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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

Subsequently, leaflets are heavily regulated in the way they need to be designed, written, and produced. Adding to the design challenge is the fact that the guidelines for how medicine information leaflets are designed changes from country to country, and the guidelines are often vague. Possible Design Improvements.

Design 111
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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

Jorgen Vig Knudstorp joined in 2001 and was promoted to CEO three years later at the age of 36. They asked customers to help design new products. He transformed the culture into a creative, agile and rapid hothouse of innovation. There are many books and studies describing the company’s approach.

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THOMAS EDISON’S CREATIVE THINKING HABIT: ADAPTATION

Michael Michalko

One of the paradoxes of creativity is that in order to think originally, we must first familiarize ourselves with the ideas of others. Adaptation is a common and inescapable practice in creativity. One day he and I had a discussion about creative thinking and I brought up the principle of adaptation.

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Design for Emotion and Flow

Boxes and Arrows

Information architects and designers play a critical role in ensuring the products they design provide users’ with a return on their investment of attention. The causes of flow have the most implications for website and application design. When attention becomes a scarce resource, it’s important to invest it wisely.

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FEI Boston Speaking Topics For The Annual Conference

eZassi

The FEI Boston Conference 2018 is designed to help you stop talking about innovation and to leave with a blueprint to immediately begin to take action and build your own culture of innovation. Ed Catmull, a Keynote speaker at FEI Boston will be outlining techniques and ideas on leading creative organizations. Chasing Innovation.

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Leonardo's Kitchen Nightmare

Boxes and Arrows

The strange tale of Leonardo’s “Kitchen Nightmare” plays out like a Shakespearean “comedy of errors” where a visionary designer’s experiments all work perfectly to extremely disastrous results. ” When Works As Designed Still Fails Imagine this scene in your own kitchen. Soon, the food piles up.

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FEI Boston Speaking Agenda For The Annual Conference

eZassi

The FEI Boston Conference 2018 is designed to help you stop talking about innovation and to leave with a blueprint to immediately begin to take action and build your own culture of innovation. Ed Catmull, a Keynote speaker at FEI Boston will be outlining techniques and ideas on leading creative organizations. 12:30pm Lunch.