We are facing a pandemic of  ‘designed stuff’ and we have reached a contamination point, a crisis for Design. Why are we not more pertubed and disturbed, why are we so complacent and tolerant? Should we not be calling for a guerrilla war against ‘designerism’, antiviral campaigns against the design establishment or do we need a revolution to cut the ties with the hero’s of 20th Century Design?

The diagnosis is not making Design better, but making Design matter!

Read the whole story in the new issue of David Report called ”Time to Rethink Design”. Written by David Carlson and Brent Richards.

David Report is featured in Luxury Society, a global community for luxury professionals. We are presenting an outtake from the 2007 Future Luxury report. It is interesting to see that the eight trends that we brought forward back then are as relevant today. The trends we pinpoint are: Timeless Quality, Security and Safety, Emotional Branding, Good Karma, Seize the Day, Supreme Regionalism, Food and Health and finally Individual Editions. Read the complete report about Future Luxury.

I just discovered that we published post number 800 here in the David Report blog yesterday. By the end of this month, November 21 to be exact, we have a three year anniversary. Seems like the start wasn’t that long ago. However, time flies when you have fun!

You will reach all the 800 past posts through different links in the left hand column. You can make a search for a word, go for a tag, click one of the contributors or dive deep into the archives. I’m quite sure you will find some interesting reading.

You can from now on find David Report at Facebook as well. If you become a fan you can get our updates direct in your Facebook feed.

Yepp, you will find David Report at Twitter as well.

As we have mentioned before you can follow David Report on Twitter. Why not?

David Report has been using the free social messaging utility Twitter since 2007 but we have been a bit slow on updating… Things is about to change. So if you are a Twitterholic you can now more regularly follow our thoughts around design and life. CLICK HERE!

We are proud to line up a couple of new contributors to the David Report blog! Next to be presented is Alfred Malmros who is a Swedish advertising strategy student in London freelancing as a strategist, trend analyst and journalist. Currently working on projects for Lunar BBDO and YCN among others he tries to apply his knowledge in design, advertising and food on the world around him.

His view on design is much like his view on communications, function above all but beauty is what makes life worth living. The social function of design is more important than ever and in a wasteful world, questioning the purpose and the reason for design becomes crucial.

Alfred will be posting on the contemporary design scene in London, on random objects, maybe on a relevant restaurant once in a while but foremost on design that cares. 

Read his personal, more communications orientated blog here.

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Claudia Muñiz García lives and works in Stockholm, striving to change her young life in the design direction.
A self-taught writer, designer and trendspotter while educated on branding and telecommunications, she sees on design the key for evolution thus, the chase the opportunity to jump into such an amazing world is ongoing.

Now we welcome her as a new regular contributor to David Report.

I wish you all some relaxed and peaceful holidays and a prosperous 2008 with less but better products and a sustainable design thinking based on thought through design solutions. Love and peace!