Clean Slate

Staying Relevant in Challenging Times

Challenging times make us realise that what one used to do and believe in does not stand true any longer. These are times to open oneself up to new ideas and practices to stay relevant. In Issue #27 of Phase Magazine, we try to understand how to embrace this approach and start with a clean slate.

How To Influence Micromanagers So You Can Achieve Better Results

{ 👨‍💼 } – They want to feel important, so make them feel important If you have been working for at least a year or two, chances are you have already met people who micromanage. These are the kind of person who, instead of giving guidance and advice, they give orders and dominate your work. […]

How to Conduct the Best User Interviews? Don’t Interview

{ 💬 } – Have conversations with them, instead have conducted and attended countless user interviews in my current job at Hinderling Volkart and before that. At some point, I noticed a thing that goes wrong a lot of times but more about that later. Last year I bumped into Swiss documentary filmmaker Paul Riniker (Bio on […]

Design Ecosystem in Milan

{ 🇮🇹 } – Milan: design innovation and tradition in Italy’s second-biggest city Everybody knows Milan as one of the fashion capitals, but Milan is also a well-established design hub. Design’s relationship with Milan is certainly not a recent one, as the city has long been considered one of the most important design centres in […]