Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Money Money Money - "Gettin' Money With a Mouse and a Wacom Pen (Fuck Comic Sans Fuck Papyrus, Too)" from Brad Chmielewski on Vimeo.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
A Design Thinker’s Personality Profile
Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t need weird shoes or a black turtleneck to be a design thinker. Nor are design thinkers necessarily created only by design schools, even though most professionals have had some kind of design training. My experience is that many people outside professional design have a natural aptitude for design thinking, which the right development and experiences can unlock.
Here, as a starting point,are some of the characteristics to look for in design thinkers:
Empathy.
They can imagine the world from multiple perspectives—those of colleagues, clients, end users, and customers (current and prospective). By taking a “people first” approach, design thinkers can imagine solutions that are inherently desirable and meet explicit or latent needs. Great design thinkers observe the world in minute detail. They notice things that others do not and use their insights to inspire innovation.
Integrative thinking.
They not only rely on analytical processes (those that produce either/ or choices) but also exhibit the ability to see all of the salient—and sometimes contradictory— aspects of a confounding problem and create novel solutions that go beyond and dramatically improve on existing alternatives. (See Roger Martin’s The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking.)
Optimism.
They assume that no matter how challenging the constraints of a given problem, at least one potential solution is better than the existing alternatives.
Experimentalism.
Significant innovations don’t come from incremental tweaks. Design thinkers pose questions and explore constraints in creative ways that proceed in entirely new directions.
Collaboration.
The increasing complexity of products, services, and experiences has replaced the myth of the lone creative genius with the reality of the enthusiastic interdisciplinary collaborator. The best design thinkers don’t simply work alongside other disciplines; many of them have significant experience in more than one. At IDEO we employ people who are engineers and marketers, anthropologists and industrial designers, architects and psychologists.
–– excerpt from Harvard Business Review, Design Thinking, Tim Brown
Here, as a starting point,are some of the characteristics to look for in design thinkers:
Empathy.
They can imagine the world from multiple perspectives—those of colleagues, clients, end users, and customers (current and prospective). By taking a “people first” approach, design thinkers can imagine solutions that are inherently desirable and meet explicit or latent needs. Great design thinkers observe the world in minute detail. They notice things that others do not and use their insights to inspire innovation.
Integrative thinking.
They not only rely on analytical processes (those that produce either/ or choices) but also exhibit the ability to see all of the salient—and sometimes contradictory— aspects of a confounding problem and create novel solutions that go beyond and dramatically improve on existing alternatives. (See Roger Martin’s The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking.)
Optimism.
They assume that no matter how challenging the constraints of a given problem, at least one potential solution is better than the existing alternatives.
Experimentalism.
Significant innovations don’t come from incremental tweaks. Design thinkers pose questions and explore constraints in creative ways that proceed in entirely new directions.
Collaboration.
The increasing complexity of products, services, and experiences has replaced the myth of the lone creative genius with the reality of the enthusiastic interdisciplinary collaborator. The best design thinkers don’t simply work alongside other disciplines; many of them have significant experience in more than one. At IDEO we employ people who are engineers and marketers, anthropologists and industrial designers, architects and psychologists.
–– excerpt from Harvard Business Review, Design Thinking, Tim Brown
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Strategy Metaphor
This is from Bob Basow (campaigns class in Journalism). Copy and paste this somewhere for you to reference in the future.
GOAL: an ongoing purpose (or "why") that is not likely to change over time. For example, my goal is "to live a long a healthy life." (Some corporations have goals that are painfully simple -- FedEx's goal is "Get it there." For an example of a really obscure goal, take a look at KU's Mission Statement. It makes you wonder what we really do here -- besides pat ourselves on the back.)
OBJECTIVE: a specific and measureable result -- in other words, a statement of "what." For example, my objective might be "to lose 20 pounds by June 1." Because it's specific and measureable, I can keep track of how I'm doing -- a weight loss averaging one pound per week is easy to track. (It doesn't hurt that the objective is realistic, although "reasonableness" is not a requirement.)
STRATEGY: a statement of "how" -- the means by which I will pursue the objective. For example, there are really only two strategies for losing weight: "exercise more" and "eat less."
