Continuum designer Damien Vizcarra will presenting “Designers In Their Own Words” at the Duncan Anderson Lecture Series. Damien will be presenting “I Want My Air Jordan’s Back”; A talk about how designers treat branding.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7-9:45pm
CSULB Design Gallery
Cost: No charge; $5 parking in the Foundation parking lot (across from the Design Building)
Details, including map: http://idsala.wordpress.com/duncan-anderson-lecture-series/
Hope to see you there!
Joey Zeledon with his Coat Check concept chair
Joey Zeledon ’s Coat Check Concept Chair took away Design Distinction at I.D. Magazine’s Annual Design Review. The Coat Check Chair concept uses plastic hangers and a steel bar from a standard closet, and is designed to encourage people to hang their coats up properly.
“This is just a brilliant idea. Simple, useful, clear.” –Judge Jack Bredenfoerder
Congratulations Joey!
We’ve just launched a really interesting “Innovation Fellowship” with Pepsi, where innovative thinkers from different disciplines will work side-by-side with Pepsi’s most senior leaders to help them work through key business challenges using Continuum’s strategic design thinking and processes.
Working in small, cross-disciplinary teams with coaches, Continuum will be leading fellowship participants to develop actionable solutions to real-world design challenges driven by Pepsi’s strategic plans. The workshop series will culminate with participants presenting their work to members of Pepsi’s senior leadership team.
We’re accepting applications for the program until September 15th. Our “Innovation Fellowship” will begin a month later, on October 15, and will meet on Fridays for eight consecutive weeks. In addition to the opportunity to participate in the workshop, fellows will receive a $4,000 stipend to cover travel expenses. The workshop will be held in three different locations including New York City, PepsiCo’s Purchase New York campus, and Continuum’s Boston office.
If you’re interested in receiving an application, contact innovationfellows@pepsico.com <mailto:innovationfellows@pepsico.com> . And be sure to check back here in the coming weeks to learn more about it.
Needing to bash up some concrete to remake a shower, I went to (The) Home Depot to rent a rotodrill, a seriously effective tool compared to a sledge hammer. I needed some other odd items as well. Amy in tool rental knew her stuff, Tom in kitchen offered to find me what I wanted at another store when he couldn’t find it in the aisles, Jim B. in paint helped me avoid inhaling VOCs and Pav in plumbing was, and always has been, one very knowledgeable gentleman about everything. Half these folks invited me to give feedback to them, the manager, the feedback box or the website. It was a dramatic change from the Depot of yesteryear, which seemed to be a coffee klatch for employees who were really professional contractors with a shortage of work and a complete absence of interest in customers. I sense the influence of Net Promoter, but that’s just a theory. In any case, it was really nice to get some quality attention at a store where I spend quite a bit of money.
Rule #7 of great service: this one may seem odd, but just plain actually provide service.
