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Designs of the Week: Organic Furniture Design
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy. It is only in the past 30 years or so that organic design has only been able to be manufactured industrially, making it available on the mass market. In design, the term “organic” relates to curves and
Designs of the Week: Redesigning the Wine Experience
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy. The experience of drinking wine holds all the allure of history, science and nature poured into one glass. While we will always appreciate classic and traditional approaches to wine drinking, we’ve found people redesigning the modern-day wine
Designs of The Week: The Best Interactive Website Designs
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy The following websites seem to have bottled the “magic” surprise factors of curiosity, intimacy, humor or shock. They are some of our favorite examples of how strong an impact you can have on your customers by paying
Designs of The Week: The Best Interactive Car Websites
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy The idea for this article started when we scoured the web for the best interactive and engaging website designs. When we were done, we realized many of the good ones were automobile websites. And as the public
Designs of the Week: The Hearth
The hearth is a concept that has become lost or at best fractured as microwave ovens and Trader Joe’s frozen section have replaced cooking homemade meals in the kitchen. Some claim that as ready-made foods continue to increase in quality and decrease in price, home cooking will eventually become obsolete.
Design That Moves Business: An Unusual Place for Design
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy When you look for examples of successful design-driven companies, you typically come across names like Apple, P&G and General Electric. You probably haven’t heard much about Crown Stacker, a warehouse stacker company that won a BusinessWeek International
Designs of the Week: Social Entrepreneurship
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy Social entrepreneurship is a topic that is close to our hearts because we believe that this is an area where effective interaction between design, business and technology is most needed. As many people are mindful of their
Design That Moves Business: The Motorola RAZR Effect (Part 3)
By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy What happened after the RAZR? The RAZR has sold over 50 million units to date and was named #12 of the “50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years” by PC World magazine. It pushed Motorola’s stock
