Gadi Amit Offers 4 Lessons From Dieter Rams’s Successes, And Failures

Gadi Amit Offers 4 Lessons From Dieter Rams’s Successes, And Failures

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Recently, we took a studio trip to the Dieter Rams show, Less and More, at the SFMOMA. The show presents an expansive and insightful look at the 50-year career of one of the greatest industrial designers. The curators also made a point of displaying how Rams’ work has influenced Apple’s design team, Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility, and other notable designers.

How Can You Strategize For The Future, When You Can’t See Beyond 18 Months?

How Can You Strategize For The Future, When You Can’t See Beyond 18 Months?

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Nearly two decades ago, Francis Fukuyama announced the "end of history," the triumph of liberal democracy, and the end of clashes between political ideologies. He got it wrong: Since then, we've had our fair share of "history." Similarly, a few weeks ago, no one would have predicted that the Obama administration would be engaged in three wars in the Middle East, or succeed in killing Osama bin Laden.

How Apple Can Get To $300 Billion In Sales, With A Clever Triple Play

How Apple Can Get To $300 Billion In Sales, With A Clever Triple Play

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In the world of service providers, the last few years have been defined by a struggle to capture the home triple play: Selling consumers internet, phone, and TV services in one package, with Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast all offering deals to buy all three services.

Meanwhile, Apple has worked diligently to define a new triple play of its own. Apple is now closer than ever to offering a unique combination of home computing, back-end web support, and entertainment services.

11 of the Best Innovation Essays We Published in 2010

11 of the Best Innovation Essays We Published in 2010

Here at Co.Design, we pride ourselves on being a house of many mansions. To that end, we've spent the past several months sharing the perspectives of some of the finest experts working in design, from Bruce Nussbaum on the dangers of design imperialism to Gadi Amit on what's wrong with American design schools (hint: everything). We might not agree with all the opinions, but we're totally convinced that the dialogue about design is richer because of them. What follows is a collection of the most popular -- and occasionally controversial -- columns of 2010.