And under these circumstances, Iridium does introduce Cambridge as an expert design partner to help those companies achieve their goals.
This is a bigger-than-normal-blog deal because Hansson is a partner at a design outfit called 37signals, like Groupon based in Chicago and a creator and popularizer many of the tools used in Web 2.0 (Wired has a good story on them here.) Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is an investor and advisor.
In fact, says, Lisa Hassanzadeh, Concrete's 37-year-old partner and head of interior design, the choice of Vitra is as much "a business deal" as a design decision.
Whether you are leading the consulting practice of an IT firm or whether you are a partner in an architecture and design business, you work to develop client relationships while delivering proposals and making sure that your team is ready when the time comes.
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So far, the majority of companies are just focusing on dealing with the regulations as they come up, according to Mike Kirschner, president and managing partner of supply chain consulting group Design Chain Associates.
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Neckties, button-downs and pocket squares have all had their moments in the spotlight, noted Will Meyer, 43, a partner in the Manhattan architecture and design firm Meyer Davis Studio and a fan of sassy socks.
Design in Action, an influential Scottish creative network with 6 partner universities, is based at the University of Dundee, and is just one example of how the city is now widely recognised as fertile ground for original expression.
AeroVironment (AV), the official home charging-dock provider for the Nissan LEAF and co-developer of the first modern-day electric vehicle, the GM Impact, will partner with Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) to design and build public and semi-private charging stations at convenient locations for electric vehicle owners, including high-rise buildings, resorts and rental car facilities.
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The design is the work of famed art director Robert Priest and his partner, Grace Lee.
The project will be implemented by AGAHI, a UNESCO partner working in the area of communication and media policy design.
To that end, he engaged experts from fields like graphics design and psychology, and tried to "build empathy for the consumer into the product, " according to former partner, Professor David Kelly.
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