May 2010
7 posts
Anonymous asked: did you go to eckerd college?
Doctors in America.
jayparkinsonmd:
Acute Care (like fixing broken hips) = They’re the World’s Best.
Chronic Care (like obesity and diabetes) = They’re not the World’s Worst, but pretty close.
The problem lies in the fact that 75% of healthcare costs come from chronic issues. Are we tackling about 12% of our GDP with the best tools? If we think doctors are the best tools for tackling chronic disease, we’ve got...
“The law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple system tries to...”
– Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, Freakonomics
Well said.
powerful talk on simplicity by George Whitsideson on TED talks.
http://www.ted.com/talks/george_whitesides_toward_a_science_of_simplicity.html
Very good points in this article on transmitting the story of your brand http://su.pr/2nJwDW
April 2010
62 posts
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http://urbanverse.posterous.com/design-thinking-what-if-we-built-cities-as-pr
http://email.integermidwest.com/pulse/april-10/
retail behavior.
They know how to design Sushi & Sake bar down...
Limitations make design possible, by minimizing the amount of decisions it offers a chance to invent parameters. This way you can focus on concept.
http://www.getfinch.com/finch/entry/the_myth_of_design_limitations/
good points.
good read.
http://www.siegelgale.com/2010/04/21/be-truthful-about-your-brand/#comment-2705
See ya soon ACE HOTEL.
http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/good-brands-report-2010-ace-hotel-5.html
http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_yup_still_in_a_recession_16430.asp
http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/the-next-wave-of-product-integration.html
This will morph into something more involved, TV and advertising are evolving, interesting times.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/business-education/users-determine-a-brands-value/story-e6frgcp6-1225856099446
Nice break down on branding.
great talk by Tim Brown.
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_urges_designers_to_think_big.html
Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC: Have... →
I think the systemic problem that’s arisen over the past century stems from a system-wide fascination with the minutiae. Solving the first 90% of any problem takes relatively very little effort and money. Solving the last 10% takes damn near all the resources.
As a culture, America has become…
http://www.wallpaper.com/cars/bmw-designworks/4297
good article on design.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/04/giving-away-a-magicians-secrets.html
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1717/the-anatomy-of-cool/
Great talk on the art of storytelling.
http://www.ted.com/talks/shekhar_kapur_we_are_the_stories_we_tell_ourselves.html
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/music
Someone put thought into this.
http://www.wallpaper.com/video/interiors/private-view-barberosgerby/77982814001
design theory.
http://www.wallpaper.com/video/interiors/private-view-established-sons/78012461001
Shift in focus.
- “Culture is the mystery for capitalism” – and while there’s no failsafe formula for solving it, acknowledging the necessity for cultural acumen within a company is the first step. In his talk, McCracken made the compelling argument that corporations need to make room for a ‘Chief Culture Officer’ in the C-Suite – a ‘club’ in which creativity and disruptive thinking is not generally rampant or...
someone put a little thought into the design on this stage.
http://www.core77.com/blog/book_reviews/book_review_innovation_x_by_adam_richardson_16389.asp
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/population-growth-explained-with-lego/
Agree or disagree with Hans Rosling he raises interesting points that have deeper meanings.
http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_mohr_builds_green.html?awesm=on.ted.com_8GFC&utm_campaign=catherine_mohr_builds_green&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=ted.com-talkpage
http://www.narrativemedicine.org/programs/nmw.html
I’ve mentioned in the past I think the medical profession is missing opportunities in their practices to differentiate. Here is a program at Columbia University that will help lead the way to designing a remarkable business model.
Also at Yale School of Medicine they’re using the study of art to help students hone their powers of observation,...
http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/for-every-accountant-hired-hire-an-artist-psfk-conference-good-ideas-in-storytelling.html
Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti of Partners & Spade touch on topics that are important for branding and business.
- “The bigger a brand gets, the smaller it should act… Acting small should be a continuous state of mind, because no one likes big.”
Partner & Spade...
http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/ninja-is-the-latest-job-title-buzz-word.html
http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/puma-reinvents-the-shoe-box.html
great video on this project.
Random Thoughts:
· Want to make a program “strategic”? Put it at the top of every agenda—Tom Peters
· Electric lighting was rare a century ago, today it is common place.
· We are living in the conceptual age.
·‘The US spends more on trash bags than ninety other countries spend on everything, our waste cost more than all of the goods consumed by nearly half of the world’s nations’....
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-04-13&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WquQ1xfVsug&feature=youtube_gdata
glimpse into the future.
Great paintings by Audrey Kawasaki
itsdesigned:
Audrey Kawasaki
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/technology/12comments.html?hp
transparency = more accountability.
http://www.good.is/post/urban-agriculture-hits-close-to-home/
Problem solving.
http://thebulletin.us/articles/2010/04/09/business/doc4bbf4bc360f7c021020671.txt
Good interview with creative director of Frog Design.
