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Bram Pitoyo

Bram Pitoyo is a brand developer, typographer and social media strategist who believes that brands should sing killer choruses with an equally beautiful opus. http://bit.ly/bio

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Looking At Solutions From The Ecologist’s Points Of View

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: December 25, 2008
Last time, I talked about how the designer and economist see and gauge the effectiveness of a solution. This time, we’re moving into the third territory: the ecologist’s. We’re going to look at solutions that change the shape of the space they’re in. True to its name, I’m going to use the natural web of life, [...]
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How To Identify And Make Great Mistakes

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: December 20, 2008
Unconventional wisdom often stresses the importance of “making mistakes” in problem solving. Its justification: making more mistakes allows one to continually learn more and suck less every step of the way, eventually bettering oneself in the long run. I happen to believe that there are certain mistake that will allow you to not only make mistake, [...]
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Looking At Solutions From The Designer and Economist Points Of View

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: November 28, 2008
More often than not, solving all the problem coming our way simply isn’t possible due to budget and/or time constraints. But if we must choose which ones are worth our time and investment, and which ones don’t, how can we determine it? On Looking At Solutions Spatially, I proposed the three dimensions that we can measure [...]
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Looking At Solutions Spatially

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: November 26, 2008
I like to think of a solution to problem as occupying a three-way axis. Magenta: The Economist An economist’s view on solution is reflected by the magenta line: how many people can a solution solve the problem for, and for what cost? The result is thus gauged with a classic “cost per capita” equation, where you would [...]
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