Recently I had the opportunity to visit a injection mould production factory located on the ourskirts of the up and coming “Whatever Hong Kong can do, we can do better” city, Shenzhen. Located just over the border into China’s Guangdong Province. A simple 30 minute train ride from Kowloon to the edge of Hong Kong […]
Getting stuff done in China
“Can you carry this? I want to take you with me to a meeting with one of our vendors” she said as she handed me the large, rough working model of a current design idea. Still clutching the work I thought I was going to be presenting my boss for final approval I realized this […]
‘Beautiful people make beautiful design’
I always suspected that my amazing good looks and expensively styled hair is the reason behind my cutting edge design style. I work very hard to maintain my image and fantastic figure, which is the same for my work, which I’ve refined over years of experience. I must admit, it’s hard for me to get […]
I am the Bono of the Design world….apparently.
Coroflot recently held is 6th Annual Design Salary Report and there were some pretty interesting results. Some things came as a surprise while others where pretty much expected. Although mainly based on North American statistics, a lot of it probably rings true for the rest of the world especially to the new global conscious and […]
“Why is there a queue outside Louis Vuitton?”
Exploring Hong Kong is one of the most sensory explosive activities available to an human being. Since my job hasn’t started yet I’ve taken the opportunity, before I get tied up, to soak up as much of the city as possible via my favourite mode of transport, the feet. To be honest you can’t walk […]
Sham Shui Po; Home.
We walked up the MTR underground station stairs, both of us carrying our 20kg bags and cursing our jet lagged brains for not keeping up with our legs. A wall of humid heat hit us and before we knew it we were out in the open, standing on Kweilin Street, Hong Kong. Of course we […]
Hong Kong and beyond…
So I’m sitting here in a tidy room, bag packed, passport ready. I leave for Hong Kong in 5 hours and will be in the East for almost 4 months. I’ll be working at Mattel for 3 months with onward journeys to Thailand and Japan. I won’t kid you around, I’m pretty dam excited. This […]
Experience makes the product
A new article posted on Core77 has challenged the creation of artifacts in design, instead arguing that designing an experience is of top importance, with everything simply aiding the interaction process that someone has with that experience. Peter Merholz talks about the success of Kodak, Apple and TiVo as prime examples of a company […]