5 things we learned when visiting Japan
5 things we learned when visiting Japan as part of the Belgian state visit Group-centricity Japanese people are group-centered as opposed to our self-centred western culture. This shows in almost...
View ArticleHow many ideas do we need when designing or innovating? Pinball or Pachinko.
Pinball or Pachinko? When designing new solutions, there is a question that keeps popping up. How many ideas should we develop? How many should we have in the end? Well, we’re not going to put a number...
View ArticleHow many ideas do we need when designing or innovating? Pinball or Pachinko.
Pinball or Pachinko? When designing new solutions, there is a question that keeps popping up. How many ideas should we develop? How many should we have in the end? Well, we’re not going to put a number...
View ArticleCreativity, how it’s really done
Creativity is not a carnival “In fact, creativity is not about carnival hats and funny dances, it is about slowing down the process and diving deep into the problem.” There seems to exist an assumption...
View ArticleDesign (Thinking) as strategy, interviews
In the last months two interviews were published – in the executive business press – with business leaders putting Design Thinking in the heart of their strategy. In case you need to convince your...
View ArticleAnnouncing The Book
We are writing a book and hope to publish it in september. Why are we writing a book? We believe we have a story to tell. We are offered too many products and services, which add little value to our...
View ArticleSuperstar designer Marc Newson is joining Apple
Marc Newson, the renowned industrial designer, is joining Apple. The news is about as big of a deal as it gets in the design world. It means that Apple will now officially have two of the world’s...
View Article5 Design legends that switched gears in the middle of their careers
Conventional wisdom is that the design world doesn’t generally reward dabblers. We often hear romanticized versions of career paths that depend on years and years of perfecting a specific craft. CLICK...
View ArticleStart It @KBC Keynote
KBC asked me to come and tell my story… Happy to become one of their coaches to support the Start Ups… CLICK HERE Het bericht Start It @KBC Keynote verscheen eerst op Studio Peter Van Riet.
View ArticleWhat are you willing to be bad at?
In our careers and in our work, we can only get a few things right, so we need to choose what we focus on purposefully. More importantly, we need to choose things that are different from our peers....
View Article4 myths about Apple design
Apple is synonymous with upper echelon design, but very little is known about the company’s design process. Most of Apple’s ownemployees aren’t allowed inside Apple’s fabled design studios….. CLICK...
View ArticleWhy VC firms are snapping up designers
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, one of the world’s most prominent VC firms, has one. Google Ventures, the investing arm of Google, has five. The design partner–a designer who helps manage and...
View ArticleHow to effectively manage worthwhile ideas
Organizational psychologist Dr. Marla Gottschalk explains on LinkedIn why your best ideas tend to vanish into thin air, and what to do about it. CLICK HERE Het bericht How to effectively manage...
View ArticleSucking is the first step to being good at something
Alexis Ohanian has founded reddit, Breadpig, and hipmunk but he’ll be the first one to tell you: “I still don’t know what I’m doing.” When creating our next great work, we can be held up by failure, or...
View ArticleHow to have a Eureka moment
In the ancient world, the Greeks believed that all great insights came from one of nine muses, divine sisters who brought inspiration to mere mortals. In the modern world, few people still believe in...
View ArticleOakley’s new brand platform communicates the “Disruptive by Design” ethos
Oakley, Inc. is introducing a new brand platform under the Disruptive by Design tagline—the new brand philosophy aims to inspire new solutions, approaches and vision among the next generation of...
View ArticleThe grateful dead school of business
Despite what you think of their music (or their fans) the Grateful Dead serve as a role model for living a creative life. Even though the Dead only had one Top 10 album in its career, the group had...
View Article12 things they don’t teach you in school about being a designer
So you embarked on a freelance design career, Congrats! Here’s what you need to know to stay productive, profitable, and sane. CLICK HERE Het bericht 12 things they don’t teach you in school about...
View ArticleMake it wearable
Intel is looking for the innovators who will design the next big wearable technology. Are you one of them? Enter the Make It Wearable Challenge to find out: CLICK HERE Het bericht Make it wearable...
View Article4 ways to find inspiration everywhere
Can the world around you make you more creative? Yes. Yes, It can. Here’s how. CLICK HERE Het bericht 4 ways to find inspiration everywhere verscheen eerst op Studio Peter Van Riet.
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