Vol. 2: design-management.de

The Difference Between Industrial Design And Design Engineering
Good article raising the key issues which might cause considerable misunderstandings if not taken into account. Once more this article highlights the range of knowledge and skills associated with the field of Design Management
(tags: “Design Engineering” “Industrial Design” Management” Skills)

Paul Gardien - Philips Design: Applied Alchemy of Growth
Bruno Giussani reports about Philip’s approach of applying the “Alchemy of Growth” concept which is based on 3 horizons: Extending and defending the core business; building emerging/new businesses; and create viable longer-term options.
(tags: innovation models Philips Design LunchoverIP)

Blogging inside the business
Slightly off topic, but due to my […]

Well, after a series of del.icio.us postings with reduced analysis I feel tempted to write a ‘normal’ posting again ;-) My original approach to go back to normal blogging has been to chronologically p…

At the Heart of a Design-Centric Strategy
David R. Butcher has written a piece about the interdependencies of Design & Business I would have liked to have written myself ;-) It’s not raising dramatically new issues, but it consolidates stuff in one posting usually dispersed at various places on t
(tags: business design designmanagement strategy strategy&design designdrivenstrategy)

Human Psychology and Business Parallels
First of all from my perspective this article offers some nice points which might help to address issues of corporate identity problems better. Beside this I found it also inspiring in the context of my preparations for the Creativity World Forum in Belgi
(tags: creativity learning knowledge knowing CWF2006 CreativityWorldForum)

Adidas’ New High Tech Flagship Store
Some estimated 150,000 visitors per year, 70% of them tourists seems to be convincing enough for Adidas’ attempt to leverage from a holistic brand experience at the new Adidas Mi Innovation Center on Paris’ Champs-Elysées. However I still wonder if the i
(tags: Adidas flagship_store flagship consumer experience consumer_experience branddriveninnovation branding)

Louis […]

I know I’m late with this announcement, but better late than never ;-) In any case as an informed blog reader I’m sure that you’ve stumbled across the following information somewhere else in our small niche of blogs on Business & Design.
A couple of weeks ago Allan Chochinov, Editor-in-Chief, Core77 contacted me in order to place […]

Design Council > International Research Collaboration
The Design Council is working with design organisations from other countries to co-ordinate research carried out on business use of design. The objective of the collaboration is to use a small number of common questions in our research with businesses in
(tags: Design_Council research design council international collaboration business_design)

All This ChittahChattah: Roger Martin and Design and Business
Steve Portigal assembled an informative blog posting about a recent lecture of Roger Martin (one of the main protagonists of design thinking in the media). In contrast to Martin’s (still) abstract reasonings Steve shares a presentation titled “Buttoned-Do
(tags: designthinking design business rogermartin Steve_Portigal steveportigal conferencenotes)

Michael Porter: Why Do Good Managers Set Bad Strategies?
While you can clearly criticize M. Porter here’s smart article by him. When you listen to some Designers these days who claim that they are competing on design very often this is more a sort of aspiration than a real strategic outlook. Read this piece!
(tags: leadership strategy […]