You should proceed with the end in mind. That’s good advice regardless of whether you are working in a startup, you’re a designer, or you’re running an organization. Backing up a step, though, ask yourself…
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Speed, simplicity, and scale
Measuring the impact of design can be a difficult task. However, while a concept is still in development, consider the following: Can the product be produced quickly and efficiently? Is it a simple and elegant…
Culture, strategy, and awareness
Peter Drucker has been credited with saying “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. There’s no doubt that an organization’s culture can have a greater impact on the growth of a company than a well thought out…
Abundance, scarcity, and creativity
There are many tools available to create something. Given the multitude of choices, it can be tough at times to figure out what to use to develop a new product, more effectively communicate a message,…
Getting to the essence
Distilling a concept, idea, or product to its essence requires discipline, focus, and rigorous analysis. Clarity comes when unnecessary details are eliminated. Unencumbered by the weight of ornament or extraneous information, a design can take…
Making sense of place
Data in isolation is just data, but when surrounded by a story or a narrative then another layer of meaning has been added that makes this information relevant to others. A building separated from its…