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Concept Cars – A Design Engine Analysis: Chicago Autoshow 2012

Winter time in Chicago usually means miserable colds, icy wind, and crass attitudes, but it also means the annual Chicago Auto Show has arrived, giving us all a reason to get out of our winter dens and to venture over to McCormick Place to see the latest and greatest our transportation giants have to offer. [...]

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Motorcycle Show 2012

At this years 2012 Motorcyle Show, in Rosemont, IL, lots of sport bikes have traction control standard, including the Kawasaki ZX10R, Ducati 1199 Panigale S, Yamaha R1, and the BMW S1000RR. Two additional bikes stood out for having wheelie control and launch control. One of those bikes is the Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC SE. It [...]

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Drawthrough: The Personal and Professional Work of Scott Robertson

Here are some selections from Scott Roberston’s blog, Drawthrough JR. Head on over to follow work-in-progress updates on his future books and other creative experiments. You can the full size images HERE. Click To View Images:

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The Brainstorming Process Is B.S. But Can We Rework It?

Two recent articles argue that brainstorming doesn’t make people more creative, so how might we remake the brainstorming process given what science tells us? The business practice of brainstorming has been around with us so long that it seems like unadorned common sense: If you want a rash of new ideas, you get a group [...]

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TEAMS Design Party (in Honor of the Chicago Auto Show)

UPDATE: To see the event’s photos: click HERE. WHEN: February 10, 2012 from 6:00-9:00 PM WHERE: 1812 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60622 Map it! TEAMS Design is hosting a party in honor of the Chicago Auto Show. Meet and mingle with IDSA members and automotive design enthusiasts from across the country at this event [...]

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TEAMS Design Party (in Honor of the Chicago Auto Show)

UPDATE: To see the event’s photos: click HERE. WHEN: February 10, 2012 from 6:00-9:00 PM WHERE: 1812 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60622 Map it! TEAMS Design is hosting a party in honor of the Chicago Auto Show. Meet and ...
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3 Tips For Designers: Making People Love to Work with You

To be a great designer, you don’t only have to walk the walk, you also need to talk the talk. I’m a product development project manager with a small New York start-up in China and I love to work with creatives from around t...
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Is it Creativity or is it Jargon?

Business leaders lean on terminology like “design thinking” to define and quantify the process for innovation. It doesn’t matter what you call the process, what we all desire is more creativity in the process. Cre...
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Electrification 2.0, A Second Act for Tesla

Tesla Motors the company that brought back the electric car form the wilderness and in fact gave allure and glamour to electric cars in the guise of the boutique 2 seater performance car is now gearing up for what may be the ma...
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From “Made in China” to “Designed in China”

China may not be known for its designers but probably more for counterfeit and its traditional culture in Westerns’ minds. It may not have the fame of Italy in design world or Germany for the quality. However a paradigm s...
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Popular Science Review: Top 10 Inventions for 2011

In the five years that Popular Science has run the Invention Awards, we’ve seen a lot of remarkable things come out of people’s garages. Some are designed to treat the sick or save the planet. Others are simply fun to play ...
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