Coproduce.it Meets in Brussels, 10-12 February, 2012.

Since making it to the semifinal rounds in the Euclid Network’s International  Competition  for Social Innovation, Coproduce.it has been keeping connected virtually and in small group meetings. Thanks to tools like Skype,…

I am looking for a Service Designer to join my advertising agency in Houston Texas. You do not have to be Bilingual in English/Spanish but you must be fluent in English. We pay relocation assistance and sponsor visas. Please send me your resume to  dinorah@lopeznegrete.com

About Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc.

Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc. is an independent, Hispanic owned and operated, full-service agency specializing in Hispanic marketing. Headquartered…

Seymourpowell Designer Chloe Amos-Edkins lends some valuable insight into the current state of the coffee industry and trends emerging from the hearts of coffee communities around the world…

The 90′s saw an evolution away from instant coffee and the proliferation of Starbucks type coffee shops on every…

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Seymourpowell’s reading list represents some our favourite magazines, journals, and books. These carefully selected titles are to us both interesting and inspiring and we hope you’ll enjoy them as much as we do…

To find out more about Lost in London,…

“Cold…warmer…getting warmer…and the riddle is revealed…”

Images by Alexandra Zotova, Seymourpowell

Back in November 2011, we …

Here are some interesting finds from a recent trip to Hong Kong – one of the two special administrative regions (SAR) of China. If you get the chance to go, grab the opportunity with both hands. Whether you’re there for work or play, here are our top places to visit:

Victoria…

I have been an Industrial designer for many years now and at this point of my career I know where my filed of work should go to specifically, instead of firing all over the place and try to get as many opportunities as they come. In my work I have always followed my beliefs and chosen my own professional…

Desperately but somewhat clueless he was  trying to unlock the entrance door with his id-card - like all of us, he had this plastic card on a practical belt clip - but the door didn't open. I released him out of this hopeless situation by opening the door with my personal card and let him in. It was quite obvious that he was a colleague from within the company, and as it turned out, he was actually looking for me. "Why are the doors locked for…

Lunes Monday Feb 6

Register and welcome pack

17:00 - 18:00 Sala de Actos Bienvenida Ignasi Perez Arnal Director Educacion Contínua Elisava y presentacion general de la DTWEEK 2012 a cargo de Jorge Rodriguez director MIDI.



18:00- 19:00 Mapa del Design Thinking  (Spanish) por Alessandro…

Seymourpowell hires Chris Sherwin as Head of Sustainability

London, UK, 11 January 2012 – leading global design and innovation company

Seymourpowell is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Sherwin as Head of Sustainability. As a new member of the team at Seymourpowell, Sherwin will be responsible for developing and delivering specific sustainable innovation offers, to help clients  explore the opportunities from sustainability. In addition, Sherwin will work…

Seymourpowell design researcher, Rob Kirby,gives his view on a current trend in the gaming world, ‘H+ gaming’, and discussed what this could mean for our…

Now, after many years of collaboration, I can say for sure that he's truly favorably impressed: by design, and by designers. I would even assume that he secretly admires us, the designers. His initially reserved and rejective stance against any member of the 'design-species' was resulting from, what I believe, the awareness that he could never do, what designers do, but designers might be able to do, what he's doing - at least…

When we move the locus of education from the classroom environment to the digital environment, we move the student experience to one in which design matters a great deal. Design, here, refers to the field of …

From "Higher Education Management"

by Keith Hampson, PhD

Brands like Target and Apple have successfully used design to set themselves apart. Mainstream magazines like BusinessWeek and Fast Company now devote complete issues to design. College design programs are experiencing unprecedented demand. Highly ranked institutions like Stanford now teach MBA students…

It's the time of the year so I was strolling along the local christmas market lately and passed by a craftsman who was weaving a basket. Somehow I was instantly impressed and stood still, starting to observe the activity of the basket-maker: his movements were swift and confident and he was even able to have a conversation with other observers, whilst craft-fully weaving this basket. All of a sudden he paused - he was about…

He was truly 'special', to say it mildly… but actually he was a true choleric, hysteric and narcissistic person, narrow minded, unforgiving and pungent according to many, many others. He would not let loose, he could be rude, direct and insensitive, but most of all he was obsessive - everything he did, and equally all others did for him, had to be perfect, nothing less. It had to be insanely great.…

If you cannot see the forrest for the trees, it doesn't mean you can't see at all - you just lack the focus on what's essential. It's just that you cannot zoom-in and cut-out all those impressions, which should not be taken into account.

This happens a lot, for instance when you scan the shelves in a store, to find the appropriate offer - in most cases you walk-out without buying anything:…

OpenIDEO has partnered with Steelcase to explore the topic of restoring vibrancy to cities and regions facing economic decline. Together we’re looking to design solutions – from entrepreneurship and education to community mobilisation and campaigns – that reinvigorate places like Detroit, Michigan;…

     The design for 'The Green Eye' was a response to the local Council trying to raise funding by offering a lease to commercial businesses in…