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FEATURED DESIGN ARTICLES
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Alluring Design
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“Sounds like the crushing of a Styrofoam cup,” was my fleeting thought
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until I finally fell into the muddy water. I had just crashed through an old
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pier as I was getting off a boat on the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. I was a
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bit too heavy for the old, rotting wood. This was one of the hazards of
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exploring boats and walking on sketchy piers and scaffolding. Read more
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Designing for Utility, Not Hype:
Building Hardware That Outlives Trends
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Scroll through any design feed today, and you’ll see an endless stream of
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beautiful renders, bold concepts, and “disruptive” ideas. The visuals are
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sharp. The messaging is ambitious. The excitement is immediate. But ask
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yourself a simple question: How many of those products will still be in use five years from now? Read more
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Observation Is Intentional:
What Nature Taught Me About Design
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Before discovering that design was a field, I spent most of my time sketching, painting, and entering school art competitions. Over time, I realized my interest was less in the idea of “winning” and more drawn to how forms were created and how they worked together. Read more
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The Hidden System Behind Strong Brand Identity
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When people think about brand identity, they usually think about the logo
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first. Sometimes typography or colour comes next. These elements are
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important, but they are not what make a brand truly scalable.
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What defines a strong brand is not just its core elements, but the
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Craft Was Never About the Hand
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Where does craft live when machines execute the work?
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Automation promises efficiency, repeatability, and control. Across disciplines, from product design to architecture, from digital interfaces to fabrication labs, tools are increasingly capable of executing what we describe with remarkable accuracy. Yet the more automated our workflows become, the more visible something unexpected appears: the limits of abstraction. Read more
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Creating through excess: why I chose maximalism
In a field that constantly encourages reduction, I found myself moving toward accumulation, not to complicate things, but to stay honest to how I think and create. Read more
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CDN NEWS
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We our moving ahead with our 2026 projections, here are a few of the highlights.
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• Our first survey question should should appear shortly
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• We are in the process of introducing the ‘Ask a Designer’
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• CDN will be posting our Membership offering shortly
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• Our Social Media presence has been initiated
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• CDN will be posting our Proposed Projects shortly
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• Our Community is now over 8700 followers
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