Influx

Conference organizers can be certain of one thing, Bruce Sterling is never short of a point of view and he always has a perspective that forces us to look at our reality in a new way.A few weeks back, Bruce was the closing speaker at the Interaction Design Association's conference held in...

When I first read about Pepsi's can design challenge, it seemed to me to be more of the same. How many brands are have let consumers, artists and designers play with their pack design?As a marketing concept it appears done to death. The trouble with my cynicism, is that it takes no account for...

"Design is so popular today mostly because business sees design as connecting it to the consumer populace in a deep, fundamental and honest way. An honest way. If you are in the myth-making business, you don’t need design. You need a great ad agency. But if you are in the authenticity and...

We've been here before, the moment when the design bubble bursts and with it the over-inflated egos and puffery. The August edition of Icon Magazine covers the issue in some detail and includes a number of interesting manifestos from celebrated designers, including this one from Jasper...