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Oct 18 2009

Product Development Building Blocks by David Goligorsky
Academia, Misplaced Thoughts, Product Design
It's been about a month in a new apartment and I'm finally made a moment to unpack some last items. In the process, I grabbed some of my filled Field Notes and revisited some dog-eared pages. I went to a good talk late last year where the person organizing this lecture series shared a list he keeps that highlights the building blocks of product development. I jotted them down and they're transcribed below. If you're aware of these points in your own projects and working to resolve them, you're likely on your way to a rewarding effort. Vision Urgency ...
Aug 30 2009

Honda Motocompo by David Goligorsky
Advertising, Aesthetics, Japan, Pragmatism, Product Design, transportation
[caption id="attachment1300" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Motocompo"][/caption] Honda's Motocompo was a 49cc two-stroke scooter that was designed to fit into the trunk of the Honda City back in 1981-83. It folds up into a little rectangle and it really lovely. The ad campaign at the time featured London ska band, Madness, and the marketing photos are priceless. [caption id="attachment1301" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Motocompo"][/caption] [caption id="attachment1302" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Motocompo"][/caption] [caption id="attachment1303" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Motocompo"][/caption]
Jul 09 2009

Oregon Manifest by David Goligorsky
Bicycle, Inspiration, Product Design, Society of the Gentleman, Travel, events, transportation
[caption id="attachment_1259" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Oregon Manifest"][/caption] Oregon Manifest is the red letter event in the capitol of the bicycling world. This event spans from October 2 all the way through November 8th, promising six weekends of celebrating of the art, craft, and community of bicycling. Of the events, I'm most excited about the Constructor's Design Challenge. This is a competition that invites extreme ingenuity to bicycle building that aims to smash together a Venn diagram of combined performance, utility, and aesthetics. Registration is open until July 31st and we're already seeing a phenomenal list of legendary frame-builders rising to ...
May 28 2009

Peel P50: Smallest production car in history by David Goligorsky
Design, Engineering, Past Future, Pragmatism, Product Design, history, transportation
[caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Peel P50"][/caption] Peel Engineering Company produced 50 of these microcars during the early 1960's on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom. They are the smallest cars ever to go into production. It's got three wheels, one door, a 49cc engine with a three speed manual transmission. A Peel P50 could do 38 mph at max speed and weighed in at 130 lbs with a claimed fuel consumption of 100 miles to the gallon. Kind of amazing. Check out this article about the car in the Daily Mail. There have ...
May 14 2009

ALEX WIPPERFÜRTH, Thursday, May 21st at Stanford University by David Goligorsky
Academia, Books, Branding, Design, Inspiration, Product Design, events
[caption id="attachment_1213" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Alex Wipperfürth"][/caption] The next speaker in the David H. Liu Lecture Series in Design at Stanford is Alex Wipperfürth. The talk will be at 8:00pm on Thursday, May 21st, 2009. It will be in (Braun Hall, Building 320) in Room 105 at Stanford University. Hope to see you there! Wipperfürth is a partner at Dial House in San Francisco. He is the author of Brand Hijack, and upcoming books, The Co-Creation Myth and The Fringe Manifesto. Dial House is part think-tank and part creative hot shop. The client list is diverse: from fringe (Napster, Doc Martens, Pabst Blue ...
May 06 2009

Summer Gig by David Goligorsky
Academia, Design, Engineering, Personal, Product Design, Science, transportation
[caption id="attachment_1188" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Gossamer Albatross"][/caption] For this upcoming summer, the midway point of my two years of graduate school, I'll be working near Los Angeles at a company that is probably best known for designing and building the Gossamer Condor and the Gossamer Albatross (shown above). They are human-powered flight vehicles masterminded by the late, great Dr. Paul B. MacCready and made history by successfully completing a fully human-powered flight across the English Channel on June 12, 1979. They're not doing human-powered flight anymore, but they are getting into some pretty amazing wind-power systems, solar vehicles (including solar ...
Apr 28 2009

Dev Patnaik book launch at Stanford University’s d.school by David Goligorsky
Academia, Books, Design, Needfinding, Product Design, Society of the Gentleman, events
On May 6th, Stanford's d.school is hosting a book launch lecture and reception for Dev Patnaik's Wired to Care. The book explores the role of empathy and human-centric design principles for driving successful business practice and strategy. Dev Patnaik is an alum of the Stanford Product Design program, founder/principal at Jump Associates, and adjunct professor at Stanford University. I had the pleasure of being in his Needfinding class... one of the results of this class included a drum machine for dogs using the Arduino platform, some piezoelectric sensors, Ardrumo, Garage Band, a MIDI library, and a speaker ...
Apr 13 2009

ANDY SPADE, this Wednesday at Stanford University by David Goligorsky
Branding, Design, Experience Design, Inspiration, Product Design, Society of the Gentleman, events, fashion
[caption id="attachment_1112" align="aligncenter" width="1800" caption="ANDY SPADE, Liu Lecture Series in Design"][/caption] The first Liu Lecture of 2009 is this Wednesday! April 15th! Andy Spade April 15th, 8:00PM Building 320, room 105 Stanford University All Liu Lectures are free and open to the public. See you there!
Mar 28 2009

Spring 2009 Liu Lectures in Design at Stanford University by David Goligorsky
Academia, Branding, Computers, Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Experience Design, Inspiration, Personal, Pragmatism, Product Design, Society of the Gentleman, events, fashion, interview
poster design by Andreas Brændhaugen click on the poster to view a larger size I'm really excited to present the lineup for this Spring's David H. Liu Memorial Lecture Series in Design. All talks will begin at 8pm in building 320, room 105. Every lecture is free and open to the public! Andy Spade will be speaking on Wednesday, April 15th. Spade had over a decade of experience with top advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, and TBWA/Chiat/Day managing accounts with companies such as Coca Cola, Evian, Reebok, Lexus, and Coach. He's the branding and marketing man behind ...
Jan 05 2009

Gary Hustwit’s “Objectified” film by David Goligorsky
Academia, Art, Design, Film, Inspiration, Personal, Product Design, events, interview, video
Gary Hustwit, the director known for his documentary film on the Swiss typeface, Helvetica, has just released a first glimpse of his latest work. He's spent considerable time interviewing product design's heads of state and put together Objectified. I'm especially inspired because in just 90 seconds of preview, there were a few familiar faces. David Kelley, a co-founder of IDEO, is an alumnus from my graduate program and is a major part of the Stanford Design program and d.school. We have had the pleasure of visiting his incredible home, which was designed by Ettore Sottsass, and saw the ...

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