TACTICS: the specific steps taken to implement a strategy. The key is that a tactic is neither good nor bad -- it is either "on strategy" or "off strategy." For example, when I go to the gym and pack a veggie lunch in a plastic bag, I am staying on strategy. But if I choose, after my workout, to go by the Dairy Queen for a Blizzard and then go home and take a nap, that is "off strategy." Granted, there's nothing wrong with Blizzards and naps -- both are wonderful things, of course! But because they are off-strategy, they aren't helping me reach my objective.
GOAL: an ongoing purpose (or "why") that is not likely to change over time. For example, my goal is "to live a long a healthy life." (Some corporations have goals that are painfully simple -- FedEx's goal is "Get it there." For an example of a really obscure goal, take a look at KU's Mission Statement. It makes you wonder what we really do here -- besides pat ourselves on the back.)
OBJECTIVE: a specific and measureable result -- in other words, a statement of "what." For example, my objective might be "to lose 20 pounds by June 1." Because it's specific and measureable, I can keep track of how I'm doing -- a weight loss averaging one pound per week is easy to track. (It doesn't hurt that the objective is realistic, although "reasonableness" is not a requirement.)
STRATEGY: a statement of "how" -- the means by which I will pursue the objective. For example, there are really only two strategies for losing weight: "exercise more" and "eat less."
TACTICS: the specific steps taken to implement a strategy. The key is that a tactic is neither good nor bad -- it is either "on strategy" or "off strategy." For example, when I go to the gym and pack a veggie lunch in a plastic bag, I am staying on strategy. But if I choose, after my workout, to go by the Dairy Queen for a Blizzard and then go home and take a nap, that is "off strategy." Granted, there's nothing wrong with Blizzards and naps -- both are wonderful things, of course! But because they are off-strategy, they aren't helping me reach my objective.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
nifty trick with behance.net
the default on behance is...
http://www.behance.net/jjpaige
when you are emailing your link add /frame to the end and it will look like this...
http://www.behance.net/jjpaige/frame
and even further if you want them to see all /viewall
http://www.behance.net/jjpaige/frame/viewall
http://www.behance.net/jjpaige
when you are emailing your link add /frame to the end and it will look like this...
http://www.behance.net/jjpaige/frame
and even further if you want them to see all /viewall
http://www.behance.net/jjpaige/frame/viewall
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
more infor graphics for the info lover...
for those of you who like them and like to keep resources...
link: 30-examples-of-creative-infograpy
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Pressing Letters
Pressing Letters is an effort to catalog and promote creativity in our expanding letterpress community. Studios and individuals are invited to submit letterpress work, references, links or anything else that would be beneficial to others.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Friday, April 3, 2009
envelopes
most of you are still needing envelopes to mail your system out in. here is a great site with tons of different colors (not all colors have all sizes so click around.)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
... of beautiful things
http://www.rangeus.com/explore/case-studies/detail.php?id=fuelperks
you all won't be doing much web for your portfolio BUT look how scale, details, context is used in this website (by a KU grad) you can use this in your printed portfolios or brand books
http://www.typetheory.com/
tolleson on graphic exchange: nice details
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordanmichaelgray/
you all won't be doing much web for your portfolio BUT look how scale, details, context is used in this website (by a KU grad) you can use this in your printed portfolios or brand books
http://www.typetheory.com/
tolleson on graphic exchange: nice details
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordanmichaelgray/
Thursday, February 26, 2009
more inspiration for personal systems
graphic exchange has so many great examples of great business systems and how to expand them across everything. March 9 we will be critiquing your system.
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/exellence/funnel.htm
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/exellence/artless.htm
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/exellence/duffy.htm
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/exellence/funnel.htm
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/exellence/artless.htm
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/exellence/duffy.htm
Friday, February 20, 2009
turn your handwritng into a font
for those of you who want to add a personal touch to your business system or a project. give it a try and let me know how it goes. (i haven't tried it)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
art of the title
for all you title lovers this is for you: they show storyboards and have links to watch. and you can download them all through itunes (which i have done and will put on the server for you)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
You as a Brand
How are you going to brand yourself, how are you going to make your business system stand out from the rest. How can you do that professionally? Remember you are 1 in 1,000,000 graduating graphic design students (ok an exaggeration but 60,000 is a real number). Currently you should be looking at several different systems for yourself. For inspiration look at logo and letterhead books. Lots of things are on Flicker... bcard | hangtags | ephemera
From what i can tell no one used the photostudio your next time is Sunday March 8 - Wed 11
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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