Books





  • The Handbook of Design Management
    (by R. Cooper, S. Junginger, T. Lockwood)

    The Handbook of Design Management presents a state-of-the-art overview of the subject - its methodologies, current debates, history and future. A collection of contributions from the best known experts in design management.


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    The Steve Jobs Way: Leadership for a New Generation
    (by J. Elliot, W. L. Simon)

    The title says it all: The Steve Jobs Way - The man who transformed how we connect, consume and communicate.


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    Product Experience
    (by H. Schifferstein and P. Hekkert)

    The book is a compilation of articles on experience product research, and provides a very good basis to explore the field. It is a must for everyone looking beyond the visual characteristics of a product.


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  • Business Model Generation
    (by Osterwalder Alexander and Pigneur Yves)

    This Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers provides an tool to define business models easily in workshop settings. Based on a PhD on business model it was elaborated with co-authors to a usable handbook.


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    Brand sense
    (by Martin Lindstrom)

    To know more about how branding has been neglecting our five senses and should incorporate more than vision and sound only, you should read this book. It explains how to build powerful brands through touch, taste, smell, sight and sound.


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    Blue Ocean Strategy
    (by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne)

    This book deals with the organizational hurdles of innovation (cognitive hurdle, motivational hurdle and political hurdle) and about how to make the competition Irrelevant by moving into uncontested market space.


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  • The future of management
    (by Gary Hamel)

    This book by Gary Hamel is an inspiring book, challenging the current thinking of innovation within management.


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    PresentationZen design
    (by Garr Reynolds)

    If you want some more tips & tricks on creating better presentations, "Presentation Zen Design" will be very helpful to encourage you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design and delivery of your presentations.


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    Design management
    (by Kathryn Best)

    A course book about managing design strategy, process and implementation
    that gives an simple overview of the design management specialism in an illustrative way.


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  • Semantic transformation in design
    (by Toni-Matti Karjalainen)

    This book analyses the role of design in product recognition, differentiation and strategic brand communication through product design references. It gives good insights in the area of product design languages.


    Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
    (by Daniel H. Pink)

    The book is based on four decades of scientific research on human motivation and is a provocative book on how to think about motivation different than the commonly known money-the carrot-and-stick approach.


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    Building Design Strategy
    (by T. Lockwood and T. Walton)

    The book offers innovative insights on using design as a strategic resource. It is a blend of theory and practice, exploring different types of design and the benefits of implementing strategy in design.


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  • Managing innovation, design and creativity
    (by Bettina von Stamm)

    This book is a must have for design managers in new product development, covering various aspects of how to manage team, culture and process to come to innovative solutions.


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    Living the brand
    (by Nicholas Ind)

    Facing the challenge of internal branding, this book give insights how to transform every member of your organization into a Brand Champion, in order to have internal commitment and support of the brand.


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    Drivers of Change
    (by Ove Arup & Partners Ltd)

    This card box provides stimuli for workshop sessions by providing brief information of various change drivers, especially useful for ideation teams and as input for brainstormings.


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  • Managing Quality in Architecture
    (by Charles Nelson, Eugene Hopkins)

    The book is written as a handbook for creators of the Built Environment, but can function as a great inspiration for quality management in design.


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Articles & Magazines





  • The incorporation of design management in today's business practices
    (by InHolland and InnoActions)

    This report is an analysis of design management practice in Europe in 2009.


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    Pure
    (by Premium Park)

    This swiss magazine is covering the theme sustainability in design with many inspirational case studies.


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    DMI Review
    (by Design Management Institute Boston)

    The quarterly magazine of the Design Management Institute. The one and only magazine that focuses completly on design management.


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  • Seizing the white space: Innovative Service Concepts in the United States
    (by TEKES & Peer Insights, Helsinki 2007)

    This report presents 12 exemplars where US companies have successfully developed new service
    concepts and service business.


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    Cox review of creativity in business
    (by HM Treasury, led by Sir George Cox)

    The Cox review was commissioned to look at how best to enhance UK business productivity by drawing on British creative capabilities.


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    A study of the design process
    (by British Design Council)

    Design Council researchers visited the design departments of eleven companies, all world-leaders in their fields and all with a public commitment to the use of design to improve their brand strength and product and service offerings.


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  • Harward Business Review
    (by HBR Press)

    The case studies of the Harward Business Review give insights in other industries and stimulate the discussion, i.e. on the role of innovation management.


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    Wired magazine
    (by Conde Nast)

    Wired magazine is a monthly print publication on technology related issues.


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Web Resources





  • Service Design Tools
    (by Roberta Tassi, Politecnico di Milano)

    This Service Design Tool website emerged from a MA thesis on Service Design and explains several tools used by service design practioners.


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    Design & emotion platform
    (by TU Delft)

    This platform from the TU Delft provides an overview of tools used in emotional design.


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    The designers accord
    (by Coroflot)

    This website is a platform for designers, organisations and companies, who are concerned with sustainability issues of design and includes a growing number of case studies.


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  • Designquality and the Apple MacBook
    (by Apple)

    The video shows how the Apple MacBook is produced and shows how much dedication it needs to deliver a high quality product.


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    DMI Website
    (by Design Management Institute)

    The website of the Design Management Institute is fully dedicated to design management and offers articles, courses and conferences.


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