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Design Thinking – more important now than ever
The first page of the program for DesignThinkers 2010 proclaims that “Design thinking has never been more important.” I could not agree more with that sentiment. And I would also go a step further to say that the annual conference … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Design, Design thinking
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PDF, Flash, Accessibility and recent Canadian Ruling
Our Adobe colleague Andrew Kirkpatrick commented on the recent Canadian federal court ruling on web site accessibility . He pointed out that contrary to the ruling and to the article, most screen readers can read PDF and Flash files. Andrew’s … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Business, Design issues, Technology
Tagged Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, authoring, flash, HTML, pdf
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Converting your clients into design thinkers
For design thinking to really succeed, it’s not enough today for designers alone to be the design thinkers. After all, that’s what we are trained to do. More challenging is helping clients – who may come from a variety of … Continue reading
DesignThinkers – the ultimate ‘connection’ to inspiring ideas
We have so many ways to ‘keep in touch’ instantaneously today, thanks to the web, mobile phones, email, text messaging, intranets – the list just keeps growing. It’s all great, of course. But to me, nothing compares with hearing someone … Continue reading
Thanks for making DesignThinkers 2010 a hit
Our annual DesignThinkers conference has concluded for another year and I am thrilled to say that the 2010 event was an overwhelming success. We had our largest attendance to date, with more than 1,300 delegates from across Canada and even … Continue reading
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Driving the creative process forward
The creative process, as many of you have certainly discovered, can bog down fast amid the diverse and often pressing business concerns that exist within the commercial environments we inhabit. To keep the creative process moving in the right direction … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Chapman, Creativity, Design thinking, strategy
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DesignThinking offers the next big advantage for business
Businesses say they want to innovate – yet most make the mistake of relying exclusively on analytical thinking when it comes to decision-making and strategy, says Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management. His advice to businesses … Continue reading
Putting design and the bottom line on the same page
More businesses are embracing design and while the trend is positive, it also poses challenges for the design community, writer and editor Helen Walters told DesignThinkers 2010 on the second day of the conference. The former editor of innovation … Continue reading
Meet the man who plugged in WIRED magazine’s digital edition
Successfully translating the immersive and compelling experience of an iconic magazine like WIRED into the language of the digital universe has been a unique and formidable project to say the least. And who better to deliver a behind-the-scenes glimpse into … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe InDesign, digital publishing, IPad, technology, Wired (magazine)
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TAXI’s Paul Lavoie has no doubt about the power of Doubt
Canadian marketing and advertising legend Paul Lavoie, chair and co-founder of TAXI, got DesignThinkers 2010 off to a highly inspired start today with his keynote speech on the role doubt can play in the success of great ideas and accomplishments. … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Design thinking, Paul Lavoie, strategy, Taxi
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