Globalization has transformed design practices, with multiculturalism influencing product and service development significantly.Incorporating global perspectives into design teams can be challenging. Learn how short documentary films inform and inspire designers to understand other cultures more effectively.
Much work is yet to be done to transform gaps in services by designing more equitable, accessible, affordable, and empathy‐based healthcare best practices for all humans. Consider how to use meaningful imagery, purposeful storytelling, and intentional problem‐solving to address the new and changing healthcare landscape in order to create a more sustainable, patient‐centered experience.
For a developing economy like India's, the creative industries can help the economy flourish and grow. India's fast growing furniture industry is used to illustrate the link between strategy, design, and entrepreneurial thinking as a growth engine model—adding value to the design management process.
Curriculum design, by its nature, is transformative, molding a progressive and adaptive learning journey. It's clear that climate action and social justice are issues that will require our attention now and in the future. Incorporating object‐based and transformative learning into higher education curricula can lead to the transformative understanding required to tackle these problems.
Design, design management and design thinking as drivers of innovation and as means to enhance organizational performance are only now, however slowly, being taken seriously by private sector service providers and manufacturing industries, the public sector, and third sector organizations. Like everything else, the field of design changes to keep pace with the world around us. Learn about a unique tool that facilitates an examination of an organization's vision and mission in relation to the powers of design.
Measuring the value of design remains an obsession for researchers and academics as well as an area of continuous development of models and theories within business management. How do we measure the value of design? This article looks at the perception of design at different organizational levels and its role in strategic business management, looking specifically at the Design Culture Framework.
Creating products for regulated industries involves a distinct blend of challenges and opportunities. Although working within regulatory frameworks may seem restrictive and not at all conducive to innovation, perhaps the key to creating great products is to instead view the regulations as guidelines that offer structure and direction.
Graphic design's reputation for ephemerality belies its ability to lend substantial physical form to a culture, whether positive or toxic. Graphic design has always told our stories, but what does it have to do with culture or love? A graphic designer shares his views about the relationship so that it can continue to play this role, in a more expansive way, well into the future.
What's the missing piece of the puzzle that often eludes those leading the charge for change? OPINION | We all know that change is inevitable but implementing it at the organizational level can be incredibly challenging. Perhaps a closer examination of the human element can provide the keys to achieving a better outcome.
As a dyslexic person, I use divergent and convergent thinking to fit into the neurotypical world, which is why I was naturally drawn to design thinking. Understanding the difficulties faced by neurodivergent people as well as the strengths they bring to the table can help welcome them into the workplace—which ultimately helps everyone by gaining their perspectives in looking at problems in new and different ways.
Centering humans within larger systems to design services, products, and experiences can help designers create solutions with a “human temperature,” business value, and social impact. Change is all around us and often impacts our lives in disruptive ways. What if designers, in addition to using human‐centered design, took a multidisciplinary approach to create systemic solutions to help solve the complex problems we face?
…there is a gap between the complexity and scale of climate and sustainability challenges and the professional competencies currently taught in most design education programs. Designers are expected to have a key role in addressing looming problems like climate change and sustainability. Examining current curricula and finding gaps in competencies provides a starting point to ensuring that future designers have the skills necessary for the job.
When individuals from different cultural backgrounds seek medical care, they have varying expectations, preferences, and understandings of how to navigate the healthcare environment.Navigating a healthcare facility can be challenging in and of itself. A hospital in Nigeria embarks on a mission to create effective wayfinding signage to serve its multicultural clients.
The final choice of partner should be centered on evaluating how well they understand what you need to accomplish, the approach they recommend to achieve your goals, and a true sense of what will it be like to work with them.”— CEO, global brand consultancyAs companies seek consultancies to help them create and evolve their brands, how do they choose the right partner? An industry insider shares his expertise about the process.
Design knows very well how to be racist and how to make racism digestible for society.Design has long struggled to get a seat at the table, but how can designers best use that position to serve the underserved and create products and services that are antiracist?
From X to the social movements of 2020–2022, there is high anticipation that Web 3.0 will open more doors for growth, connections, and opportunities to create change.OPINION | The future of technology has much potential to make the world a more equitable and inclusive place. Employing the principles of design justice can lead us in the right direction.
Emphasizing ethical considerations, community well-being, and sustainability, designers are challenged to create product solutions that are technically effective while being socially responsible and inclusive. Substantial improvements in business efficiency and user experience can be achieved by employing ecosystem design. The challenge is creating solutions that are technically effective, socially responsible, and inclusive.
Eco-design describes a concept or way of thinking that integrates multifaceted aspects of design and environmentally sustainable considerations. Environmental sustainability is being employed in many industries. How might AI be used during the design process as a tool to aid designers in the implementation of key aspects of environmental sustainability?
Not a single domain of technology, design, or management can fully tackle AI's ethical, practical, and strategic dimension.A service design approach is used to explore the intersection of technology, design, and management for a responsible AI implementation that fosters innovation but is also ethically aligned and strategically integrated.
It is easy to dismiss staying with a bad plan as foolish, but most people are at risk of falling into this trap under the right circumstances.Plan continuation bias and escalation of commitment are two traps that have doomed many a project and plan. Thoughtfully applying design thinking can help overcome these obstacles and lead to successful outcomes.
