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designFlorian WilleFootball stadium designinspiring sitesNestléRecoverytourismdesign auctionsin house designFreelon GrouppassionFacebook redesignKeyshawn Johnsonyahoo newsBrand loyaltypackaging designParents' Choice Approvedyiying luseattlereligiontype facemyprivatebrandmicrosoftLand Roveryear in photos 2008mural designBusiness Weekthe NBAdesign and innovationWe're bringing you design based discussions, news, perspectives and connections.http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/noreply@blogger.com (Michelle)Blogger644125noreply@blogger.comnoWe're bringing you design based discussions, news, perspectives and connections.NextBigDesignhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-6158887888767065847Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:00 +00002012-05-17T09:05:00.772-04:00Speaker InterviewMaggie MacnabFUSE 2012At the recent Fuse Conference in Chicago, I had the chance to catch up with keynote speaker Maggie Macnab for an interview. In her inspiring keynote, Maggie discussed her creative process, permaculture as design thinking, and the power of semiotics. In this interview, we discussed design challenges, inspiration and more. Hear what Maggie had to say below: Maggie Macnab at Fuse 2012 from IIR USA http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/xelSeN5MNxQ/insights-from-fusedesign-interview-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/xelSeN5MNxQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/05/insights-from-fusedesign-interview-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-5685878836414176776Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:32:00 +00002012-04-30T11:32:13.073-04:00Future TrendsWorld Future Trends Summit Event Date: October, 2012 Location: Miami, FL INDUSTRY ALERT: OFFICIAL CALL FOR PRESENTERS The Institute for International Research (IIR) presents: World Future Trends Summit A meeting of Styles: Where West Influences East, & East Influences West October, 2012 Due to the high volume of submissions, we suggest you submit your proposal early and no later than Fridayhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/z5s1fXLOg9Q/official-call-for-presenters-now-open.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/z5s1fXLOg9Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/official-call-for-presenters-now-open.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-7761819899862043289Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:49:00 +00002012-04-25T15:56:47.817-04:00picturesphotoswrap upFUSE 2012Wow, we're still catching our breath from Fuse 2012, but it was once again an inspiring time in the beautiful (if a bit chilly!) city of Chicago. If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the photos from the 2012 CIULLA ASSOC welcome reception, which are also now up on Facebook. We grabbed some shots of our own throughout the event, watch the slideshow here: Did you take any pictures at Fusehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/AfZxQZfq_g0/fusedesign-live-2012-event-in-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/AfZxQZfq_g0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusedesign-live-2012-event-in-photos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-3301410293258634734Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-04-25T15:41:02.764-04:00FuseUni Today’s branding community is "saturated" with innovative thinkers, designers and strategists who brilliantly lend a hand in shaping and defining our culture. FUSE has welcomed and shared these gifted minds with us for over 15 years. We’ve all listened. We’ve all learned. And we’ve all left inspired and re-energized. But perhaps the word “saturated” is not necessarily the right term, as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/FBBJ_bbPKKI/fresh-blood-new-perspectives-fuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mo Saad)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/FBBJ_bbPKKI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fresh-blood-new-perspectives-fuse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-1174940566104102905Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:44:00 +00002012-04-25T15:41:19.837-04:00brand and culturestrategyLeadershipFuse 2012 Final Daydesign and culture As a design professional, you can fall off your Setu [or Aeron, if you're a Boomer] chair and land at a conference on design, in almost every city. Few of those conferences balance the three legs of form, function and purpose in a way that FUSE does. The stories at FUSE are often beautiful, intellectual and evidentiary. As business professionals, this gets us excited about where design, (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/pIDdqGNcGS4/three-days-two-perspectives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/pIDdqGNcGS4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/three-days-two-perspectives.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-1693164065417738698Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:40:00 +00002012-04-20T16:40:28.493-04:00Soapuser experienceChocolatecell phone designFuse 2012 Final DayUIThe final afternoon here at Fuse was filled with user stories for me. I jumped between tracks from 3D: Translating Brand Connection Through Form with Justin Coble, Industrial Design Manager, MARS CHOCHOLATE NORTH AMERICA to Brand strategy: Marketing Unlearned with Anthony R. Albanese and Sam Swartz of DUKE CANNON SUPPLY CO. to 4D: The Reset: Reinventing Windows Phone with Chris Acker, Design http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/GtfefYqR60g/fusedesign-live-user-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/GtfefYqR60g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusedesign-live-user-experiences.