There is so much talk of “design” and its strategic importance floating around these days. However no one, least of all designers, can agree on what exactly design as a professional practice means in any consistent and practical way (just read any DMI report for a taste of the fluff that passes for design [...]

Part 1: Definitions (10/23)
Part 2: iNPD model (11/06)
Part 3: Innovation Matrix – Categories of Innovation
Part 4: Innovation Matrix – Areas of Innovation (01/05)
Part 5: Innovation Matrix – Overall
Part 6: Process
Not all innovations are created equal. And likewise not all innovations should be treated equally. So in order to succeed different kinds of innovations [...]

Recent reports indicate that claiming something is dead is now quite dead. The phrase died of exhaustion, having been overworked by the armies of second-rate intellectual hacks seeking to make names for themselves with the lazy hyperbole and vacuous dramatics of issuing counterfeit death certificates, and the swarms of bubbledheaded zombies always too eager [...]

meme-peddler: someone who is constantly trying to coin new nonsensical terms and is alway up on the lastest buzz
brandmeme: a corporate brand message masquerading as meme; intellectual product placement so to speak
buzzhound: buys all of the meme-peddler’s latest wares, and is always anxious to uncritically show-off his newest purchases
hype-o-condriac: someone [...]