Shifting Gears

by Jami Miedema It’s old news that employment has shifted and continues to shift from manufacturing jobs to service jobs. During the 1980s, service jobs surpassed manufacturing jobs in terms of U.S. employment to make up more than 70% of the economy and become...

Design…Why it Matters

by Dean Whittaker Why should we care about design? An awareness of design is a right-brain-directed function that lets us conceptualize and innovate new products and experiences. We experience design every day, not only in the products we use, but also in the process...