Category Archives: Design

A Product is a Conversation

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Skip Walter

I am in conversation with hundreds of products a day.  From my Fitbit to my iPhone/iPad to my desktop computer to my Honda CRV, I converse with the products in my life.  Alexa Show takes that even farther by letting … Continue reading →

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Business 101 for Designers

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Skip Walter

The following is an early draft of what will be a sequence of posts.  I am still struggling with how to bring business alive for individual contributors and managers who only have their one area of expertise in a company … Continue reading →

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From Pages to Places: The Transformation of Presence

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Skip Walter

Synchronicity is a wonderful thing. “Watch legendary Disney animator Glen Keane draw in virtual reality” leaped from my morning email. I clicked on the web page and up came a short article that started with “Virtual reality is a potent … Continue reading →

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collaborate: create – A Forward Flux Production

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Skip Walter

In the center of the Fremont Abbey Arts Center Main Floor, a 9 x 12 foot cotton mat is laid out carefully midway through collaborate:create. A young man silently passes a young woman on the mat. This pantomime repeats for several … Continue reading →

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On Mediating

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Skip Walter

“Mediating doesn’t fit in that sequence,” Gifford (Yoda) Booth shared. We were asked to take our essential internal creative process and reflect on it to make sure that it was complete. I’d just finished presenting my homework assignment on what … Continue reading →

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End of my Amazon Fire Phone Experiment

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Skip Walter

What was I thinking? It’s the apps stupid!! I finally ended my experiment with the Amazon Fire Phone this week.  It took several months to get an iPhone 6+ with the high demand, but I traded in my Amazon Fire … Continue reading →

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What does a good one look like?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Skip Walter

Whenever we sit down to discuss an existing project or a new concept, my colleague, Scott Parris, pretty quickly asks “what does a good one look like?” Sometimes the question is in relationship to a startup we are working with, … Continue reading →

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My Storyteller Knows Me

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Skip Walter

Several years ago my wife and I went to India to visit Brinda, an exchange student who lived with my wife for a year in high school. While we were in India, Brinda wanted us to visit her home region … Continue reading →

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TouchCast – Evolution or Revolution?

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Skip Walter

Way too many moons ago, I came across Paul Ryan and his unique approach to videography. I spent an intense cerebral day with Paul in his apartment near Columbia University in New York City. We were exploring ways to generate … Continue reading →

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Discovering Your Inner Entrepreneur

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Skip Walter

A few months ago, Patrick Whitney and Matt Mayfield invited me to teach an intercession course on Entrepreneuring at the Institute of Design (ID) at the Illinois Institute of Technology. I figured that by March 3, Chicago would be out … Continue reading →

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