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Nurturing the Desire to Keep
About four years ago I had the rare opportunity to start collaborating with Jonathan Ward, founder of Icon. Jonathan and his team hand build limited edition vehicles in California. Calling them...
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Preserving the Old School
Carl Olsen was the head of the College for Creative Studies Transportation Design program from 1987-2000. Having previously been Director of Style for Citroen, Director of Design at Ogle Design Ltd.,...
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Design Addict Congress: San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Last week I was down in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to speak at the Design Addict Congress, a series of lectures and workshops focused on industrial design at the The Tecnológico de Monterrey’s SLP...
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Last week we had John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design and author of "The Laws of Simplicity" in the frog San Francisco studio. John presented to a group of RISD alumni and frogs...
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Living in a World of Talismans
A talisman is a physical object that purports powers and meaning beyond the physical. Humans have been making talismans for centuries, we are wired to give physical objects meaning. Take for example an...
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Discussing Industrial Design, SFMOMA Panel Discussion at swissnex
A few weeks ago swissnex San Francisco hosted an SFMOMAArchitecture and Design Forum panel discussion on the topic of Dieter Rams and the effect of Modernism on today's design landscape. Panelists...
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Integrating the Museum Into the City, the New SFMOMA Expansion
Earlier this year I was asked to join the accessions committee for the Architecture and Design Department of the SFMOMA. It seems it was an opportune time, as the museum is making some exciting...
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Design Doing: The Handcrafted Footwear of Nick Maloy
Often we get caught up in talk of Design Thinking, sensemaking and synthesis. While moving post it notes is sometimes a necessary means to an end to sort things out, it always warms my heart to see...
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The Path Less Followed; Why I Didn’t Work at Circuit City
A student recently asked me how I got my first professional job as a designer. It reminded me of a particularly difficult journey I hadn’t thought of in years. Looking at my resume my path seems almost...
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The Story Behind the 1985 frog FZ750
Every few weeks I get a request for information about the classic frog FZ750 concept designed by our founder Hartmut Esslinger in 1985. The frog FZ was a bit of a superstar, appearing on the cover of...
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