Dan SafferWhether WireframesIt’s always good to question dogma, especially when you’re teaching it. One of the classes I teach is Interaction Design Fundamentals, and…Sep 17Sep 17
Dan SafferDesign Strategy for Design PortfoliosI hired designers for fifteen years, so I’ve probably seen thousands of portfolios, many of them pretty awful. This isn’t necessarily the…Jul 13, 202310Jul 13, 202310
Dan SafferNotes on Donald Shön’s The Reflective PractitionerDonald Schön’s The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action has so much to say (indirectly) about design and what it…Jul 7, 20231Jul 7, 20231
Dan SafferCreate More Value Than You TakeOver the last decade, the tech industry has seen a shift towards prioritizing value extraction over value creation. Companies are…Apr 19, 202310Apr 19, 202310
Dan SafferReconfiguring “Reconfiguring the Value Space”In 2001, the late management consultant guru Richard Normann, best known for creating the idea of corporate “missions” in the 1970s, wrote…Jan 30, 20232Jan 30, 20232
Dan SafferMy Favorite Design Articles of 2021The 100 Best Pens, As Tested by Strategist Editors by Karen Iorio Adelson and Lauren RoJan 2, 20221Jan 2, 20221
Dan Saffer2021 BibliographyNot going to lie: Like 2020, 2021 was another terrible year for my reading. Nevertheless, 20 books. Not quite as bad as the (ugh) 10 books…Jan 2, 2022Jan 2, 2022
Dan SafferWhy I’m Joining FlipboardSome of you after reading this headline might be like, wait, they’re still around? Others of you, over 100 million of you, are current…Jun 1, 202112Jun 1, 202112
Dan SafferLessons from a Job SearchNote: I didn’t really want to write this article, but am doing so at others’ urging hoping it’ll give other job hunters some hope, some…May 19, 202123May 19, 202123
Dan Saffer100 Things I Know About DesignThere are three great design themes: making something beautiful, making something easier, and making something possible.Mar 30, 20215Mar 30, 20215
