Topic: David-Henry Oliver

Design: Are you a consultant or a vendor?

Put another way, do you give your clients what they ask for, or, do you offer your best judgment even when it’s not what they want to hear? Now before you dismiss this as a question meant for someone else, let me say this: No ...READ»

Evolution has some lessons for Product Design

The first in a series of entries on the role and nature of function in Design. In the world of product development, it strikes me that the link between function and form is often broken.READ»

Design and Innovation: What's the Problem?

Innovation requires an environment that is open to new ideas. That's all well and good, but innovation is more than blue sky. In order to encourage new and novel solutions, you have to ask the right questions. Many brainstorming ...READ»

What I Didn’t Get to Say to Michelle Obama (But Maybe My Message Still Got Through)

The National Design Award honoree took your statements about design and the U.S. all the way to the White House. Did he get his moment with Michelle?READ»

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