Tablet PC’s are around for quiet a while but when Apple is reinventing it there becomes a great deal of buzz and mania. Apple is a master in managing the perception around a new product and creates clang for the weeks before the launch and weeks after, very clever. So is the Ipad such a [...]

OK, so I won 4 Design Awards in 2008 / 2009. This brilliant talk of Malcolm Gladwell learned me its not about the Awards, its about what I’ve learned since I started as freelance designer during my studies in 1994. The awards are about recognition for giving myself the time to learn, make mistakes and [...]

A presentation today on the Selfservice Conference from Heliview in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, stirred up a good discussion about online selfservice, physical selfservice, the gap beteen online- and offline services and about commodity- and excellent services.
Presentation Selfservice Event Heliview
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The titel of this blog is basically what has driven me for years and undaubtly will drive me the rest of my life.
To make a long story short, I believe that human behaviour is more predictable and stable then innovative technology. In this Blog I will walk through 2 very popular innovative technologies and services [...]

Bike manufacturer Specialized and Google launched a contest for Earth Changing Innovation based on bicycle mechanics http://www.innovate-or-die.com/ From the 102 projects that entered I like the variety of ideas and solutions people came up with. To me it proves that creativity is vital to paradigm shifts in comming up with solutions for a more sustainable [...]