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-8942997054821185199Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:47:00 +00002012-04-20T12:47:31.594-04:00choicepackagingFuse 2012 Final DaygreenThe third day of the Fuse conference started off on a truly inspirational note. We took a journey from Steve Frykholm's stories of the world of Herman Miller to Sheena Iyengar making an argument for the benefits of fewer choices to Jason Foster making an argument for a billion less plastic bottles in landfills. It was a morning for minimalism: the chair that is designed "down to the molecule," a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/XsaSjNSefB0/fusedesign-live-choosing-our-choices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/XsaSjNSefB0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusedesign-live-choosing-our-choices.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-7305772983006149918Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:14:00 +00002012-04-25T15:41:53.758-04:00cultureLeadershipPackage designdesign and innovationdesign and brandingFuse 2012: Conference day one John Wayne taught us about grit. Dirty, dusty, pistol-waving grit. So when was the last time you thought about your own grit-quotient? Well, Jonah Lehrer, author of “How We Decide” and “Imagine” (and John Wayne would agree) says you must have grit to survive and thrive. Every brand we heard from today exhibited grit. It’s easy to acknowledge, Apple has grit. We hear their stories http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/ipYAnbMfpBY/thread-for-this-day-grit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/ipYAnbMfpBY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/thread-for-this-day-grit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-2225546507961221558Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:29:00 +00002012-04-25T15:42:16.400-04:00disciplinesdesign and innovationFuse 2012: Conference day oneexperience designdesign and cultureinternal design team "We no longer have the luxury of one discipline of design." Vince Voron addressed where design is going in an interview with me yesterday. He emphasized the movements in digital, but also made note of all the elements of design we have to be aware of when designing. At one point there was only architectural design. Now, we have the design of everything, if you think about it broadly (graphichttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/32BnAYEoc2g/vince-from-apple-to-coca-cola.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/32BnAYEoc2g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/vince-from-apple-to-coca-cola.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-1358310092237819374Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:27:00 +00002012-04-19T13:28:32.978-04:00creativityLogosMaggie MacnabFUSE liveJonah LehrerFuse 2012: Conference day oneThe FUSE | CIULLA Welcome Cocktail Reception got our event off to a fun start last night, as part of the theme “new dimensions of magical”, posters were designed by the CIULLA design team for the event, and a magician wandered the CIULLA office. Check out the photos below: This morning, our first main conference day here at Fuse 2012 is off to a great, (if maybe a bit sleepy on the audience's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/CW3SmRaw3Rg/fusedesign-live-magical-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/CW3SmRaw3Rg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusedesign-live-magical-morning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-4269005025959425113Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:55:00 +00002012-04-25T15:43:01.491-04:00Leadershipdesign and innovationbrandFuse 2012 Pre Conference Daydesign leadersculture and brandingWhen I have the opportunity to attend conferences like Fuse, I always wish every one of our team members back at the Capsule Minneapolis office could attend. While we share our experiences and learnings with our colleagues, it's not quite the same as being here to soak in it. And we all need inspiration on a regular basis, right? So, we suffice with taking back the wealth of inspiration this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/Q-Ea9D-6zN8/inspiration-fused-with-perspiration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/Q-Ea9D-6zN8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/inspiration-fused-with-perspiration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-7904927097019858823Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:28:00 +00002012-04-18T16:28:18.683-04:00Fuse 2012 Pre Conference DayThe afternoon sessions in our Proof: Insights, Trends & Innovation symposium kicked off with two presentations that focused on reconciling two seemingly conflicting things. First, "Out of the Zoo, Into the Jungle: A discussion about reaching consumers on their turf" with Bill Less, Senior Design Manager, FRITO-LAY and Ivana Nikolic, Creative Director, DUPUIS expanded on last year's discussion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/5Nc6JHpn9Js/fusedesign-live-lost-in-supermarket.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/5Nc6JHpn9Js" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusedesign-live-lost-in-supermarket.