via adaptivepath.com “the desire line — trails worn into a landscape that demonstrate the paths people want to take, not those that were laid down by the designer” Peter Merholz lays out some great, yet small in volume, thoughts on emergence, the need for nimble design (and adptiveness – be it in terms of business […]
via anmutunddemut.de Ben testet ein neues Theme – ich finde es ganz großartig in seiner Reduktion … Posted via web from frogpond’s posterous
via chrisbrogan.com This is a short and lively review, Chris Brogan does it in just about a minute – recommending Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown. Don’t know if I should do it that short with my own review of Roger Martin’s “The Design of Business” – […]
This blog got newly renovated, I did this mainly because my template of long had gathered a bit of dust (and I refrained from teaching it new tricks …). So here and for mainly nostalgic reasons a glimpse back into the past, my modified template, thanks to Chetan Kunte for Plain Vanilla:
Found then via designthinkers, now timely to underline the importance of design thinking (or better say designing): Thinkpublic created this short film about what they do and how they do it, i.e. how do designers work and proceed.
I grow more bothered by the week with the phrase “design thinking.” I know full well that I am fighting a losing battle, but I think it is an unfortunate term for describing what designers have to offer to other disciplines, which seems the most common reason for using the term. As is a way […]
Ideally a consultant’s workbench (and playbook) is wide and deep, providing both specialized best practices (the best tool for the job) and flexible, adaptive multi-use tools (Leatherman style). Then, resting deep in the racks a collection of methods (and affiliated tools) should exist as well. Nobody can be the master of all instruments, but having […]
