Found in the Hackney Freecycle mailing list: “Offered: wedding dress size 10/12 with veil. N16 pick up”
Topoware update
Quick update on something else that keeps me busy :) I’m really happy to announce that Topoware will be part of Designboom’s “Handled with care” exhibition as part of the London Design Festival, hosted by designersblock in Shoreditch. Additionally, it is being featured in the Stanford-based design magazine Ambidextrous 7: Food. Download the article here… Continue reading Topoware update
Apologetic press release
Ben often says I speak “europanto”, that has its disadvantages too. Got a lovely email from Barbara at Vonen highlighting the fact that I often make spelling mistakes in this blog (“its/it’s” in a sentence, etc.) I’d like to apologize to my readers for that. I never did learn English grammar properly (learnt it in… Continue reading Apologetic press release
Public service announcement
Sorry about the lack of news, but I’m in the middle of the Hardcore Hardware Hacking weekend I’ve put together for tinker.it. Lots of fun! Wish you were here!
The quality of touch points
There’s been a little of bit of a talk lately about service (wopps i’m sorry experience) design and what it means to have multiple touch points and how this shapes a user experience. What’s perhaps left aside here is how important the quality of those individual touch points is. As a designer and business owner,… Continue reading The quality of touch points
Media managment skills
1864 Back in the days, if you were sent off to boarding school, you’d have no other means of communications with your friends and family other than through writing. So the written word was something treasured. You’d write to your mother, knowing she would read the letter out loud to the rest of your family.… Continue reading Media managment skills
Quote of the day
Massimo introducing me to someone on Skype. “Please meet alexandra deschamps-sonsino the name sounds very fancy but she’s dangerous ” sigh.
When a chair just isn't a chair
I’ve often said that in the wonderful world of product design, a sure sign that you’ve made it is that your chair design gets produced by a company like Flos. There’s a certain top-down process here where a designer will decide what context a chair lives in and the company sells that dream to the… Continue reading When a chair just isn't a chair
Quote of the day
“Individual designers are liable for the damages incurred by the play of their games” Found in Picnic games submission document.
Entertainement of the day
I always deeply hated the Cabbage Patch Kids as a child so this seems somewhat comforting :) via 7Gadgets