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5 Biggest Reasons to Sign Up Your Child for Online English Classesrn

“Whether you are a new arrival in Australia or just need to help your children polish their English skills, there are many reasons to sign them up f...

By CrunchGrade 2022-09-03 21:40:06

My mentoring journey, and 10 tips for emerging designers

“Being a designer provides fantastic and fulfilling opportunities to affect how people interact with the world. It's therefore not surprising many ...

By LorenzoPrinci 2021-12-23 16:15:54

Designing a minimalist set of Italian playing cards

“"Carrico!" You'll hear cried as highly valued hands in Briscola are played at Italian family gatherings. Heated card games like Bri...

By LorenzoPrinci 2021-09-28 22:45:24

What's in a name? Product Design goes beyond use

“An old joke among designers is that we've had to keep changing our titles to accommodate industry trends as a means to better articulate what we d...

By LorenzoPrinci 2021-05-28 11:35:13

Making America Great Again

“The US presidential election dominated the media coverage world-wide from mid-September until Christmas - so, what have has been our experience? Wh...

By bryanforby 2020-12-01 10:39:00

Making it yours | Developing product experience design principles

“When setting out to define a set of product design and experience principles at Cluey Learning, I soon realised that while there's a lot ...

By LorenzoPrinci 2020-11-01 08:59:53

Picard and the death of Star Trek

“In The Death of Ivan Ilych, Tolstoy's ailing titular character is confronted by the realisation that his family are not waiting for him t...

By LorenzoPrinci 2020-06-18 19:48:53

Unteaching: Bending best practices to a product context

“Upon hearing the recent news of a deal struck between Joe Rogan and Spotify worth over a hundred million dollars, I began thinking more an...

By LorenzoPrinci 2020-05-25 16:24:04

The Rise of Skywalker and the check-box ticking of entertainment

“It was late on a warm Thursday night in December, not long after its global premier that I sat in a theatre ready to watch the new Star Wars...

By LorenzoPrinci 2020-01-06 11:34:16

Self-disruption; innovation and staying true to a product context

“Iteration is valid and valuable, but it is not innovation and fostering innovation becomes impossible if the platforms being built to deliver a pro...

By LorenzoPrinci 2019-06-23 10:10:49

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