Peopledesign blogs

Field trip to Rauschenberg at GRAM

Michele Brautnick — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:42:26 +0000

Inspiration can live outside the walls of the office. In fact, most of the time I think it does. Driving in the car, listening to music, reading a book… or perhaps taking a stroll through a world class art museum.

Stepbrands

Kelly O'Hara — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Is easier better?

David Schofield — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:27:37 +0000

We love easier. And our standards for “easier” seem to get raised everyday. As designers, we often find ourselves working to make something easier (communications, user experiences, etc.). But is easier better? For the easy version, skip ahead.

Easier is simpler. There are fewer choices we have to make.

Flexible, relevant, social

Curt Wozniak — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Like many people who read our blog, I am interested in art as well as design. In fact, I cross back and forth between both worlds on a daily basis. Literally.

When I leave home to come to work in the morning, I pass through my wife’s art studio on my way to the car. And at the end of the day, when I leave the office, I come home to her studio, usually with take-out.

My wife is a kick-ass artist. And I work with a crew of kick-ass designers.

Direction vs. prescription

Gina Caratelli — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:51:00 +0000

So a friend of mine who is a fellow designer forwarded me an email. It was a request – excuse me – a demand for a new logo design. Some of the details have been changed to protect the innocent and make the guilty harder to identify, but it pretty much went like this…

Design research revisited

Curt Wozniak — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000

We spend a lot of time in front of clients. When we get a chance to sit in the audience and let other researchers and designers talk, it’s a welcome change of pace. Exposure to new models, new tools, and new ideas is one way we keep our work fresh and our thinking current.

Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves

Yang Kim — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:03:47 +0000

I’ve always wanted to reference Miró’s painting, Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves

Luck of the draw

Sharon Oleniczak — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Social responsibility comes with being a designer. It’s part or our job to help raise awareness of things that we believe matter.

Brand blitz!

Kevin Budelmann — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:46:13 +0000

Seems like we’ve got a lot of brand identities being announced this week, so let me provide a summary if you’re not keeping up.

In the spirit of TEDx

Sharon Oleniczak — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:30:23 +0000

Recently I joined a few Peopledesign people and approximately 600 other folks for Grand Rapids’ first TEDx event. The independently organized daylong innovation-themed seminar/networking event proved to be an excellent way to spend a spring day.