Blog Assignment 1 - Due 1-Sep

Well, hello and welcome to your first blog assignment!

This blog needs to be posted by the beginning of class on Wednesday, Sept. 9th.

For this one, I'm interested in your reaction to the information you'll read and the discussion we'll have on Monday regarding incorporating a design philosophy into our marketing practice.

Here are some questions to which you can respond (you do not have to respond to all of them):

1. Was there anything that was especially surprising, intriguing, or interesting about what you have read/heard, in terms of a design philosophy (either the history and/or the current practice)?

2. Was there anything that you found to be especially unhelpful, misleading, or maybe even destructive/distracting about incorporating a design philosophy into our marketing practice?

3. Can you think of any products, services, or overall experiences that you think are especially creative/innovative or thoughtful in terms of its design? In fact, does anything about it seem to correspond to the principles presented by the various designers that Jeff covered? If you can't think of anything, maybe you can comment about something you have read about or heard about, thus far, that you think is especially interesting or not so much.

Remember the length and other scoring guidelines. Also, keep in mind that this is also a writing/communication exercise for you to use to improve those skills. Finally, try to have fun with it.