By Marty Neumeier. Everyone has a personal style of working, but not everyone has a “good style.” Good style grows out of good taste—an appreciation of the way aesthetic principles determine beauty. Think of your taste as an ability to recognize what’s beautiful, and your style as the way you apply your taste. Personal style […]
Read MoreMobile experience. Mobile design. Mobile workforce.
Mobile experience comes from mobile design Last Monday Apple announced a series of upgrades to its iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems towards a more seamless integration, and also Apple HomeKit, a new OS for your home. And Google has taken steps into the home digital environment with the purchase of Nest, a sensor-driven thermostat […]
Read MoreFive more things design firms can learn from retained recruiting firms.
There are many things that design firms can learn from recruiting firms, and visa-verse. Last week we published five ideas, here are five more tips for design firms to be more relevant to their clients. 6. Expand your content network and research methods. Develop content networks, not just sales leads. Retained recruiters build relations with […]
Read MoreFive things design firms can learn from retained recruiting firms.
I’ve been in the design business my whole career; owned a design firm for 9 years, been a corporate design and creative director for 11, a visiting professor in design management for 3, and a design association president for 5. Last year I made a career change to become a retained recruiter, focused exclusively on […]
Read MoreIndustrial design recruiting.
Specializing in industrial design recruiting, innovation recruiting and creative recruiting may sound like one category, but actually there are distinct nuances between each. We have found that while methods and processes may overlap, the vetting process has many unique differences. With roots in design and design management, we’ve taken a fresh look at the retained […]
Read MoreThe creative workforce.
In this age of innovation businesses require a creative spark. Surveys of CEO’s consistently point to a desire to develop more innovation power, but they don’t say how to do it. In my book Corporate Creativity, we did not try to address the basic cognitive or physiological issues of creativity, but rather explored the social […]
Read MoreCreative recruiting accolades
When I announced I was stepping down as president of DMI to launch a creative recruiting agency specializing in industrial design recruiting, innovation recruiting and UX design recruiting, I received some very nice emails from many DMI members; I was humbled to say the least. It seems there is not only a need for specialized […]
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