Stuart Karten

Conference Organizers: Bag the Swag

Even a conference like Opportunity Green can fall victim to the Cult of Swag. Stuart Karten wants it to stop.READ»

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Meeting the Parent Company, and More Signs of Designer Monogamy

What happens when the thrill of working together is gone? Should your designer meet the parent company? Is it time to get designer-exclusive? Stuart Karten has answers.READ»

• Stuart Karten's Dear Stuart blog

Why You Should Have a Threesome, and Solving Other Partner Problems

Are three heads better than one? How should designers weather the current economy? What's with the acronyms? Stuart Karten has answers.READ»

• Stuart Karten's Dear Stuart blog

Inside Your Designer's Head, and More Dirty Little Secrets

Is your designer showing off? Why do designers want to be involved in every part of business? Why can't creatives spell? Stuart Karten has answers.READ»

• Stuart Karten's Dear Stuart blog

Tough Love, and More Design Advice You Don't Want to Hear (But Should)

Does your design firm want to get serious too fast? Why do designers do things their own way? Is a potential client just not that in to you? Stuart Karten has answers.READ»

• Stuart Karten's Dear Stuart blog

Advice for Design Sluts, and Burning Questions Answered

Scarred by a less-than-innovating relationship? Worried about being a design slut? Wondering why designers wear all black? Stuart Karten has answers.READ»

• Stuart Karten's Dear Stuart blog

Introducing Guest Blogger Stuart Karten: Advice to the Design-Challenged

Around the halls at the the L.A. Chapter of IDSA, among folks at USC's program in Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering, and at the offices at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, most people know Stuart Karten as the founder of the ...READ»

Futuristic Z!n Hearing Aid Bags People's Design Award

Recognized as an unprecedented marriage of design and technological innovation, Stuart Karten's Z!n hearing aid walked away with this year's Cooper-Hewitt People's Design Award.READ»

The Real Election: This year’s Coolest Design

Sick of the presidential campaigns already? Here’s an election worth tuning in for: the Cooper Hewitt’s annual People’s Design Award competition.READ»