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Help wanted: motion graphics / video for book launch trailer

Posted on January 22, 2020February 13, 2020 in design, designmtwby Scott Berkun

[Update: filmmaker found! Position closed.] My next book, How Design Makes Out the World, comes out in a few…

Help wanted: design literacy for everyone project

Posted on April 29, 2019August 27, 2019 in Books, designby Scott Berkun

UPDATE: This book is in progress – head over here for details: designmtw.com. My next book is about teaching…

UX Lisbon 2018 – Talk Notes

Posted on May 24, 2018March 2, 2021 in design, livenotesby Scott Berkun

I speak later today at UX Lisbon 2018, Here are my notes from the sessions so far, will update after each…

Why Designers Hate Politics (And What To Do About It)

Posted on April 10, 2018May 18, 2021 in Culture, designby Scott Berkun

People who design things for a living depend on optimism. To do their job well, whether it’s designing websites or…

Are engineers more creative than designers?

Posted on February 27, 2018March 27, 2018 in ask berkun, design, Management, Project Management, Software/Web developmentby Scott Berkun

On Tuesdays, I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the lovely archive). This week’s question came via email…

Notes from Mind The Product 2017

Posted on September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 in design, On Tourby Scott Berkun

I speak later today at Mind The Product, an event about product management and design, in London. Here are my…

Notes from PPP 2017 Chicago

Posted on August 10, 2017August 15, 2017 in designby Scott Berkun

I spoke this morning at Prototypes, Process and Play, in Chicago about The Dance of The possible (slides, sketchnotes). Here…

What We Can Learn From The Eiffel Tower

Posted on March 31, 2017March 3, 2021 in architecture (real), Creative Thinking, Dance of the Possible, design, historyby Scott Berkun

We take great works for granted. We forget, but the fate of even our most famous ideas and creations…

Notes from Leading Design 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016March 2, 2021 in design, livenotesby Scott Berkun

I gave the opening talk at the first Leading Design event in London, hosted by Clearleft. I spoke about…

The Real World of Technology (Book Review)

Posted on August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 in Book reviews, Culture, designby Scott Berkun

Despite our cultural obsession with new technology, we forget that the idea of new technology is old. We also…

Questions For The Next Design Revolution

Posted on September 15, 2015March 6, 2021 in design, ethics, lecturesby Scott Berkun

(I gave the opening comments at a keynote panel on The Next Industrial Design Revolution for IDSA’s Future of…

Designers, Morality and the AK-47

Posted on July 28, 2015March 11, 2021 in design, ethics, Philosophyby Scott Berkun

Recently Mike Monteiro wrote about whether the AK-47 is worthy of study for a design student. I agree and…

5 Questions that decide if Facebook crossed the line

Posted on June 30, 2014March 6, 2021 in design, ethics, Web 2.0 / social softwareby Scott Berkun

There are 4 points and 5 questions at the heart of the latest drama around Facebook and ethics, and…

When is it ethical to sell low quality products?

Posted on January 2, 2014March 6, 2021 in ask berkun, design, ethics, Software/Web developmentby Scott Berkun

This month I’m posting every day, picking the top voted reader question and answering it.  With 50 votes, today’s winner, submitted…

What designers can learn from the AK-47

Posted on December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 in designby Scott Berkun

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the primary inventor of the AK-47, died yesterday in Russia. His invention is possibly the most popular…

Thoughts on Death to Bullshit & Information Overload

Posted on July 25, 2013September 21, 2016 in design, Philosophyby Scott Berkun

I recently watched Brad Frost’s interesting talk Death To Bullshit (slides). He takes strong positions about information overload and…

Book Review: Designing Together

Posted on June 27, 2013June 27, 2013 in Book reviews, designby Scott Berkun

I was honored to write the forward for Dan Brown’s new book, Designing Together, because I thought it was excellent.…

Book Review: Microinteractions

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 in Book reviews, designby Scott Berkun

They say the devil is in the details, but the angels are in there too. That is, if you…

Summary: Best Posts on Getting Feedback

Posted on May 21, 2013February 29, 2016 in designby Scott Berkun

I’m speaking today at An Event Apart San Diego about Feedback Without Frustration. Here’s a summary of my best…

Simple isn’t always good

Posted on March 13, 2013March 15, 2021 in designby Scott Berkun

[Originally published March, 2013 as The No UI debate is Rubbish, a reference to a once trendy concept that…

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