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Get Creative

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Posted on Jul 13 2010 by Daniel

Everyone wants to be more creative, but do brainstorming techniques really work? It seems we’ve ignored the answer to that question since 1958…


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  Tags: brainstorm, career, creativity, Lean Category: Design, Lean

Lean 3P and Biomimicry

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Posted on Jun 30 2010 by Daniel

Yes, there are two roads you can go by, but in the long run… they lead to the same place. It seems Lean and Biomimicry share some common roots.


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  Tags: 3P, biomimicry, GE, product design Category: Design, Lean, Nature

Killer Cul-de-sacs

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Posted on Jun 23 2010 by Daniel

It seems reasonable to seek a little solace in the suburbs – buy a home on a cul-de-sac, and you get reduced traffic and a more neighborly feel. But are all those dead-end streets harming our health?


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  Tags: cul-de-sac, health, transportation, walking Category: Design, Residential, Transportation

Better Bottles by Design

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Posted on Jun 2 2010 by Daniel

Bottles designed to pack tighter and collapse for recycling would be a great improvement… if consumers will buy them.


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  Tags: marketing, packaging, recycling, soft drinks Category: Design, Solid Waste

BookLight: The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam

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Posted on May 20 2010 by Daniel

Can drawing help you solve problems and sell ideas?


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  Tags: BookLight, drawing, visualization Category: Design, Presentation

SciLights: Sustainable Building Design

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Posted on May 6 2010 by Daniel

TweetHere’s a sample of some of the recent research on building design and energy efficiency. A performance comparison of passive and low-energy buildings Ardeshir Mahdavi, Eva-Maria Doppelbauer Energy and Buildings, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 4 March 2010, ISSN 0378-7788, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.02.025. Abstract: This paper compares apartments in two residential blocks in Vienna; one [...]


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  Tags: buildings, efficiency, modeling, SciLights, statistics Category: Design, Energy
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