DesignUp 🚀 Issue #49 > Prussian Blue, Brandless branding, MVP Vs...

This is a super short newsletter (for multiple reasons) but this is also to say announce it's 7 days to go before registrations open for DesignUp > this year you have Super-Early-Birds to catch! Remember, they fly off pretty fast...

On Wed 2nd Aug we present the DesignUp Pre-event in Bangalore (at Numa where we launched the 1st DesignUp) - and there's the #BLRFramer MeetUp on Thu, 3rd August! Eventful week indeed!

An eclectic selection from the recent past (not this week's recent stuff though): from world-changing Blue Pigments to the story behind that viral MVP sketch and Brandless branding!

Making sense of MVP Vs. Earliest Testable/Usable/Lovable

HK: "A couple of years ago I drew this picture and started using it in various presentations... Since then the drawing has gone viral! Many [believe] the drawing really captures the essence of iterative & incremental development, lean startup, MVP (minimum viable product), and what not. However, some misinterpret it, which is quite natural when you take a picture out of it’s original context."

From the Great Wave to Starry Night, how a blue pigment changed the world

From Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa - to the European craze for the newly minted Prussian Blue - here's the intriguing story behind the enduring masterpieces (unlike our ethereal digital works)!

Lessons On Branding From A Company That Has No Brand

Until next week,

@JDallcaps