Doctor's Note

A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.

Why no research here?

Okay, so everyone seems to have been asking me why none of my work or research is published here. I wish I could say it’s because it’s so super …

Playing Superman

So, did my second skydive today and it was even better than the one a few years ago. This time I actually remember the first ten seconds - check out the vein on …

WEARHEAD*PHONE from Hulger

] Another great piece of headgear thinking from my mate Nik Roope at Hulger. the WEARHEAD*PHONES are part of a show called Hearwear at the Victoria & Albert …

Nice Viral Big Ad Campaign for Carlton Beer

Continuing a very amusing trend for sending up crap advertising, Carlton Beer just released this Big Ad campaign. Visual effects by my old-flame (geddit?) …

Comment problems

There seems to be some problem with comments on my blog. Some people manage it whilst others never get posted. They all go through an approval process as I was …

Optimus OLED keyboard - smart object of desire

Ah, good product design, I love it when it’s done so well. This OLED keyboard, the Optimus, from Russian design house Art. Lebedev Studio is a brilliant …

London Bombs

Phew. What a weird 48 hours that was. As far as I know everyone I know is okay, though I have many friends in London that I haven’t heard from, so I hope …