Vol. 2: design-management.de

wow, this has been coincidence! while I’ve been on my way back home from a visit to BRAUN design last friday I’ve heard about the mega deal between Procter&Gamble and Gillette. to be more precise: P&G buying Gillette for approx. euro 44 billion!!!
with a portfolio of more than 20 brands (21 from P&G plus 4 […]

well I’ve had an exciting time in frankfurt this week. in my posting from wednesday I’ve written about my lecture at the HfG Offenbach which has been attented quite well.
my special thanks go to Ulrike Grünewald (Büro für Wissenstransfer at the Hfg Offenbach) and Prof. Peter Eckart (Deputy Dean and Professor Product Design HfG Offenbach) […]

well I’m out of office for my lecture in offenbach today. see my earlier posting from this week. I’m sure it will be pretty interesting and stimulating. I will post about my reference to another great weblog I will write about in one of my upcoming postings.
prior my offenbach lecture I will head for a […]

even though a brandname like “Starbucks” might be strong and established in all major industrialised countries this does not automatically guarantee success.
today’s “Business Week online” is reporting about France’s different coffee-drinking culture and Starbucks’ German partner KarstadtQuelle bailing out as the two major challenges for its aggressive expansion plan on the european continent.
while a part […]

this note is somehow off-topic: next week the ‘Blog Business Summit 2005′ takes place in Seattle/WA in the U.S. I’d wish I could have participated, but other important appointments keep me busy ;-)
as Steve Broback (no, you don’t have to know this name) writes in his comment on Tom Peters joining the conference: there are […]

it’s been a while ago since I’ve visited the website of Donald A. Norman. Norman is the author of the classic book: “The Design of Everyday things” and spent several years at Apple Computer as a usability expert. he’s been a pioneer those days.
in this context it is useful to know that the first edition […]

in early november I’ve posted about the invitation to lecture at the HfG (Hochschule für Gestaltung) in Offenbach, Germany about the state of design management education and upcoming challenges for potential design managers.
so if you are in the frankfurt area next week on Thursday, January 27th 2005 you’re welcome to attend my lecture at the […]

as promised here you’ll find the detailed job description for the two positions as a junior consultant at PARK Hamburg (D) and PARK Noordeloos (NL). just klick the following link or right-klick the link and choose “save as …” in order to save the PDF (~45 kb) to your harddisc. here you go >>>

these days PARK (see my separate posting below) is offering two positions as a junior consultant in their offices in offices in Noordeloos (NL) and Hamburg (D).
Principals Frans Joziasse and Time Selders are looking for characters who can support their team at PARK with:
- the search for relevant and trend setting information
- the creative analysis […]

the fact that our world is a small one has proven to be true when I’ve met Frans Joziasse, today principal of “PARK - advanced design management” Hamburg/Germany, in Rotterdam in late 2000 - within the first hour we’ve discovered that we’ve worked for the same company in the area of design management even though […]

after a longer than planned christmas season break I wish you all a happy new year 2005! as many of you I’ve assembled my personal set of goals to be achieved in 2005; updating this blog more regularly (which means at least once a week) is certainly among them. A blog posting from Oliver Thylmann a […]