Anger is sometimes a good thing. Anger gets you fired up, gives you something in the world to change. This article made me angry. The gist of it is “The mystical creative monkey is a necessary evil in your business. Treat them just well enough to get a bare minimum of innovation out of them.” By “Creative …
Design/Educate/Connect partners with the GRAM to showcase local entrepreneurs who bridge the gap between design and business. On Friday night, the third annual D/E/C event featured seven business owners. One defining characteristic of D/E/C is the fact that the interviewees are interviewed by people who they know well – often colleagues, friends, or partners. The …
Start Garden is the Rick DeVos – powered venture capital fund in Grand Rapids. Instead of going the traditional investing route of picking a few business ideas and hoping that they are profitable, Start Garden is investing small amounts in a greater number of businesses, and offering guidance and further investments down the road. Every …
Photo by Ernst Brooks, from National Library of Scotland Is good design a moral obligation? How do ethics apply to design?I’m taking a journalism class right now, and ethics is a huge part of journalism, but ethics isn’t emphasized much in design education. In Mike Monteiro’s book, Design is a Job he makes the point that …