Ever since the industrial revolution, when it became possible for products to be designed just once (more…)
Archive for the ‘Meaning’ Category
Architectural Guild honors LUNAR’s Gerard Furbershaw
December 15th, 2011
We are beaming with pride this week following the news that LUNAR co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Gerard Furbershaw (more…)
Nods from AIGA, SPARK and CORE77
November 18th, 2011
We’re thrilled to share a couple of nice nods LUNAR has recently received. (more…)
Better Mo-bility for urbanites
November 1st, 2011
Too many noisy and polluting cars are choking urban streets. Alternatives to the single-occupancy auto are out there, (more…)
Regulations = competitive advantage for Green Toys
September 27th, 2011
LUNAR client Green Toys turned the tables on conventional anti-regulation thinking when co-founder Robert Von Goeben was interviewed on Fox Business’ “Making It In America.” (more…)
Brand strategy + social networking
March 24th, 2011
I make up part of the Communications Design team here at LUNAR. My background is mostly in product design, but before joining LUNAR I worked briefly in the ad world.
For me, the intersection of product design and advertising creates an interesting space to work in.
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Sai Tung, please!
February 4th, 2011
Here in the States, we easily think of America as the Land of Food to Go. We have the drive through, the Big Gulp and Starbuck’s lattes with cup cozies. But to walk down my home streets of Bangkok, Thailand is to see the mecca of street food and the hundreds of inventive ways it can be carried. 
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Buy me
February 1st, 2011
Commercials have always fascinated me. It occurred to me a few years ago that televisions only exist for the purpose of selling us stuff. Broadcast companies are able to spend millions on 22 minutes of our favorite sitcom because advertisers are willing to pay them millions to show eight minutes of advertisements during the show. Some of the most memorable stories, characters, and moments of my life were made possible by Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, and Ford. And it works! Americans watch, on average, four hours of television every day (or about an hour of commercials every day). 
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Evolution of the senses
January 13th, 2011
Tasting colors, seeing sounds or have you heard of actually hearing color hues? It’s a reality for an estimated 1 in every 23 people. (more…)
Designing architecture you can’t see
December 18th, 2010
Chris Downey had been an architect for 20 years before he lost his sight. It would be understandable to think that going blind would mean the end of his career, but that turned out not to be the case at all. (more…)
What’s in a ring?
December 1st, 2010
Design is meant to surprise, delight, inspire, and provoke. It allows us to manifest a point of view and impact how people experience the world. To keep the poetic minds of our designers engaged we find it useful—necessary, in fact—to tease out the elemental powers of creative expression through conceptual exploration. (more…)
We did it ourselves
August 10th, 2010
We are fresh back from Portland, OR, where a team of LUNAR folks attended the IDSA International conference. We’ve got some impressions from the conference that we’ll be sharing shortly, along with the winners of our DIY design contest, but first we wanted to share with you our own DIY project.
Thought for Food: LUNAR’s DIY Food Container Design Contest at the IDSA International Conference
July 26th, 2010
Calling all students attending the 2010 IDSA International Conference in Portland, OR: you’ve got a chance to win your very own fully loaded 64GB 3G iPad! Show us your creative chops. (more…)
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Big Questions
December 23rd, 2009
A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
LUNAR’s John Edson and Margie O’Driscoll of the American Institute of Architects discuss the changing roles of industrial designers and architects (more…)
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Designing Business; Businessing Design
June 19th, 2009
In my Fast Company “Powers of Design” blog post today: responding to the idiosyncrasies of real people.
