{"id":1204,"date":"2013-02-17T17:10:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.org\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2013-02-17T17:10:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:10:55","slug":"bridge-design-residencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBridge\u201d Design Residencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1670382\/path-25-inches-closer-to-human-centered-social-networking\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1669581\/dropbox-unveils-incredibly-simple-two-click-file-sharing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dropbox<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1669189\/pinterests-founding-designer-shares-his-dead-simple-design-philosophy\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1670890\/how-airbnb-evolved-to-focus-on-social-rather-than-searches#1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb<\/a>. They\u2019re some of the most high-profile startups in the world. And now through March 10, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1664034\/a-new-vc-model-that-turns-designers-not-techies-into-startup-ceos\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Designer Fund<\/a>\u00a0is accepting applications for a new program called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/designerfund.com\/bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bridge<\/a>\u00a0that will allow designers to take a whirl working there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese companies are asking for people who don\u2019t even exist right now, a handful of designers in the world that can produce what they\u2019re looking for,\u201d Allen says. \u201cAnd schools can only go so far. There\u2019s nothing for mid- to senior-level folks to go in and continue to build on their skills. There\u2019s a gap.\u201d A skilled industrial designer has honed a specialized toolset that can be difficult to retrofit without a new wave of study&#8211;and study where, exactly? Allen refers to Bridge as something akin to \u201ca PhD or postdoc for designers,\u201d a way for the best and the brightest to keep learning and contributing on the cutting edge. \u201cEven if you have cut your teeth on mobile, there\u2019s always another Android device coming out and different gestures emerging,\u201d Allen says. Ongoing education is now just part of keeping up, especially in the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1671874\/bridge-design-residencies-will-offer-plum-jobs-at-path-pinterest-and-airbnb?partner=newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Path,\u00a0Dropbox,\u00a0Pinterest,\u00a0Airbnb. They\u2019re some of the most high-profile startups in the world. And now through March 10, the\u00a0Designer Fund\u00a0is accepting applications for a new program called\u00a0Bridge\u00a0that will allow designers to take a whirl working there. \u201cThese companies are asking for people &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/?p=1204\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}