Robbie Manson: The Mindful Designer

New Adventures, 19th January 2012

We face a challenge: to ensure our design responses are informed more by our thinking than the tools we use. Absorbed by day-to-day execution, we can forget the importance of mistakes and accidents — of balancing intent with experimentation. Failure is valuable, provided we're mindful of why. Embrace the unpredictable nature of everything, and stay mindful. It's how we lace our actions with meaning.

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1. The Mindful Designer — Robbie Manson @rougebert New Adventures In Web Design 2012
9. © Photo by Filly Campbell
11. Time To Tool
12. The Kum Long Point pencil sharpener is a thing of wonder “ ” — Brendan Dawes
15. Intent
16. Experimentation
18. Tools
19. Process
26. Better Thinking
27. 6-Up Sketching
32. Kill Trees
34. Just A Band Computers:
35. Not Just A Band Teamwork:
43. Becoming Mindful
49. Thank you — @rougebert robbiemanson.com