http://www.michaelroller.com/?p=782 Beautiful Design and the Strategy behind it Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:09:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.michaelroller.com/?p=782&cpage=1#comment-292 David Kennedy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:40:28 +0000 http://www.michaelroller.com/?p=782#comment-292 I think this is super-relevant for designers coming out of school right now that want to find themselves with a job post-graduation. From my experience I've understood that unless you can justify your design with some break-through cost effective and beneficial factors...you're ultimately not really needed at a company. While Industrial Designers have can talk about just the finish of a product for hours, someone in marketing trying to distribute the product really doesn't are much past the word "gloss". I'm reading the book "The Designful Company" right now, which seems to be along the same standards, wondering if you've read or checked that out recently Michael? I think this is super-relevant for designers coming out of school right now that want to find themselves with a job post-graduation. From my experience I’ve understood that unless you can justify your design with some break-through cost effective and beneficial factors…you’re ultimately not really needed at a company. While Industrial Designers have can talk about just the finish of a product for hours, someone in marketing trying to distribute the product really doesn’t are much past the word “gloss”. I’m reading the book “The Designful Company” right now, which seems to be along the same standards, wondering if you’ve read or checked that out recently Michael?

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