New Design Firms

ABOUT PROCRATINATION

I bet you know exactly how it goes. It takes a while to get started, to turn the computer on and to start working on that project. You are ready to start and suddenly you are cleaning the kitchen, doing laundry, checking updates on any social media, completing a BuzzFeed quiz, or looking for…

A TOOL FOR REFRAMING PROJECTS AND CHALLENGES

There are times when you are working on a project that it feels like there’s no possible outcome outside the obvious, and it’s hard to get to that breakthrough moment. When a solution that would solve the problem in question is not clear at all, it is…

What’s the X to your T-shaped professional profile?

How might we better integrate and communicate our “extracurricular” interests and side projects into our creative practices and professional? How do we present our full selves when we are looking for new jobs or clients?

What Are We Framing as Innovation?

INNOVATION /ˌinəˈvāSH(ə)n/

noun. The action or process of innovating — a new method, idea, product, etc.

As a designer, I go through such process everyday, iterating from problem to solution to further development in…

The Word Design is Confusing — But I’m Okay With That

I think the word design can be very misleading. At mention of the word, minds instantaneously look towards physical design in the form of art, graphics, fashion etc. The word design does not comfortably live alone; it always has to be assigned to a type or form of design.

A (soon to be) graduate’s story

As graduation looms and the end of my New Design Firms class is in sight, I wanted to reflect on what I…

No Design Firms

So let’s talk about DESIGN FIRMS. What can really be considered a design firm? A company that visually and physically designs…

Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire

Why Future Design Firms Should Leverage Behavioral Insights to Shift the Mindset of “Majority Rules”