DESIGN THINKING STARTS AT THE TOP

DESIGN THINKING STARTS AT THE TOP

The impact is undeniable when a company like Apple puts so much extra effort into making its products and marketing look “cool,” as well as ensuring that its look is unified and communicates the level of innovation that the organization prides itself on. And the business community clearly admires the company’s dedication to overall design.

Shots of Awe: Experience Design

The key to good experience design is capturing attention

The Beautiful Art Program Non-Manifesto

The Beautiful Art Program Non-Manifesto

I attended a USC Game Innovation Lab Playthink Salon tonight where we talked about the beautiful Art Program among other things. I got to listen to several great presenters:

Zak S., speaking about his tabletop RPG, Vornheim
Richard Lemarchand, speaking about the classic game Katamari Damacy
Raghav Bashyal, discussing Tale of Tales’ Beautiful Art Program
Kurosh ValaNejad, discussing the politics of language around games

10 PARADOXICAL TRAITS OF CREATIVE PEOPLE

10 PARADOXICAL TRAITS OF CREATIVE PEOPLE

“I have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious process by which they come up with new ideas and new things. If I had to express in one word what makes their personalities different from others, it’s complexity. They show tendencies of thought and action that in most people are segregated. They contain contradictory extremes; instead of being an individual, each of them is a multitude.”

#projectlosaltos

#projectlosaltos

Wow I can’t believe my hometown is getting a whole exposé