Staying power

Staying power    

By Kevin

Yesterday, Fast Company’s Co.Design blog wrote a nice entry about our website for Herman Miller called Discovering Design. The site is several years old, but it’s a good testament to the staying power of good design - the website, but of course the products themselves. More

Blu Dot Clock

Blu Dot Clock    

By Jason

This little clock from Blue Dot is making us happy this morning. Whose job was it to capture all those images? More

The democratization of craft

The democratization of craft    

By Curt

A pair of iPhone apps I recently began using underscore the new reality: Design craft is no longer an activity reserved strictly for designers. More

On augmented reality

On augmented reality    

By John

A few weeks ago, a client approached us and asked, “What can we do with augmented reality?” Several hours of research later–plus a couple more for this post–and I still haven’t found a simple answer.A few weeks ago, a client approached us and asked, “What can we do with augmented reality?”Several hours of research later–plus a couple more for this post–and I still haven’t found a simple answer. More

Singing new songs

Singing new songs    

By Julie

Did you catch Kevin and Yang in Rapid Growth? More

The value of networking with customers

The value of networking with customers    

By Curt

The Fulton Street Farmer’s Market across town from our office in Grand Rapids has been providing a harvest of locally grown food more than 80 years. If those stalls could talk they’d share stories about a time when the local open-air market was the center of commerce in our community. That’s no longer the case, of course. More

Social Media for Business: Customer Service

Social Media for Business: Customer Service    

By Scott

There have been a number of interesting posts lately on ReadWriteWeb regarding the puzzle of Social Media for Business. Businesses have only begun to take advantage of the capabilities of social media tools to empower communications to their customers. More

Talkin' bits with Mark Hurst

Talkin' bits with Mark Hurst    

By Curt

Inspired by Mark Hurst’s book, Bit Literacy, I tracked down the author and engaged him the way he suggests we all engage the various bit streams that inundate us with information every day: head-on and purposefully. Here’s how it went down… Curt: Where did the idea for the book come from? Mark: Everyone’s going to end up with a lot of information in the workplace today. How are they going to react to that? What skills are they going to bring to bear to manage that information? More

Bye-bye, bits

Bye-bye, bits    

By Curt

I once worked for a company that installed a new email server every time the volume of messages in the system got too high for the old server to handle. More

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