Vol. 2: design-management.de

today the german design council published their latest newsletter for the month of april. as always you’ll get news and updates about lots of useful information regarding national and international design related topics. you can download it here >>>, but please keep in mind that the latest version is always sent out via email to […]

it’s interesting to note how fragmented the design world still is! - every two months or so you read or hear about different ‘design initiatives’.
mostly these initiatives are sponsored by governments (if national) or the EU (if international / cross-europe) a further characteristic is that they seem to disappear with same continuity without being noticed […]

cohort 3 of the INHOLLAND ‘Master of Design Management! starts its 3rd module ‘Ready? Fire! Aim!: Strategy and the Business of Business! this weekend and I’m looking forward to an exciting workshop weekend!
please expect new postings by next week, thanks!

brandchannel.com the online portal about branding issues inititated by interbrand published some interesting articles today.
the first asks if “the market for consumer brands is more democratic than most governments are?” and the second one asks: “How can small businesses use branding to their advantage? you might ask now: “where is the link and what’s design […]

in the april 2004 issue of MIT’s Technology Review Michael Schrage wrote an interesting article called “Designed and Made in China”. Schrage a consultant and codirector of the MIT Media Lab’s e-Markets initiative is widely known for his books on product development and prototyping and has been a speaker at DMI conferences in the past […]

dear all, due to an increased workload this week and a workshop in switzerland this weekend you’ll get a new post upcoming tuesday. thanks for your patience. ;-)

we’ve seen it in the automobile industry and consumer electronics manufacturer philips is practising it together with various companies like Capellini, Olivetti, Renault etc. : managing and marketing technological innovation by alliances and more importantly by design.
in times of accelerated product life cycles together with a high risk of fast follower copycat products managing the […]

when it comes to discussing the contribution (and value) of design and design management to corporate performance people tend to demand for hard facts. hard facts in this case means: give me the numbers!
consequently a noticeable number of articles and design management disseration have been written about the value of design (management) investments ranging from […]

since the start of this blog in july 2003 the month of february 2004 has hit a new record high in terms of page visits. click here for a chart >>>
while the old top mark was some 2.500 visitors feb. 2004 has passed the 3.000 visits border! this makes an average number of 108 visitors […]

during my career as a thinker and academic lecturer on strategy and design management I’ve read a lot of reports, memos and assignments.
in most cases they ask for an evaluation of a problem or strategic objective and demand a set of superior recommendations. these reports are usually restricted in terms of a maximum word count. […]