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-6009467820162460934Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:05:00 +00002012-04-25T15:43:26.031-04:00consumer attitudesConsumer Insightsdesign innovationmarket research in package designethographicapplied market researchFuse 2012 Pre Conference Dayconsumer behavior Out of the zoo and into the jungle. Bill Less, Frito Lay and Ivana Nikolic, DuPuis. Bill Clinton lied. People lie. Yeah, and they do it with one hand on the Bible. People believe they are telling the truth. This is what makes it a challenge. The customer is always right, right? Yet, the customer is not telling the truth. Truth is essential to knowing how to communicate with someone. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/vzIMxRBVMFc/cooler-sht-coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/vzIMxRBVMFc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/cooler-sht-coming-soon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-5867790444560243285Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:23:00 +00002012-04-18T13:23:22.508-04:00Fuse 2012 Pre Conference DayOur pre-conference day at #FuseDesign is now well underway. I've been sitting in the Proof: Insights, Trends & Innovation for much of the morning, and the recurring theme here is "Signs, Symbols, Semiotics." In "The Semiotics of Branding" with Cheryl Swanson, Principal, TONIQ, Cheryl discussed the fact that the study of semiotics has invaded even popular culture (using this clip from The Big http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/Y_9Mlot_iv0/fusedesign-live-semiotics-lesson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/Y_9Mlot_iv0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusedesign-live-semiotics-lesson.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-3287486216980246065Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:00 +00002012-04-18T13:23:46.272-04:00Fuse 2012 Pre Conference DayToday we kick off Fuse 2012 with our Full Day Workshop at the Art Institute of Chicago and two FUSE Symposia, the Design Leadership symposium and the Proof: Insights, Trends & Innovation symposium. Follow our team on Twitter @NextBigDesign and if you're tweeting from the event use #FuseDesign in your tweets. You can also catch up on sessions here for session write-ups by myself and our two guesthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/q8utybGg8DE/welcome-to-pre-conference-day-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/q8utybGg8DE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/welcome-to-pre-conference-day-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-317039573590531710Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:41:00 +00002012-04-18T12:22:38.818-04:00Design thinkinghow we decidedesign and innovationbrain scienceJohah Lehrerexperience designexplorationbrandsInnovation You don't have to be a brain scientist to design, but it does require the ability to access your entire brain. Design is heavily intuitive, therefore heavy right-brain. But, flash in the pan design often comes from an intuitive approach with no forgiveness for the analytics of life. You might say the world of marketing comes down to applied psychology and applied economics (thank you, Mark http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/a0M5BhzGDwU/this-isnt-brain-surgery-but-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/a0M5BhzGDwU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/this-isnt-brain-surgery-but-it-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-3426784635958318092Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-04-19T10:29:12.469-04:00As we look forward to flying off toFuse 2012 this week, we're featuring some of our exciting speakers here on the blog. Presenting "Telling Stories That Don’t Suck" at this year's Fuse will be Joe Sabia, Digital producer and Creative Consultant. A "conceptor, creator, consultant, collaborator, and curator" Sabia will discuss the ways that video sharing has spurred arguably the most creative http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/jwT-CRCdNpQ/speaker-spotlight-telling-stories-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/jwT-CRCdNpQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/speaker-spotlight-telling-stories-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-2907861908401618540Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:51:00 +00002012-04-17T10:20:29.219-04:00ElmwoodKimberly ClarkFUSE 2012 Thursday, April 19th, 1.45pm Chicago Room As brand specialists we often talk about winning hearts and minds. But just what does it take to make consumers value your brand above all others? Join Jon White of Kimberly-Clark and Simon Preece of Elmwood as they reveal the secrets of creating BIG LOVE for brands and how to translate this to commercial success. Together client and agency will http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/sel7m1HXx2g/unifying-design-architecture-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/sel7m1HXx2g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/unifying-design-architecture-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-7618872886769984500Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:03:00 +00002012-04-25T15:43:48.138-04:00FuseUni <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/A0Hug95PVao/fuse-university-interview-with-switlana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mo Saad)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/A0Hug95PVao" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fuse-university-interview-with-switlana.