Vol. 2: design-management.de

Going Home With the Customers - Newsweek Society
Newsweek article about P&G’s efforts to compete on design
(tags: article newsweek business design packaging P&G)

Barcelona: Cafes, Beaches, And Call Centers
Interesting article on the latest business opportunities in Barcelona
(tags: article businessweek cities creativity business)

brandchannel.com | The Purpose of Identity in Strategy | Hamish Chadwick
Interesting facts based article on the purpose of identity in strategy
(tags: article brandchannel identity strategy cases)

TheNewPR/Wiki
Nicely assembled site about the application of Web 2.0 tools and techniques
(tags: Wiki PR public_relations portal)

KRAFT offers recipe downloads for iPods (free subscription required)
Nice idea on how to leverage the power of iPod
(tags: ipod Apple_Computer leverage impact technology application)

It always surprises me how things sometimes go together when you watch them for a while. Where shall I start?
I think it has been on Peter Merholz (Adaptive Path) blog where I ve recently read about…

Design Council | Business
UK report on: Effective users of design out-performed the stock market by 200 per cent between 1994 and 2003
(tags: business report design Design_Council effectiveness UK)

Ambidextrous Magazine from Stanford’s new d.school
Via Steve via CPH127: … a magazine for the wider design community, which includes engineers and ethnographers, psychologists and philosophers.
(tags: magazine online stanford […]

You might have read my recent post about a podcast Chris Gee has done with me about the state of the design management profession. Chris is a very passionate blogger (“thepreparedmind.com”) and the principal of CUBEinteractive/NY. Chris set up his blog to seek for arguments and credibility in order “to gain more respect from the business […]

Apple: A Little Curious About Rent-a-Tunes
BW article on upcoming strategic challenges for Apple’s iTunes portal
(tags: Apple computer Business_models competition new_concepts)

The Intersection of Anthropology and Economics
found via Steve Portigal’s latest posting on Virgina Postrel
(tags: blog business anthropology economics personal_blog Steve_Portigal)

Design Engaged 2004
(tags: conference design new_concepts CPH124)

Thinking frameworks
(tags: article management issues thinking frameworks teams perception)

Beside being visited by the Pope this week ;-) Germany is gaining international attention in the business press as well. For us guys here in Germany this is at least some good news …

Parking lot: Living in open space
(tags: blogs communities pratice meetings conferences open_space)

The Most Innovative Companies - All Business - Yahoo! Finance
(tags: businessweek nussbaum article get_creative asian_challenge samsung)

Fast Company Now
(tags: FC_blog posting effective communication business practice)

With reference to my posting from yesterday here’s another article from a recent BusinessWeek issue about the trend to instill “Design Thinking” into business education. …

peterme.com: Designing for the Sandbox - Slides
(tags: business design technology web2.0 new_ideas new_technologies)

Small Business Trends: The Rising Tide of Customer Defection
(tags: customer defection online article small_business trends)

maxmelchior.com/blog
(tags: personalviews personal_blog random reading)

240_Global_Culture.pdf (application/pdf Object)
(tags: paper globalisation brands brandchannel)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Co-opting the creative revolution
(tags: TED conference design technology innovation BBC4)

Creating Positive Context: Creative Collaboration - BBC Article
(tags: TED conference creative explosion)

Core77 - Design Studio Bullitts
(tags: customer experience starbucks co-creation new media customers)