Vol. 2: design-management.de

today the german design council (rat für formgebung) in frankfurt am main released their 2nd newsletter for this year. in particular I’m proud to see that my weblog has been mentioned in it. download the latest version here (~ 60kb, PDF) >>>

my special thanks go to helge aszmoneit who is beside being involved in editing […]

while the professional use of design related services in large corporations (500+ employes; turnover euro 1 Mio.+) is a commonly accepted part of business investments, the situation for small and medium sized companies (SMC) is different.
every design management consultant or freelance designer who has ever invested in new business development knows that SMCs are a […]

my credo in design management education has always been that managers do not have to understand every detail of a technology. rather they should be able to understand the underlying notion and impact of new technologies in order to participate in general discussions right from the start.
this principle is also reflected in the addressing of […]

those of you interested in car design certainly remarked that automobile manufacturers have moved into several diversified business areas beside the automobile itself. in this context you might want to read an earlier post about branded accessories sales of car manufacturers from last month.
while high quality car design for consumer markets is still associated with […]

after several years believing in and following an interactive approach in my design management workshops I still experience that ‘Apple Computer’ is a highly appreciated discussion and illustration topic.
if nothing helps to stimulate the discussion I simply quote that the market share ratio between ‘windows’ and ‘mac os’ is 98% compared to 2%. questioning the […]

well, back in the office again! to my surprise I noticed that even I during the time-out the number of daily visitors stayed at the same high level. with a daily average of 70 visits per day from all over the world I book this as a positive feedback ;-).
while working through my emails I […]

dear all, I will be out of office until january, 17th!
unfortunately I won’t be able to update the blog in the meantime. however you might find it useful to discover earlier posts in the meantime!
as you can see in the grey area on the right side you’ll find the topic “categories”. click on one of […]

have you ever wondered where these fancy and often meaningless brand names come from? however if you’ve ever been engaged in a naming project you know the pain to come up with something that really catched your “ear” (beside the resulting logo). here is a note which makes you smile :-)
BBC news (among other news […]

the european business forum (ebf) is an international business journal which also runs an online version of their magazine. on their website you’ll find a section about latest trends in management research. in the current edition of the online journal morgen witzel reports about a research project by ‘Dr Karin Tweddell Levinsen of the Department […]

like it or not, but in these hard economic times shopping for the best bargains has become an issue. so while shopping at your local ALDI store haven’t you ever wondered why the hell the ALDI private (or white) label packaging mostly looks so ugly?
in contrast the private label brands of the german/austrian drugstore chain […]

finally the powerpoint discussion also arrived in the german press :-) read the news in the online editions of stern.de or zdf.de.
as I reported in an earlier post this summer, information graphics guru edward tufte posed the question if the microsoft piece of software is “evil”. or to be more precise he compared it to […]