Will Smart Contact Lenses Be the Bluetooth Headsets of the Future? A new solar-powered contact lens embedded with LEDs means that the wearer can see what you can't. Stuart Karten thinks this heralds the beginning of a new breed of augmented reality communication.
Wed Apr 21, 2010
Will the Open-Ended Innovation of "Lost" Ultimately Deliver for Its Audience? There's no better day than April Fools to discuss the practical joke that one show plays on its viewers week after week. If only product designers had such luxuries.
Thu Apr 1, 2010
Jack Donaghy vs. Kabletown: The Case for Innovation The fictional battle between the 30 Rock character and a multimedia conglomerate gets Stuart Karten thinking about some real-world complacent companies.
Mon Mar 29, 2010
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.
Posted Tue Nov 17, 2009
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.
Posted Fri Jul 31, 2009
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.
Posted Thu Jul 30, 2009
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.
Posted Wed Jul 29, 2009
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.
Posted Tue Jul 28, 2009
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.
Posted Mon Jul 27, 2009
