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Design and Thinking - Documentary

Design Thinking was a term coined by Tim Brown, CEO of  IDEO. There are different interpretations of design thinking (like all theories and new ideas) and how it manifests itself in business and the real world. To me, I called ‘design thinking’ – design process in the past, basically taking the process of design and the ……

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Six Link Sunday: My Links for the Week

Starting a six link sunday is similar to Mitch Joel’s and others weekly links. I thought it would be good to share some of the good stuff I read this week. It will be a mixed-bag of subjects and ideas. It will be hard to keep it to six.

Rules Of Engagement, From The NBA Social ……

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Reading outside your field

Reading is an excellent way to stimulate your brain and gain new insights and generate new ideas. We often get stuck in a rut reading the same newspapers, books, authors, blogs, and other media that our field of vision becomes too focuses and narrow. It may be good for your job to be up to ……

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Your learning and work environment makes a difference

Think of your school, university or workplace unless you are someone fortunate enough to be in a interesting work or learning environment,  I am guessing the walls in your office or school are white, the floor is a some hue of grey or dark colour and the furniture looks like it came from an industrial ……

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Innovation through difference

Rapid innovation does not occur through persevering at one idea with the same people until you ‘crack’ the code.  You may get some innovation this way and many scientists, business people have gone this route however their progress is slow and I am sure they spoke to other people about their problems.

Creating difference in thinking ……

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Android phones to see big growth in 2011 in China

LG billboard for a new LG Android phone in a Shanghai subway station

Android is going to have a big year in China and it will occur due to the market size, the number of manufacturers, phone cost and growing community.

China is a big market for mobile phones – about 840 million subscribers and the ……

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Design changes the way you live, work and play everyday

Design affects you everyday from the time you rise from your bed to the time you come home and retire to bed. Design is everywhere and helps you in every way achieve you goals for the day. Design occurs from the mundane such as tap or door to the highly sophisticated such as a car or plane ……

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Spanish Ghost towns - urban planning via market forces

Much has been written about the ghost towns of China and its now interesting to see that ghost towns in Europe are now popping up in the media such as the recent New York Times article Newly Built Ghost Towns Haunt Banks in Spain. The Chinese ghost town have various reasons for occurring but from ……

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What does a landscape architect do?

Landscape Architects design outdoor spaces (and sometimes indoors) from small gardens to large highways and they play an important role in every city in shaping its spaces. Landscape architects can formulate city policy, undertake an environmental impact assessment, create a masterplan for a natural area or ……

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Invisible City: Exhibition South Shanghai Railway Station

海世盛楼Invisible City

Invisible City is an exhibition comprising of eight International artists in the South Railway Metro Station in Shanghai. It coincides with the World Expo 2010, incorporate art interventions and addressing the relationship between the urban dwellers and the modern phenomenon of Shanghai at the specific time the World Expo, through a process shaped by ……

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