Vol. 2: design-management.de

Via the folks of EURIB (a commercially run institute at the intersection of brand, reputation & design in Rotterdam/NL) I’ve just been pointed to a new book about Design Management written by Kathryn Best, Course Leader in Design Management at the University College for the Creative Arts in Farnham/UK.
In concert with other recent examples I’m still surprised […]

I know there are lots of Blogs out there on the web on branding and the likes! I’ve written and linked to the blog of my friend Michael Wagner: OwnYourBrand.com earlier and it makes me happy to see how his blog and accordingly reputation has increased ever since he blogs at OwnYourBrand.com (not only because […]

ever since working on this weblog for almost a year now I’ve published a total of some 125 postings. while the impact of these postings varies, some of them are worth to be reanimated again.
due to the nature of weblogs, postings ‘disappear’ since your browser only presents a maximum of the latest 4 weeks to […]

in these tough economic times we often wonder which kind of corporate and business strategy will prove to be successful in the long run.
while market saturation is the status-quo for the majority of consumer goods in most western industrialized nations there are still markets niches to be uncovered. and believe it or not there […]

as reported in an earlier post virginia postrel the author of “The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness (HarperCollins, 2003)” tries to push the discussion about the notion of aesthetics in our every day lives. read another interview with her in the “the Atlantic online” where […]

in the online edition of the european business forum professor laszlo zsolnai from the business ethics center, budapest university of economic sciences (CEMS) is reviewing lawrence d. ackerman’s book: “Identity Is Destiny”.
here is an except from zsolnai’s review:
“Based on his decades-long consulting experience with big companies (Alcoa, Fidelity, Xerox, Korn/Ferry International, Maytag, etc.), Ackerman explores […]