Posts Tagged ‘conference’

2008 How Design Conference Notes: Design Catch-22

In General on 29 May 2008 tagged business, conference, design, differentiation, how, marketing, notes, practices, promotion

presented by David Schimmel, founder of And Partners (original description) Find your passion people work with you because of you passion is magnetic make sure your passion is transparent

2008 How Design Conference Notes: Developing Your Leadership and Strategic Capabilities

In General on 29 May 2008 tagged conference, creativity, design, how, leadership, notes, strategy

presented by Jeni Herberger, co-founder of Big Fish Creative Staffing How do you solve your client’s business problem? Can you articulate how your work helped a client meet key goals? Can you present yourself as a strategic thinker?

2008 How Design Conference Notes: Design Matters

In General on 25 May 2008 tagged conference, design, interview, notes, practices, professional

Debbie Millman, host of Design Matters, interviewed Michael Bierut, partner at Pentagram. (original description) [this was an engaging interview, so I didn't take many notes as I was busy listening] Three things he’s learned Most clients are scared you’ll embarrass them and not listen to them: diligently listening will take care of a lot of [...]

2008 How Design Conference Notes: Designer's Guide to Research

In General on 22 May 2008 tagged conference, design, ethnography, how, market, notes, research, testing

presented by Jenn and Ken Visocky O’Grady, founders of Enspace Design and authors of A Designer’s Research Manual. (original description) Design Research Qualitative and quantitative Primary and secondary sources Formative: at the beginning of a project to help define the problem Summative: at the end of a project to determine outcome strategies

2008 How Design Conference Notes: Financial planning for solo designers

In General on 22 May 2008 tagged boston, business, conference, design, finances, how, notes, practices, professional

presented by Shel Perkins, author of Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers. (original description) you need to have adequate startup capital to cover the first two years most start with savings and personal loans most only last about three years essential to work with a CPA because you’re self-employed, you need to make [...]

2008 How Design Conference Notes: A Designed Life

In General on 22 May 2008 tagged boston, branding, conference, design, how, identity, joe duffy, notes

presented by Joe Duffy, Duffy & Partners. (original description) Design permeates our lives now. We’ve moved from: Agrarian age = Grow It Industrial age = Build It Information age = Tell It Design age = BE IT Design is only interesting relative to how people live their lives.

Back from Boston

In General on 22 May 2008 tagged boston, conference, design, how, travel

I’m back from Boston, where I attended the 2008 How Design Conference. It was interesting to be among ~4000 other designers, and there were iPhones & Blackberries, MacBooks & messenger bags as far as the eye could see (I went unplugged for the most part, except for a few tweets and a visit to the [...]