Category Archives: From Mind to Market

Digital Portfolio/Resume Landmines – Image Rights

In the second part of our three part blog on the field of legal landmines product designers face when selecting designs and images to use in design portfolios and digital resumes, we discuss some options for obtaining images that should … Continue reading

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Digital Portfolio/Resume Landmines – Credit Where Credit is Due

Even though you have determined that you have complete rights or permission to display the design and image, our third blog in this series tackles titling with annotation or credit as the next tricky landmine. Logically, you should give proper … Continue reading

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Digital Portfolio/Resume Landmines – Design Ownership

Today’s product designers face a field of legal landmines in regards to design and image use in design portfolios and digital resumes, especially over sites like linkedin, coroflot or on your own website. When a cease and desist letter lands … Continue reading

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Innovation Can’t Come from a Focus Group

Truly innovative product design does not come from focus groups, but it can be killed by one. I am sure there are dozens of focus groups going on right now as I write and the product designer or furniture designer … Continue reading

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Designing in a Vacuum

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Get out of the office! Even if you are designing a vacuum, you can’t design in one. You have to see how your customer uses it, watch their mistakes or misuse, see the shelf it needs to go on or … Continue reading

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Favorite Apps

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As product designers and working parents, we are always searching for ways to make our job and life more organized. Here are some of our favorite apps: Skype – Free! Great to have breakfast with the baby while getting ready … Continue reading

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