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Ridley Scott demonstrates the value of storyboards

It may seem anachronistic to still be storyboarding by hand, but in the recent CBS News interview excerpted below, Director Ridley Scott shows the multifaceted benefits of storyboards (and by extension, other types of design sketches) that carry through to the bottom line. Here’s a Ridley Scott storyboard sample from his latest movie, Napoleon: Based […]

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Product design lessons from MIT: Sketches matter!

“There is not one answer.” Anyone who works on product development needs to read this MIT Technology Review article, which mentions some intriguing research by Professor Maria Yang on basic product design lessons, including sketching: “Yang has found that the very existence of those visual representations matters greatly: designers who do even basic, preliminary sketching

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Lean Media book covers: How we used feedback to choose 2 finalists

Thanks to all of the people who shared feedback on the first round of 9 cover designs for the Lean Media book project. I really enjoyed reading through your comments, which helped me see the proposed designs in a new light. Like any design-oriented Lean Media project, the feedback is not intended to be a popularity

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