clive grinyer

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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

on 6 May I spoke at  "Inclusive Design" in Oslo, hosted by the Norwegian Design Council. http://www.norskdesign.no/inclusivedesign2008.
 
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?

 
you can contact me at clive@clivegrinyer.com 
or skype me at Clivegrinyer