Vol. 2: design-management.de

the team at the kisd cologne has completed the design management symposium website and updated all vitaes. beside the speakers I’ve already presented in this blog some days ago the following list should give you a good idea what to expect next month.
the main idea has been to mirror an analytical distinction in the timetable […]

what comes to your mind first if you hear the term “design management”? — certainly notions like: value creation, management of design resources, strategic use of design, design the management process, etc … immediately pop up.
one central insight from this spontaneous brainstorming is that design management is rather a conceptual construct than a specific management […]

one of the core competencies of design managers is their comprehensive view and understanding of organizations which is not only limited to focusing on the contribution of design to corporate success (this is at least what we wish design managers to be like ;-).
however if design managers ever want to get closer to […]

in her latest article alison stein wellner from the american magazine Inc.com describes a phenomenon we all know:
“You’re in the shower, lathering up, when bam! inspiration strikes–the perfect marketing plan, the solution to your HR woes, or a new and fabulous way to raise money rockets into your brain. The next thing you know, you’re […]

after having presented mostly speakers from abroad (for earlier posts click here >>>) I would like to post about jörg heithoff from “heithoff identity”, münster, germany today.
jörg runs his own company “heithoff identity” since 1992. his focus is on creating identities for companies and institutions strongly based on strategic assessment. especially the latter organisations have […]

as reported in an earlier post virginia postrel the author of “The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness (HarperCollins, 2003)” tries to push the discussion about the notion of aesthetics in our every day lives. read another interview with her in the “the Atlantic online” where […]

today I’d like to continue with another presentation of a guest speaker at the 2nd KISD design management symposium on november 21./22. 2003 in cologne.
let’s talk about frans joziasse: frans is the founding partner of “PARK strategic design”, a european network of strategic design management consultants. recently PARK re-branded itself to “PARK advanced design management”.
he […]

as posted in an earlier news, the programme for the 2nd symposium on design management at the KISD (Köln International School of Design) on november 21./22. in cologne is out now.
download the PDF with the programme here >>>

we are happy to be supported by international speakers from the US, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland […]

members of the the german subsidiary “wirtschaftsjunioren deutschland” part of junior chamber international visited COR, the german located international manufacturer of upholstered furniture, easy chairs, tables and chairs and beds and daybeds.
yesterday COR was represented by its current chair man leo lübke jun. who engaged the participants in a lively discussion about the implications of […]

arrangements for our 2nd design management forum at the KISD in Cologne are almost finished and the final programme will be made available for download on this site within the next days.
in order to be best prepared I’ll present you some background information about the speakers of this year’s conference: “advanced strategies for tough times” […]

as we all believe in the power of design we all agree that it is contributing to customer satisfaction if well managed. therefore we all would like design to be perceived as a top priority subject for the sake of customer satisfaction.
however art kleiner, research director of dialogos, a cambridge, mass.-based consulting firm, and a […]

business managers often wonder what designers think and do in their “black box” offices. in most cases management conceives the design process as “creative” which is similar to “ad-hoc” or “chaotic” in their wording.
in the current “journal of design research” published at the delft university, the netherlands claudia eckert, and martin stacey published an interesting […]