On Design

Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down

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Michael Iva’s man­i­festo, “100 Ways to Kill a Con­cept: Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down”.

So, you’ve got an idea. A big idea. But will your idea take flight? Not if you let your con­cept be killed by all the usual excuses you hear from your man­agers, your bosses, your spouses—excuses moti­vated by fear or pos­ses­sive­ness. In this wide-ranging man­i­festo, Iva offers you ways to per­suade some­one to embrace your idea, to not be swayed by neg­a­tive responses, and to uti­lize your creativity.

Here’s a list of cir­cum­stances that usu­ally fol­lows up once a con­cept is conceived:

  1. The boss won’t go for that.
  2. The lawyers won’t go for that.
  3. The accoun­tants won’t go for that.
  4. The client won’t go for that.
  5. The sales­peo­ple won’t go for that.
  6. The investors won’t go for that.
  7. So and so won’t like it.
  8. It’s not us.
  9. It won’t fit into our system.
  10. We’re not ready for that yet.
  11. I don’t think it will work.
  12. I don’t understand.
  13. Do you understand?
  14. Will any­one understand?
  15. What will they think of next?
  16. It’s polit­i­cally incorrect.
  17. It’s too complicated.
  18. It’s too late for that now.
  19. It’s too expensive.
  20. We’ll lose money.

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TPWB@LA Shirts are Here!

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After nearly a year since it was doo­dled and set in Adobe Illus­tra­tor, I finally got the huevos to just do it and get them screen-printed. The first batch were done on Pur­ple tees. It felt the text had more pop on that as well.

Here’s a quick snap of the front:

The shirt is by AAA/Alstyle. Pretty stan­dard fit. What I like about is the sewing; the seams are well made…

Thanks to Sun­day Print Co. for the great end-product; so crisp and so clean. Def­i­nitely going back to those dudes for future stuff. They’re located in LA. I also would like to thank Tri­cia (Chicharon Adven­tures) for refer­ring them.

I only printed about 24 of these (first batch), so they’re lim­ited in sizes. If you are inter­ested in obtain­ing one and near SF or LA, let me know. (If you’re more than ways and will­ing to pay for ship­ping & han­dling, get at me ^^)

Thanks.

From my mind to yours… DO WORK!

THE PARADE WILL BE AT LA (TPWB@LA)

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Since every­one got cre­ative with their own Lak­ers tee (Freshjive, Unde­feated, etc.)… I fig­ure might as well con­tribute to the fan­dom. Mind you, this came about at 4pm Pacific; 2-hours before tip-off of Game 6 at Sta­ples Cen­ter (were the Lak­ers faced an elim­i­na­tion of being down, 2 to the Celtics’ 3). Any­ways, the dome wanted to con­tribute with the rally and show some sup­port. So here it is…

TPWB@LA


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