Vol. 2: design-management.de

I almost forgot to mention that CORE77 listed my blog (among others, but right in front of Seth Godin’s one! ;-) in their recently released “ Design Directory ”. The Directory seems to be a joint proj…

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 – [...]

today the german design council (rat für formgebung) in frankfurt am main released their 2nd newsletter for this year. in particular I’m proud to see that my weblog has been mentioned in it. download the latest version here (~ 60kb, PDF) >>> my special thanks go to helge aszmoneit who is beside being involved in [...]

I would like to wish you all a good start for the upcoming year. have a funny and safe new years eve! talk to you soon, ralf beuker!

today I had a conversation with a designer about my weblog or blog. she criticized the amount of text & information in relation to the visual representation of meaning and purpose. in some way she was right. [however I'm happy see that this blog works as it is working now. she and you can be [...]

the International design forum ulm invites for their Conference: “Positioning. Design and Architecture, from Training and Study to a Career?” held at the: International design forum ulm Am Hochsträß 8 89081 Ulm/Germany from 19.09.2003 – 21.09.2003. The International design forum ulm (IFG Ulm) examines the educational situation in the fields of design and architecture. International [...]

For the 8th time the province of Thuringia under the supervision of the Design Center Thuringia in Weimanr has advertized its Design Prize with a total prize money of Euro 25.000.- another prize of Euro 7.500.- is donated for the best junior product designer. The competition addresses in particular small and medium sized companies and [...]

for the first course of the international competition on the new logo for the german olympic candidate Leipzip more than 300 international design agencies submitted their ideas. Andrej Kupetz chairman of the german design council will consult the jury of 12 members. german information and further details to be found at netzeitung.de

siemens is reported to offer a new home mobile phone designed by the italian alessi company. from a technological perspective it is siemens technology (siemens gigaset 4015) with the “design packaging” (white pearl and black pearl) of alessi. average selling price of the phone which will be in the shops in mid-september is reported to [...]

the german design council published its monthly newsletter yesterday. if you’d like to receive it regularly subscribe to it at their website. in the future however I will also highlight selected links of their newsletter worth noting in this blog.

BusinessWeek/Interbrand published its “Best Global Brands” report this week finding that american brands in an age of anti-americanism are still potent. look for the full report at their website.