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Mar 17, 20222 min read
Design your business experiences by starting at the beginning: The blueprint
Would you build a home without first having an agreed blueprint from your architect? Would you bring in the builders, tilers, painters,...
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Mar 17, 20221 min read
[Opportunity] UI designer
A design firm in Cape Town is looking for a strong mid-level UI designer to join their team. You will work in a closely knit team and for...
Mar 16, 20223 min read
How to respond to clients who have no idea what they want
First acknowledgement: you can't control what the other person does. Second acknowledgement: you CAN control what YOU do. I met with a...
Mar 15, 20222 min read
What do you do when the client says "just WOW me"?
We say “We can ‘just wow you’, it's going to cost you R100k. I can't put my team to work on anything less. We are in business, just...
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Long live our UI Design Specialists
Why is it that today our talented UI (User Interface) design specialist’s are being pressured more than ever to dilute their roles, and...
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Design Project Advisory: how deep expertise can accelerate project potential
We often talk about moving from good design to great design. As in any field of design, those best at their craft can see beyond the...
Jan 24, 20223 min read
The flying fish: positioning through expertise
Are you just another generalist design firm swimming in the sea of many? Clients are struggling to differentiate between design firms...
Jan 17, 20223 min read
Establishing a point of view
Does your creative business have a point of view? More importantly, do those that matter even know what this is? Why should you care to...
Jan 10, 20223 min read
How to get your design house in order
Design by its very nature doesn't quite fit a military-like approach to operational efficiencies, which makes for a challenge in itself...
Dec 9, 20212 min read
How to attract (and keep) the best design talent
As the demand for design talent continues to rise, businesses in design are faced with the ongoing challenge of acquiring such talent. ...
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Design is...
Design is about observing things. And about enjoying the boring stuff. Design is something that makes people happy. It is exciting!
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Focus on the creative act
Focusing on the creative act is important; we grow through taking actions. So we designed the environment to make sure nothing would...
Oct 31, 20213 min read
Placement, freelance, consulting
Placement, freelance, consulting - which option is best for my business? The answer lies in the problem you are trying to solve....
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Video: From good to great
We often talk about moving from good design to great design. As in any field of design, those best at their craft can see beyond the...
Oct 26, 20211 min read
Video: Craftspeople
We believe there’s a craftsperson in all of us. So join us on a quest. To uncover the skills and mindset that build our society. One...
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Video: Human centered design
Human Centered Design is more of a mindset than a toolkit. It’s as simple as changing your mindset. It’s not some 1-2-3 sequence but...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Video: Design for business collaboration
If great design is about adopting a human-centered, collaborative and iterative process - we need to encourage and educate the businesses...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Video: Center of excellence
In more mature and complex organisations, and especially in a design-led business, we see (and expect, and need) to enter an evolved...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Video: A way to explain Service Design
Explaining service design can be challenging. There is a way that might make it a lot easier. We suggest leveraging something that the...
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