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User-centered interior design
Lessons from Charlotte Perriand on what can go wrong when you neglect your user—even if the intended user is you.
Aug 17
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Philip Levy
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July 2023
Paul Rand’s Thoughts on Design: What was he thinking? (#3)
Listen now (63 mins) | After reading the legendary graphic designer’s first book — published in 1947 when he was just 32 — I came away with more…
Jul 31
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Philip Levy
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The F word of product design research methods: focus groups
Getting a group of users or customers together to provide feedback sounds like a good idea, but is it worth it? (Hint: probably not.)
Jul 10
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Philip Levy
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The Vignelli Canon: Massimo fires shot across bow of vulgar design (#2)
Listen now (54 mins) | My notes, quotes, and takeaways from reading The Vignelli Canon, the legendary designer’s “interpretations of reality.”
Jul 4
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Philip Levy
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June 2023
Two things we can learn from Henry Dreyfuss about making high-quality design decisions
Timeless takeaways from the book “Henry Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer: The Man in the Brown Suit” that didn’t make it into my podcast episode
Jun 6
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Philip Levy
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Henry Dreyfuss, founding father of American industrial design (#1)
Listen now (46 mins) | My notes, quotes, and takeaways from reading Henry Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer: The Man in the Brown Suit by Russell Flinchum
Jun 4
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Philip Levy
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Dipping my toes into the pool of podcasting
A new podcast about influential product designers of the past century and what can learn from them
Jun 3
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Philip Levy
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