Author: designswarm

As a consumer, what if every time I wanted to buy something that wasn’t related to food or public transportation, I would have to fill in a form explaining why I would buy x, y, z? I think Id stop buying anything other than books. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

“The most revolutionary products, the things you “never knew you wanted but can’t live without”, only catch on when people are able to move quickly from trying to experiencing.”” – Christopher Fahley on Graph paper. “I believe in general that my job is absolutely useless” – Philippe Stark, TEDtalks “And that means that we have… Continue reading Why it sucks to be an industrial designer

I’m warning you this is a really long one. —- Ok, ok, i’ll jump on the bandwagon of responses to Are designers the enemy of design?, a Businessweek article that has everyone in the industry reacting. So let’s make this a smart analysis, paragraph by paragraph, so you understand the context of my response if… Continue reading Designers the enemy of design – a response.

M. -I figured out what Twitter is for…. A. -What? M. – It’s for people to brag about how glamorous their lives supposedly are.

I can’t believe we still live in a society where this doesn’t lead to more noise being made. I often get into interesting/slightly frustrating conversations with people about whether it makes a difference that I’m a woman in my field. I answer no, that it’s a non-issue for me as a professional. With shit like… Continue reading Unacceptable