Posts by: Barry

This morning, I awoke to find my first-ever Father’s day gift in my email. It seems my dad woke up this morning and sat down at his computer to let my brothers and I know what he was thinking about. I think it is worth sharing here, and hope you enjoy it as much as I [...]

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A few months ago, I was selected as the 2011 commencement speaker for Design Media Arts College (DMAC) in Boca Raton, Florida. During my time there, I was inspired by the energy of the students and faculty, and thankful for their warm reception during the ceremony, not to mention the honorary doctorate! If more

Will Design Thinking Save Us?

On April 7, 2011 By

Before I start, I need to get this out of the way. In my opinion, design thinking used to be known as thinking, in the same way that thought leadership used to be called leadership.

In a recent post, Helen Walters pointed out the snags many of us [...]

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This morning, I enjoyed Bruce Nussbaum’s recent Design Observer post “Let’s Give an “F” to the FT List of Best Business Schools,” a call for something many of us have been wishing for: more innovation and design thinking in business. Those [...]

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Yesterday, Ravi Sawhney posted “Seven Ways to Connect With Your Designer” on one of Harvard Business Review’s blogs. While the piece contains some great ideas for making strategic design processes run more smoothly, it’s also a half-and-half mixture of commonsense relationship guidelines — and things most clients [...]

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Template Gothic in MoMA

On January 24, 2011 By

 

It’s now official that MoMA has acquired its first collection of digital fonts and Template Gothic is included along with a list of 22 other typefaces that make me feel honored to be included. Complete info can be found on MoMA’s site.

Congrats as well to [...]

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