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Starting a Design Studio In a Downturn, Part 2: The First 15 Weeks

From designing the logo, to deciding on a proposal format, to--finally--landing the first client.READ»

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Starting a Design Studio During a Downturn, Part 5: Staying Focused

Ten months after its debut Kicker Studio has momentum. Here are their five tips for keeping things moving.READ»

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Starting a Design Studio During a Downturn, Part 3: When There’s No There There

Kicker reformulates its sales efforts after a sluggish Consumer Electronics Show.READ»

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Starting a Design Studio During a Downturn, Part 4: Developing the Kicker Culture

The five designers from five very different backgrounds learn how to work together--and sometimes, how to speak the same language.READ»

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Interaction10: How to Design an Experience for Experience Designers?

Planning an event for designers who specialize in interaction can be a daunting task. Jennifer Bove recounts how she approached designing a conference like she was designing a service and engaged the host city in creative ways.READ»

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Yahoo Revamps Its Homepage, but Will Anyone Notice?

The search portal adds third party content and status updates in an effort to keep users around longer.READ»

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Apple's Revamping Its Retail Stores, and Growing Trees Inside

This past October, Microsoft was all aflutter with the launch of Windows 7 and its very own retail store. And those stores bore an uncanny resemblance to Apple's. Apple is now fighting back with a "new prototype for the ...READ»

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Starting a Design Studio In a Downturn, Part 1: Taking Leaps

This week's expert design blogger takes us along for one wild ride: Opening a new firm in the midst of a global economic meltdown.READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Jennifer Bove: Kick-Starting a New Firm in Trying Times

I first met Jennifer Bove in Austin, Texas, at the annual interactive hootenanny SXSW. We had just watched the premiere of the industrial design film Objectified at the Paramount Theater and, after being introduced by a mutual ...READ»