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Gadi Amit — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:35:34 -0500

Nicolae,

Thanks for the feedback - you deserve credit for a good post on the top-20. I understand the Mau'ist view, yet I am trying to get to the point of establishing a true credential/proof for Design Thinking impact. I think that Jobs or Strack will be great examples of creative/aesthetically driven 'synthetic thinkers'. In that sense we can call them Design Thinkers if we apply the first generic definition.

Making sense of Design Thinking: Three definitions, two problems and one big question.

Gadi Amit — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:05:02 -0500

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Gadi Amit — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:21 -0500

Hey, what a pile-up of love! ;-)

Few thoughts:-
A. The community around is actually more design-savvy than most think... that's the reason I would love the writers to give them more.

B. Many gadgets are badly-designed, that's right. Probably because many on these products are not designed by Designers or being hacked by non-designers. Some are simply by bad designers... And that's the reason we should discuss design within that context - with that comes the need for some HIGH QUALITY discussion...

Which leads me to my final point.

Dear Gadget Reviewers: You Don't Understand Beauty

Gadi Amit — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:49:39 -0500

An entirely new industry of quasi-professional reviewers has grown out of the Internet. And since most of these reviewers are preoccupied with consumer electronics (which is what I design), it hits me close to home. I am well aware of the importance of these many reviews as a public service and as a driver of our tattered economy. But beyond appreciating the variety and diversity of opinion offered, I can't say I like many of them. Why? Because none of these reviewers understand design.

Looking at the Micro vs. the Macro in Design

Gadi Amit — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:17:22 -0500

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Gadi Amit — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:29:16 -0400

'doing while thinking and thinking while doing'...;-)

"Shop Class as Soulcraft": A Book That Revels in Alternative Thinking for Designers

Gadi Amit — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:39:23 -0400

The pivotal book I'm reading, Matthew B. Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, should be a reference point for numerous philosophical debates in the design community. The author has a compelling life story. After getting his doctorate in political philosophy at the University of Chicago, he spent time as an executive director of a Washington think tank. Eventually he had enough of it, he quit, and then he started his own bike repair shop.

Body Computing Is a Glimmer of Hope in the Health-Care Chasm

Gadi Amit — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:10:43 -0400

I just returned from the University of Southern California's Body Computing conference, held in Los Angeles. The one-day event was led by Dr. Leslie Saxon, and focuses on mobile devices that can assist physicians and patients. It was also a great exchange about how the medical industry views technology. Against the backdrop of the nation's health-care debate, panelists discussed the possibilities, risks, and opportunities offered by technology to doctors, patients, and society at large.

In Defense of Slapping a Robot

Gadi Amit — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:52:50 -0400

Last week’s IDSA conference in Miami--named Project Infusion for its focus on dramatic change in the near future--was a blast. Halfway through a robotics talk by Willow Garage, I thought to myself: "Robots must be slapped...and feel it."

How Should We Define "Design"?

Gadi Amit — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:55:03 -0400

I just came back from Denmark where my client, Better Place, received the INDEX Community design award for creating a complete electric vehicle services system. It was an amazing ceremony and the Danish organizers ran a flawless design gathering both in content and in spirit. I truly enjoyed it!