hello, welcome to my website.
in these pages you can find articles I have written about design,
innovation, technology and my maserati. You can see some of the things I have helped create, and get in contact with me.
update:
24 July 2008,
I joined Cisco in May, as Director of
Customer Experience in the advisory service IBSG, which works with business and public sector organisations creating thought
leadership on technology topics, creating strategy and on live projects. www.cisco.com/ibsg
in the last two months I have been in
Glasgow School of Art, where I am external examiner, and spoken at the Innovation Management conference in Dubai, along with
Tom Kelly (IDEO), Kjell Nordstom (Funky Business) and Matt Kingdon (What If). I also spoke at the Royal College of Art London
Olympic Experience day where I was also humbled and inspired by this years Helen Hamlyn prizes given to students who work
in the area of inclusive design (design that encompasses and is driven by a deeper understanding of the needs of disabled
and ageing population for the benefit of us all). and I have occasionally driven my Maserati.
all of which I have had every intention
of blogging about and so far failed to do so. apologies, I will try.
whilst at Orange in Paris I worked with
Sam Hecht, whose company, Industrial Facility have a show running at London's Design Museum. I loved the show, especially
the collection of products Sam and his partner Kim have collected from around the world. I first met Sam when I was a tutor
at Central St Martins. He was an incredibly gifted student and it is no surprise to see him famous and working for companies
around the globe. I greatly enjoyed the work Sam did with me at Orange, he is very wise, able to see the wood for the trees
and produces simple elegant solutions. Go and see for yourself, some of the Orange work is in the show.
http://www.designmuseum.org/design/industrial-facility
it was a fantastic event, on a beautiful
spring day, and I met some great speakers who were all evangelists for inclusive design and reminded me why it is so important.
a few months ago I added a short
presentation called the Design Toolbox which tries to describe, as simply as possible, what I mean by that term. In the presentation,
I give a basic description of the elements of design that are transferable to a wide number of situations, by designers and
non designers alike. Many of these actions are done intuitively by designers, but I hope they begin to explain why design
thinking is important and successful in making things work better. If these simple rules and actions are followed, success
is more likely, risks are reduced and many poor service or technology experiences removed. I am about to update it with some
more tools and now I've written my intention on this site, I will have to do so.
if you want a really concise version
of my "Lipstick on a Pig" presentation, I found a video clip of the Pecha Kutcha presentation I did last year at the degree
show for Brunel University. Pecha Kucha is a presentation form that consists of 20 slides held for 20 seconds each. Apparently
designed to prevent designers from speaking too much, it has become a much repeated method to hear several points of view
at one go in a fair and even way. It was terrifying to do but very enjoyable. The link to the clip is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2oNKEqrY4Y
as I mentioned, my blog is not very up to date but the latest can be read at
it's on my best and worst technology
experiences. Setting up the Samsung Home Cinema system was traumatic. It shouldn't be, should it?
or skype me at Clivegrinyer
