Hasta La Ideas

The new issue of frog’s design mind magazine is out. It focuses on the theme of “Motion” with feature stories including:

– La Chute > A cover piece by French photographer Denis Darzacq, who interprets the downfall of a generation of Parisians in his photo essay, La Chute or “The Fall.”

– Slow Innovation > Associate Creative Director David Hoffer examines what makes for a lasting idea. Why do new ideas have a tendency to ricochet like pin balls around the cultural landscape, while ideas that really last move more like molasses in winter?

– Mind the Gap > Executive Creative Director Tjeerd Hoek explains why designing the space between moments is key to creating an engaging user interface.

– The Unique Brain > frog President Doreen Lorenzo writes a touching essay about the link between Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and creativity, in which she discusses her son’s successful bout with the diagnosis and how it has helped her to better manage uniquely creative talent.

– Alonzo King > Famed choreographer Alonzo King talks about the risks and rewards of collaboration in an interview by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Rachel Howard.

– Driver Experience Design > frog designers look at how we drive and why innovation in the cockpit, rather than under the hood, may be the auto industry’s salvation.

– Confessions of Extreme Air Travelers > Seven intrepid travelers are profiled in this story on those men and women who spend more than 300 days a year working the security lines and angling for the exit row.

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