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The blog is a sounding board for our thoughts, a reference point for industry news, and a guide to the latest developments in business, technology, and design.

The posts included herein are the opinions of their individual authors and are not meant to be representative of frog design as a company.

The PC is an Oven and the Oven a PC

Mark Rolston, frog's Chief Creative Officer, is featured in a story by the German news magazine STERN.

If you speak or want to learn some German, here's the full article.

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design mind or Every Company is a Media Company

For a company like frog, which prides itself on combining emerging technologies and cutting-edge designs and does a lot of work in the digital space, launching a print magazine (design mind) seems to be an odd, nostalgic choice at first sight. Why talk about the future in a medium of the past?

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The Reality of the Human Condition?

I saw this image on fffound! this morning.

Woman sitting on plane, sleeping.

The name of this photo might as well be "The Sad Reality of Our Existence." Is this the inevitable reaction to an overdesigned world? When media and technology becomes ubiquitous, what can we do to escape sensory overload?

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The Art of High Performance: Anyone Still Care About Perfection?

I saw the Royal Ballet of Flanders perform William Forsythe's "Impressing the Czar" last week at the Rose Theatre in New York. It was a mesmerizing experience: a demonstration of the possibilities of the human body and its bold orchestration as part of a stampeding, Dionysian collective.

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Rules vs. Principles

“Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Obama on Video: A New Way for New Media

In a very special design mind event at NYU last week, we featured Arun Chaudhary, who is traveling with the Obama campaign as director of video field production. The conversation between him and Fast Company senior writer Ellen McGirt brought forth some surprising insights into the emergence of online video (and new media in general) as a crucial component of political campaigning.

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Brain Refreshment at the FORTUNE Tech Summit

I just spent a few days at the FORTUNE Brainstorm: TECH in Half Moon Bay. In my typical fashion, the night before the event I begin to think about all the pressing issues on my plate. I rationalize that I really cannot give up that much time and convince myself not to go. The next morning I wake up and realize that I really should go. Mark Rolston our Chief Creative Officer is speaking. I want to support him. There are many interesting panels I want to attend and of course, Half Moon Bay is a beautiful place.

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Arianna Huffington on The Future of Journalism

The (fabulous) "Communities Dominate Brands" blog points at a Guardian video interview with Arianna Huffington on the future of news journalism. Not too surprisingly, Huffington's view on traditional news reporting is not too rosy - in fact, she predicts a slow but inevitable demise.

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Dancing in the Streets: GOOD Block Party in San Francisco

Don’t forget about the GOOD Block Party today. Our friends from GOOD Magazine will once again bring the fun to the streets of San Francisco with live musical performances, food, drink, games, and activities for all ages.

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The Most Exclusive Brand in the World

The most exclusive brand in the world does not sell anything. Nor does it provide values, programs, or policies. It doesn't have a web site, a retail presence, a Facebook profile, a customer or member base. It is not clear whether the brand is a company, a non-profit, a political organization, a club, or a person.

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