunderstanding of the T-Shaped Designer (specialization + generalist knowledge/experience/outlook) is explained in real-world terms in much more detail […]
Friday, September 24, 2010
Architects think they can do industrial design Industrial designers think they can do graphic design Graphic designers think they can write Writers think they can edit Editors think they can direct photography Photographers think they can create art Artists do all of the above
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I’m trying to build a time machine to get back to the present, but I’m all out of fluxcapacitor. It’s a boring place to be, to know the future, but the anticipation of surprise, is what kept ninjas alive. Here’s some tips on forecasting the future: Few things that will try to derail and cloud […]
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Design was making me depressed. I brought it up to Steve that the more I learned about how to see the world through the lens of the designer, the more energy was getting sucked out of me. Everything around me needed to be fixed, everything around me could be better, everything undesigned needed our help, […]
Monday, September 20, 2010
My self-portrait looked like a hybrid of a comatose Native American and an Italian grandmother. I’m neither of those. I was a twenty-one year old Asian male. We had to pin-up our self-portrait on the wall for the entire class to critique. This was the very first assignment in freshman-drawing and I suppose the instructors […]
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Nashville air was filled with country music and the extremely segregated feel of the city made me uncomfortable. Cowboy hats were adorned by the patrons of the Coyote Ugly saloon and line-dancing is still more popular than ass-grinding, both which I’m clueless how to do. The gem that I stumbled upon was the Hatch […]
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Keep things to yourself. Don’t tell anyone your ideas. It’ll eat you up inside. The idea will thrash and fight to get out. You’ll want to share your ideas with your friends, your family, your loved one. Don’t. Don’t ever open your mouth and have the ideas dribble from your lips. Only release your ideas […]
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Monday, September 13, 2010
No one pays attention to Number three. There’s Coca-cola, Pepsi, and uh…??? There’s Google, Yahoo, and uh…??? HP, Dell, and uh…??? It’s this third place underdogs that releases a greater percentage of creativity generated. The Number One company in the industry is a tough spot to be. They don’t have much to gain, but they […]
Friday, September 10, 2010
They wanted me to read to them. The book, carefully chosen, was about Oliver the Elephant who wanted to grow up and be a dancing circus elephant. So I asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. I had just read the page about the girl who wanted to be cowgirl […]
