It’s quite simple really.
Our industrialized economy, founded on mass manufacturing and economies of scale spurred by consumerism, is the greatest enemy of remarkable products.
Of course many products will come close, in fact many will be hailed as fantastic…

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1) Spaces for Ideas: The Beginning…

Here we are finally, pictures of

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At the end of last year I was planning to write a post that was something like “The Best Products of 2009″ or “The 2009 Product of the Year”…

Image by Rob Warde…
Wow what a year 2009 was? We got hit right in the face by the economic down turn and designers all over the world were falling like flies as companies cut R&D or design budgets in

After using my Moleskine for almost a year, I realized what I thought was the world’s best sketchbook was not even close.
The cover often bends out of shape, the spine makes my pages shift like a deck of cards,…

Just for this week only, we bring you our next podcast hot on the heels of our first. In this discussion Feng and I chatted about Entertainment Design and how much more work is required when you are designing a…

We had such a good response to the podcasts published during the Icsid world design congress, that I think I might turn this into a regular thing. The podcast will be published either weekly or bi-weekly, we have not decided.…

This article was originally written for Yanko Design (YD). As there are some Design Sojourn readers don’t really frequent YD, I thought it would make sense to republished the article here. Looking forward to all your comments.

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Day 3 continues with a number of equally interesting presentations. Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to sit through all the presentations as I had to take a break from the congress for some work related activities. However I…

Day 2 was really the meat of the congress. There were a number of powerful presentations that really set the scene and provided a wake-up call for everyone participating. Emily Pilloton, the 2nd keynote, gave a powerful account of design…

Over the last few days, I conducted a whirlwind tour of the different events and exhibitions at the Singapore Design Festival 2009. There were some interesting work exhibited that reaffirmed my faith in the quality of designers or designs from…

I finally got the pleasure to meet up with Michelle Berryman in person. I got know Michelle as a moderator at Core77 and also follow her closely on Twitter (@micberryman). Many Design Sojourn readers from the US would probably recognize…

I manage to get an opportunity to have a quick to chat with Pernilla Johansson. She is the Asia-pacific Design Director of Electrolux and is based here in Singapore. In the spirit of designing the future in 2050, I asked…

As promised here are some of the highlights of Day 1 of the Icsid Design Congress 2009. I’ve summarized all the best points and significant comments. Unfortunately, I won’t cover all the content as it will just be too much.…

Throughout this Icsid congress (and maybe after), I will be running a special podcast series where I will conduct a very casual 5 minutes “unplugged” session with a prominent design professional and ask him or her a question related to…

As mentioned in a recent post I will be taking part and covering the Icsid Congress 09 here on Design Sojourn. What’s even better, is that I will also be covering the Singapore Design Festival, where I will try to…

This article was originally written for Yanko Design (YD). As I know that there are some Design Sojourn readers don’t really frequent YD, I thought it would make sense to republished a record of the article here. I do hope …