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-2702581934601237504Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:17:00 +00002012-04-16T09:17:00.306-04:00choiceaudiopodcastFUSE 2012As we look forward to Fuse 2012 we'll be featuring some of our exciting speakers here on the blog. Sheena Iyengar, author, the Art of Choosing, S.T. Lee professor of business, Columbia Business School will be speaking on The Art of Choosing. A world renowned expert on the subject of choice, Iyengar says that choice can provide a sense of freedom and control that is essential to our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/Rv3SDkl6Zqw/fuse-speaker-spotlight-sheena-iyengar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/Rv3SDkl6Zqw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fuse-speaker-spotlight-sheena-iyengar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-3940680059260241593Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:30:00 +00002012-04-13T15:30:01.109-04:00FuseFactFridayFUSE 2012Here at the Next Big Design blog, we're already looking forward to when we will once again be heading to the FUSE conference with our popular feature from 2011: #FUSEFactFriday Fuse Fact Friday highlights some of the key takeaways from the 2011 conference, including inspirational quotes, main themes and more. Each week, we've been diving into our 2011 executive summary and remembering some of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/_9GBK5wuAU4/fusefactfriday-simplicity-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/_9GBK5wuAU4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fusefactfriday-simplicity-or.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-8927300991324053787Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:05:00 +00002012-04-12T09:05:00.490-04:00PharmaMerckagenciespodcastFUSE 2012internal design teamFuse RadioBig Pharma’s Design Team Shares Rx for Success By Marc Dresner, IIR USA When one thinks about branding and design excellence, Apple or Nike is probably more likely to come to mind than, say, a pharmaceutical giant like Merck (NYSE: MRK). So FUSE Radio™ was pleasantly surprised to learn of Merck’s very large, robust in-house design function, a group with resources and capabilities that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/Dgh_A9VO7uc/merck-in-house-design-group-thrives-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marc Dresner)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/Dgh_A9VO7uc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/merck-in-house-design-group-thrives-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-3269391986498454126Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:29:00 +00002012-04-13T16:14:48.124-04:00Using Evil to Sell Products... Not Good Last week I wrote a blog on the Kony 2012 video titled "The Branding of Evil". I sent the post to Tim Nudd, Senior Editor at Adweek (Tim's also a personal friend). After reading my post Tim mentioned some recent commentary that Adweek has done on ads where Hitler and Nazi imagery have been used to sell products. I checked it out and was amazed at what http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/pxpEUnoanIg/branding-of-evil-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Danruns50)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/pxpEUnoanIg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/branding-of-evil-part-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-6510013409402343364Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-04-11T10:00:08.180-04:00design and innovationmarketingBrand relationshipsdesignbranddesign networkingDesigning MomentsFUSE is here again with an amazing set of speakers, thought leaders, storytellers and brain massagers. Most of us think for a living, right? Fundamentally, we are paid to use our brains. So taking some time to focus on our primary thinking organ might be good. FUSE is a great place to massage your thinking organ. If you're signed up, bring your brain, all your senses, business cards and a no. 2http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/N8dhW0kDPww/design-is-now-fuse-is-here-where-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aaron Keller)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/N8dhW0kDPww" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/design-is-now-fuse-is-here-where-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834618005784736900.post-629764600335832874Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:05:00 +00002012-04-25T15:44:11.023-04:00FUSE UniversitybrandingMo SaadStudentFuseUni As we continue to grow the "Fuse Family," one of our endeavors is to help to prepare the next generation of brand strategists and designers. With this in mind, Fuse University was created. Designed specifically for students of brand and design, this co-located event provides a sampling of the FUSE experience. A taste of some of the worlds' leading designers and branding experts share their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~3/YqmQv5rX0nk/fuse-u-spotlight-mo-saad-chairman-fuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michelle)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NextBigDesign/~4/YqmQv5rX0nk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thenextbigdesign.com/2012/04/fuse-u-spotlight-mo-saad-chairman-fuse.htmlen-usnonadult