Where to find the perfect sketchbook? By designing it yourself

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 4 February, 2010 to the design and art subset

The Design Translator (aka DT), documents his efforts to create the perfect sketchbook, something that is just right for fleshing out his ideas.
I’ve changed the design so many times after learning about the manufacturing constraints and seeing so many other options I could use. In fact many things I thought I knew about printing [...]

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The innovative crimes of passion of creative people

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 to the comment subset

On the whole it seems people are all for creativity and innovation so long as such activity doesn’t result in too much… creativity and innovation.
So really, what we are being told is, “be creative, but not TOO creative”. Any creative ideas that attempt to shift the current paradigm or reject a paradigm completely are [...]

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Seven ways in which your clever idea could meet its demise

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 16 November, 2009 to the design and art subset

An illustrated guide to seven ways to kill an idea… ah yes, reality as usual gets in the way. Be sure to look at the larger image.
Via Coudal Partners.

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Lime green is the new black, the 20 coolest concept cars of 2009

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 13 August, 2009 to the design and art subset

Could this be the fashion catwalk of the auto industry… presenting the 2009 range of ready-to-drive motor vehicles.

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Communicating new concepts by way of buzz words

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 16 July, 2009 to the comment subset

In other words, and I’m speaking “organically” here, phrases such as “values migration” and “paradigm shift” (sometimes used to smooth over a backflip) are a way of saying “we don’t really know ourselves what this is all about, or what might actually happen.”
New ideas, like fashion, have to start somewhere. When Jordan in Marketing lays [...]

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What’s a non disclosure or two between friends?

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 3 July, 2009 to the comment subset

Given that a secret is no fun unless it is shared, I’m not sure that the concept of Friend Disclosure Agreements, designed to protect ideas, will actually work… unless possibly a profit-sharing arrangement can also be reached.
This is a “warm blanket” agreement with which, by requesting your agreement to it, I am helping myself sleep [...]

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Bill Wasik: anonymous ideas are ideas that stand alone

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 1 July, 2009 to the comment subset

Sometimes preserving the anonymity of an idea’s instigator can allow the thought to be assessed on its own merits rather than being dismissed or ridiculed should, say, that person be considered persona non grata, says Bill Wasik.
Anonymity can be useful not just to cloak your identity or to try to fool people. It allows people [...]

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When the first humans began to party they began to innovate

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 25 June, 2009 to the comment subset

It took 100,000 years from the time the first humans (or homo sapiens) appeared for social networking and the sharing of ideas to commence, which also must have been about the time the first parties started to take place…
Party planners know that scrunching a bunch of people into a small space will result in plenty [...]

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Smell the coffee and critique your design work

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 to the design and art subset

Stop Trying Ritual: a new way to reevaluate your design work.

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The complete guide to being incomplete

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 2 February, 2009 to the comment subset

Forget perfection infection, be happy with the incomplete. Some excellent motivational reading courtesy of Gavin Heaton.
Years ago I had to have everything “perfect” before I would release my work for review. I would check and double check. I would have it reviewed by my team and by stakeholders. I would gather feedback, make changes and [...]

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