Typography by Coherent Images
Good Design is Good Business
Well it is now. When former IBM chairman Thomas Watson Jr. said that to Wharton students in 1973, design was still more of a marketing tool rather than a driver of business. But today design is a decisive advantage in countless industries, and this issue celebrated that. To illustrate Watson's statement finally becoming fully realized we depicted it literally rising up rom a flat surface to become alive and dimensional. Typography by Coherent Images.
Pinterest, whose value lies not in pure product design but in a design ecosystem that allows everyone to have a hand in creativity and visual curation, extends Watson's idea even further. CEO Ben Silberman was rendered in 22,765 pins (below) by Eric Daigh.
The Co.Design 50 (bottom) is a list of influentials who using design thinking to push the boundaries of their fields. Map by Pop Chart Lab.
Cover photograph by Art Streiber
