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How do you design?

Posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm


I’m really interested in design, no mather what kind of design (graphic design, web design, furniture or clothes everything with design can be interesting).
Also I work a lot with designers. I always curious how they made something with a pc programm. I’ve often tried to make things myself in digital way, but at the end it does’nt look like on the idea in my head. :(

When I have the opportunity I will practice ;-) .
 

Cover- How-Do-You-Design?Hugh Dubberly wrote a book for those who are interested in design process models. where he goes in search of the perfect solution. In this book ‘How do you Design’ he has collected over one-hundred descriptions of design & development. 

I think these examples in this FREE book are very usefull.
When you work with designers, this book gives you the answers why they do it that way, why talk about it that way and many more.

You can read "How do you design?" in PDF format on Dubberly [dot] com for free .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 taboos for office clothing

Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10:13 am


A good way for raising the view figures on TV is nudity, without a doubt you’ve seen this (a lot). This helps considerably in the numbers. When you exaggerate this clothing style in the office, then you actual say that you are unprofessional and you just have to hope on it that other people don’t see that you’re missing the real skills for the job.

Once you’ve made a name with your sultry wardrobe, it can be difficult too free yourself from this image and you might never be taken seriously by your colleagues again.

You know them or have seen them before, maybe you’ve seen them at your office, people with “wrong" cloths.  There is probable nothing wrong with the clothing itself but there is with the way they are dressed and how they are combining the parts.  A bare skin; everybody has it. It only takes one look in a magazine or on TV and you’ll see how eager people are in showing off their bare skin. But even if you are proud of your bosom, this doesn’t mean you should show it everywhere. Especially a low cut décolleté is a large taboo for at the office.

When you don’t want to risk your image or career, avoided this clothing pitfalls  for sure:taboo clothes 1

A deep cut out neckline. Your office is not the place to win an award with your bosom. You can better close your top knots or carry a top or shirt under your blouse to hold the view from your low décolleté.

see-through blouses. When you are giving a presentation you want the attention on your presentation and not on the parts you can or can not see through your blouse. Always wear a shirt underneath multiple-layers of see thru fabrics.

taboo clothesMini or micro skirts.  in a video clip of Britney Spears, this can be perhaps the business clothing, but when you’re applying at Tommy Hilfiger or Donna Karen NY they probably think different about that.

Low hip pants. Outside the office, you probably can’t live without the pants.  But at your work you can better cover your backside.

Navel showing sweaters. The office personnel don’t have to see how fanatic you are at the gym. If you do want to show your belly save it for the gym, the beach or the dance floor.

Short pants. Within a professional setting, you can’t appear with short pants. There are stylish women suits with a three-quarter pants, but they are rare in the business world. It’s much better to go for the classic (long) pantaloon.

taboo clothes open backTops and dresses with an open back. Possibly excellent garments for at the dinner table but not for the conference table. Focus on an appropriate jacket or sweater: don’t give it all away, cover yourself.

Slippers/flip flops. They are one of my favourites to wear, especially during the vacations and in my spare time. It doesn’t matter how beautiful your slippers are, their definitely not for your daily office occupations. When you have foot problems, then try shoes with an open nose. 

Tight tops and shirts. These “showing it all” tops are only in combination with a blouse, sweater or colbert excellent clothing for the office floor.

 

Ladies, also a tip for men:
Admit, it’s far by delicious to look at a whole covered (chest) jungle. Men that display their abundant chest hair are just as stylish as a polyester costume. Gentlemen, groom your chest. Is this your way to show your manliness, please do us women a favour and close the top button of your shirts!
 

Burnout

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 7:09 am


Mental exhaustion and overstrain through unusual tiredness a more frequently common problem in the business world. Perhaps you had one yourself or you know someone who ever had a burnout (or have). A burnout  expresses itself in wane and cynicism. This problem, the so been named burnout, can become a real  serious personal drama.  A burnout happens most often with people with a large involvement. These people have earlier burden of work stress.
This will not say that everybody with a large involvement is subject for burnouts. You must have a weak spot for this and this can have several causes. These can be for example negative things that are happing at
your work or your private life.
The deeper lying causes are often much more drastic and historic and might relate our education, emotional damages and unfilled wishes and ambitions.



Actually a burnout is nothing more or less than a warnings signal of our body.  Your body can’t take the psychological pressure that reaches us of all sides any longer, it’s become too much and the body reacts to this.

How do you recognize a burnout?

If you want to recognize a burnout early you’ll need to be alert to the signals below, only then you can prevent worsening.



·         Bad sleep

·         Waking up earlier

·         Tired very quickly

·         Restless and hurried feeling

·         listless

·         concentration problems  

·         Vague physical complaints

·         Addictive behaviour  

·         Lot of  worry and puzzle over

·         Forgetful

 

Frequently it starts with overwrought and overstrained feelings. The characteristics are mostly the same: bad sleeping, tiredness, concentration problems and depressive/low spirit. When we do nothing about it, these symptoms can lead to an exhausted feeling.

 

Complete burnout
This variant of a burnout is
quite serious. As person you feels emotional exhausted, weary (nights of 12-14 hour its no exception), and the pleasure in work and life is (totally) disappeared. Sometimes this goes coupled with other physical complaints. Mostly a burnout is assigned at work, but quite often privately-factors plays also a role.

Prevent
To prevent a burnout we must do something with the causes. Only relaxing is not enough, we must change our live and way of thinking to prevent worsening. How about work? And our relationships? What do we do with the plenty of choices that we need to make? 



Cure
To cure of a burnout we need to go a step further. Finally we’ll must be aware of our subconscious, to become process of our unprocessed experiences and there for the cure of a real burnout is most often a good accompaniment of a physician and/or a psychologist indispensable. Finally we need to change our total life: How we work, what we eat, our leisure activities and other (business) activities.

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