FC: In your book, Make it Bigger, you devote a substantial amount of text–not to mention diagrams of org charts–to the Byzantine process you had to go through back in the 1970s at CBS Records trying ...

It's one of the great dilemmas for a designer in any field: you take on a project with a list of client directives that will surely result in a design disaster. Your client thinks he knows best, but ...

When Bennett Hu registered for this year’s Metaproject course, he was excited about the opportunity to be more abstract with his designs. He drew influence from his childhood to address the prompt ...

Identifying your hot and buying ideal client is the fast path to design success. You can stop spinning your wheels trying to be all things to everyone and focus on those clients you enjoy the most.

The best products are often sparked as ambitious ideas that are pushed up against guardrails while barreling along the product development highway. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, ...

Decision fatigue is the overwhelming sensation people experience when they are faced with making too many decisions. When this feeling arises, the quality of decisions can deteriorate. As an architect ...

One of the most important conversations you will have with a prospective client takes place within the first 15 minutes. Having a practiced outline to follow is the first step to uncovering possible ...