In a while I will be giving a lecture day together with the brothers of JAM to an audience of about 300 students of industrial design. Last Febuary we premiered with a story about the reasoning behind communication. At the moment I am looking for a way to make the point of creating a shared language as seen from the perspectives of designers. As a designer you go through a process of steps & choices which ultimately manifests in a product or service. To do this in the best way possible designers need to work together and talk the same language.... walk the same talk.

This sketch came to me in the shower and represents the process of building the first shared letter in an alphabet of common understanding.... 

29th of May 2011

My biggest picture

This last friday was a day of closure and of a new beginning. It took a seven year road trip with friends and family for me to realize a few simple small life lessons. Those lessons enabled me to see beyond my own vision and open up to the possibilities of the shared mind. Not that I will be chanting for global peace any time soon (something I now believe in a whole lot more by the way...;), but working together with my partners on a shared story has resulted in a single word uttered by one of my friends (who also works for us)... PRIDE! This word is my fuel for the coming period of evolution and change. It is the one feeling that makes everything we went through  worthwhile doing.

Our story of JAM will be developing on and will be growing into an insightful source of inspiration and guidance along our road of entrepreneurship. The next big challenge for myself is to see how I can connect my personal ambitions to the story of JAM and see how they are going to interact. This includes the way I use this channel to send out small signals and test their effects. I am working on the best way to do this ... securing my own story and building around it the connections needed to realize all ambitions that live in my range of effort... Keep checking the signal!

30 juni 2011 - Smart Project Spaces Amsterdam...

het was een mooi moment voor de ontwerp-geschiedenis. Het was de dag waarop Mathijs van Dijk en Paul Hekkert na een 15 jarige reis vol betekenis geving hun benadering op het ontwerpvak vrijgaven in de wereld. Zoals ze zelf zeiden is het boek een mijlpaal dat kan worden gezien als een introductie van VIP buiten de geheimzinnige clique van het VIP-dom. Een mooi punt in de tijd waarna het geboren gedachtegoed rondom verantwoordelijk ontwerpen zijn eigen weg kan gaan banen, op zoek naar ontwerpers die openstaan om hun eigen ontwerpkeuzes constant in twijfel te trekken...om vervolgens op zoek te gaan naar een Visie die een verrijking oplevert voor ons allemaal.

De schok was hier... nu wachten op het bekende ViP effect.
Succes ViP! Moge je een benadering blijven die een stroming van verantwoordelijk ontwerpgedrag
zal ontketen over heel de wereld!

IO ALUMNI-dennis#3138

andere foto's te zien op Flickr

If you want to see more check CORE77: Sketchnote channel

great article on sketchnotes

Sketchnotes serve a few purposes:

They're PERSONAL: They act as a visual journaling tool so when you attend a lecture, you can remember the bits of information and images that have meaning for you. Sketchnotes are also a great way to record your ideas and observations—these aren't reporter's notes, they're your thoughts and interpretation of the subject matter as well.

They're PUBLIC: Great sketchnotes create a "map" of the presentation that provides a visual summary for others to read and explore. More and more sketchnotes are shared online, giving people views into both the content that was being presented, as well as the point-of-view of the sketchnoter.

They're PRACTICE: Sketchnoting hones your skills in observation & listening, distilling and structuring information, creating narratives, and—of course—rapid sketching.

Creative Company Conference 2011 Trailer from Nick Lievendag on Vimeo.

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I was at a conference dealing with the readiness to make the changes that fit today's workforce... Those changes need a certain amount of clarity in vision. I was surprised that I didn't see it! Only after someone shouting out the answer did my focus change. Maybe that was the lesson... In order to make the shift, you have to be open to the promise. Otherwise you will never pick up the signals and clues that will lead you to where you need to go...