We were devastated to learn that our friend and colleague Nick Kruse died at the weekend after collapsing while participating in the Gobi March. We're still piecing together exactly what happened, but we wanted to share some of our memories of Nick.
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Nick Kruse, 1979 – 2010
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010ReignDesign 6 months retreat
Monday, August 24th, 20092009年8月21日-8月23日,ReignDesign举行了半年一次的公司会议,议题主要是对以往工作的总结,以及对公司未来的工作等等进行一系列的规划。
经过大家的讨论,地点选在“上有天堂下有苏杭”的苏州,这里我已经迫不及待的要为大家展现我们这次有着特殊意义的苏州之旅了。
下图为21日早上前往苏州的动车组上,开心的瞬间
Welcome the latest member of the ReignDesign team…
Friday, August 7th, 2009
I'd like to extend a hearty welcome to the latest addition to the ReignDesign crew. Say hello to Nabby! Nabby is a Nabaztag, a hackable robotic rabbit. She comes equiped with an audio system, 5 powerful LED lights, and a set of moving ears. Not to mention a dead-simple web API to interact with her. Did your last hire have all that?
Let us show you our credentials
Friday, June 26th, 2009Who are ReignDesign? How do we work? What are our passions? We made this presentation to help you learn a little more about our company and our team.
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TEDxShanghai sponsored by ReignDesign
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
ReignDesign is proud to sponsor the first ever TEDxShanghai on June 15th, 2009.
We listened to some inspiring speakers like Kris Krug, Mihela Hladin and Zhou Yunpeng.
You'll be able to view talks from the event on the TedX Tudou site.
A Round of Questions & Answers with the ReignDesign Team
Friday, May 29th, 2009

We decided to take a little break from coding this week and give people a little insight into the crew that makes up ReignDesign. We asked each team member seven questions in a range of topics from preferred operating system to recent reads.
4 lessons from our first two months as a collective
Friday, March 20th, 2009
ReignDesign is now a collective. What does that mean? To be honest, I think we're still figuring it out. But a few of the things that we've learned so far are:
1) Group decision-making is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it gives people a feeling of empowerment and ownership. On the other hand, it's easy to waste a lot of time. To adjust for this, we've established some ground rules for granularity of decision-making (purchases under $50 don't need a full vote, it's better to get started on something and bring in others' ideas later than to sit around and wait or schedule a meeting, etc.).
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The new reigndesign.com
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Welcome to our new site. We have a new focus on creating Rich Internet Applications and mobile applications. On our portfolio page you can find out about projects we've worked on in the past, or check out the services we offer. If you're looking for graphic design and identity services previously provided by ReignDesign, you should visit our sister company Lantern Design.


