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Recap from IIT Design Research Conference 2009 (Final Part)

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Jon Kalko, Associate Creative Director of Frog, talked to the audience about how to remain relevant in the rapidly changing market of design research. The growing trends of outsourcing creative jobs to Asia, from manufacturing then to graphics design and now design research, are putting designers of every specialties at risk of being displaced. Aside [...]

Recap from IIT Design Research Conference 2009 (part 2)

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Richard Saul Wurman, the creator of the TED conference took the stage with an unusual panache. After halting the announcer’s introduction, he asked the audience to move forward and fill the front rows. Richard (Richie, or Mr. Wurman as he prefers) then went onto a stream-of-consciousness speech about his conception of the TED conference, his [...]