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Jun 9, 2015

Making Things People Want > Making People Want Things

An exploration of how to think about the balance…

john v willshire in smithery

Aug 4, 2016

Growing Out, Not Growing Up

Five years of Smithery, making big changes in small steps, and the story of the desk plant I bought when I first started work.

In February of the year 2000, my friend Emma and I went to Marks & Spencer down by Moorgate to buy plants for our desks. We’d…

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john v willshire in smithery

Jan 6, 2014

The Dialogic Brand

Brand as BitTorrent; complex, fragmented, distributed

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john v willshire in smithery

Aug 24, 2016

Talking about Talking

Six things I find useful for speaking at conferences

Last week, I gave a talk on Metastrategy at The Conference in Malmö. It was the ‘third act’ in a series of talks I’ve given in the last year, and I was very pleased (as much as you ever can be with your own…

john v willshire in smithery

Sep 14, 2015

How To Organise Your Library

Building a systemic view of what you know you know,
and what you don’t……

john v willshire in smithery

Oct 31, 2013

Putting things in things

Time, and relative dimensions in boxes

john v willshire in smithery

Sep 22, 2016

What it looks like is how it works

Reflections on sight and design

As part of this week’s London Design Festival, I was invited to take part in The Design Museum’s series of Pecha Kucha talks in the Auditorium at 100% Design at Olympia. The talks were about…

john v willshire in smithery

Mar 5, 2015

A Sonic Screwdriver For Thinking

Why tools might be more useful than techniques

john v willshire in smithery

Sep 5, 2016

The Hundreds

Short Sharp Circuits Of Working Practice

We’re going to try a new thing at Smithery as an ongoing part of how we work. We’re calling it The Hundreds.

john v willshire in smithery

Jan 7, 2015

Layers That Learn

Reflections on an iterative design process for physical product

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Making Things People Want > Making People Want Things

An exploration of how to think about the balance…

Growing Out, Not Growing Up

The Dialogic Brand

Brand as BitTorrent; complex, fragmented, distributed

Talking about Talking

How To Organise Your Library

Building a systemic view of what you know you know,and what you don’t……

Putting things in things

Time, and relative dimensions in boxes

What it looks like is how it works

Reflections on sight and design

A Sonic Screwdriver For Thinking

Why tools might be more useful than techniques

The Hundreds

Short Sharp Circuits Of Working Practice

Layers That Learn

Building a systemic view of what you know you know,
and what you don’t……