ProMediaTech, MOSCOW

22.02.2010 09:28

Семинар в МВЦ ‘Крокус Экспо’ и мастер-класс в Британском посольстве в Москве, представлен Университетом Искусств в Лондоне и Британско Европейской дизайнерской группой при поддержке Торговли и Инвестиции Великобритании

Многое изменилось, не так ли? Глобальный экономический спад, нехватка капитала, изменение климата, геополитические перемещения и степень ускорения технологического развития серьезно повлияли на поведение потребителя и поставили под вопрос основные маркетинговые принципы и процессы.

Различного рода предприятия и бренды во всем мире задают один и тот же вопрос: ‘Что подразумевается под понятием “современный стандарт” (new normal)? Что подверглось изменениям, а что нет?’

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Why Design Matters

05.02.2010 11:00

Good business outcomes treat design as a holistic process that pulls in savvy marketing and research, as well as smart ideas, says IDEO's Diego Rodriguez.

Good design does not always equal good business. But good business outcomes—especially when the goal is to create new sources of value in the world—are most often achieved through a well-structured design process that is more holistic and inclusive than the notion of good design.

All of the energy fed into the debate about the value of good design to the world of commerce would be better spent building ways to make holistic design a routine activity in business—and society. Here are three ways to get us there:

Stop Treating Design as A Noun

When we talk about it as such, the world stops listening and starts wondering which color the designers are going to pick for the drapes. Unfortunately, good design has come to stand for something akin to "style," largely a relativistic judgment of aesthetics and semiotics informed by a constantly shifting zeitgeist. I'm as much a fan and consumer of aesthetically pleasing things as the next guy, but I fear that much of what passes for good design is actually a class of shallow luxury goods aimed at a specific set of market demographics and psychographics. And these goods don't represent the creation of lasting value in the world: In the parlance of soul group Tower of Power, what is hip today quickly becomes passé.

Instead, we would all be better off treating design as a verb, a process, a way of approaching challenges which designers and nondesigners alike can learn to use to create positive change in the world. Throughout history design as a verb, also known these days as design Thinking, has created things of enormous value to humanity. The Bill of Rights, the Aravind Eye Care System, Medecins Sans Frontières, and the Marshall Plan will never show up in a Design Within Reach catalog. And yet each of these amazing achievements of humanity was designed.

Read more on www.businessweek.com

German government warns against using MS Explorer

18.01.2010 13:43

The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security. The warning from the Federal Office for Information Security comes after Microsoft admitted IE was the weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems.

Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users was low and that the browsers' increased security setting would prevent any serious risk.

However, German authorities say that even this would not make IE fully safe.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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The Brand Gap

04.01.2010 02:21

"A charismatic brand is any product, service or organisation for which people believe there's no substitude."

 

The Brand Gap

Webdesign for SAP

12.11.2009 20:56

Clemens Hackl Design have been asked to create an event website for the world's leading provider of business software.

 

In collaboration with the London based consultancy firm Ludic Group, we developed and built an online resource platform for SAP employees, to read up on the outcome of 15 global corporate seminar events.