Creative generalist? More like “Creative Full-of-crap-alist”.

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Title: Domain Specificity of Creativity: Theory, Research, and Practice Context: Creativity does not succeed without expertise. It’s just science. Synopsis: From the time we are young, individuals are categorized. He’s a good athlete. She’s smart. Those guys over there eating … Continued

Design without empathy can be really, really scary. Like, “I need to be sedated I’m so scared” scary.

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Title: The Story of Doug Dietz: Creative Confidence in the MRI Suite Context: When design is at its best it doesn’t make products better, it makes people’s lives better. Synopsis: It is entirely possible to design something and convince yourself … Continued

I don’t know about you, but a room without a roof doesn’t make me particularly happy design-wise.

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Title: The Science of Happy Design Context: Rather than efficient, connected, and smarter what if we instead designed technology to make us happy? Synopsis: If you wrote down all of the values that we aspire to when working towards a … Continued

“Yes…it is true…this man has a dick for a head…” and other team building rules to live by.

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Title: NO DICKHEADS! A Guide To Building Happy, Healthy, and Creative Teams. Context: It’s easy to call yourselves a team. However, actually being a team takes a lot of hard work. Synopsis: Tolstoy famously said that “All happy families are … Continued

What did we learn about design last year? As always, look to the drug trade for inspiration.

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Title: The Most Important Design Lessons Of 2014 Context: What better way to prepare for the new year then by rehashing the old one. Design article retrospective people! Synopsis: Infographics lie. Apple designers aren’t the best. You should always get … Continued