I spent the last week in the Bay Area with some of my classmates from the BYU industrial design program visiting a variety of design consultancies and corporate offices. Silicon Valley is known internationally as the tech center of the world, but would you have considered it a design center? People think of Paris, London, …
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Keys to Success: Find a Mentor – Brian Probst
Over the last semester I cannot tell you how many times I have heard different entrepreneurs and businessmen talk about the importance of having good mentors. I feel lucky to have picked up a mentor and friend early on. I met Brian Probst, the CEO of CruxCase, a few years ago while interning for him …
Read MoreFenton Hughes of MeritzCX on Customer Experience
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Interview w/ Design Consultant and Recruiter Thomas Lockwood
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I attended a presentation at the University of Utah on “The Value of Design in Business” by Thomas Lockwood of Lockwood Resources. The presentation really resonated with my personal vision and long term goals, so I reached out to Thomas afterward and set up a brief phone interview.
Read MoreInterview w/ Darshan Rane of Ottobock
Darshan Rane and I met each other at a presentation on Design in Business by Thomas Lockwood up at the University of Utah a few weeks ago. A couple of days after crossing paths, I sat down with one of my professors, David Morgan, to discuss my senior thesis project where I am designing a …
Read MoreInterview w/ Jonny Jensen and Thomas Bender of FLINT Design Studios
This week I reached out to Jonny Jensen (Left) and Thomas Bender (Right), the co-founders of FLINT Design Studio in Salt Lake City. Together, these two have a pretty prolific resume. Jonny interned as an Industrial Designer with HP, Astro Studios, and Ziba. Tom raced and worked in the cycling industry. He also worked as …
Read MoreInterview w/ Marcus Tan of Carousell
Marcus Tan is a designer and co-founder at Carousell in Singapore. Carousell is an ecommerce app that was created by Marcus and his co-founders, Quek Siu Rui and Lucas Ngoo, in 2012. The idea was born when Marcus and his co-founders realized they had some clutter in their homes and wanted a platform that allowed …
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