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Design Management 

How New Google Logo Will Change Old Design Rules

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/04/201509/05/2015New Google Logo 6 min read

  Two days ago, Google surprised the world with its new logo design after 17 years of using the same logo for their branding. The previous logo featured minor alterations

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Uber service
Design Management 

How Designers Can Achieve Disruptive Innovation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/01/201505/23/2022Disruptive Innovation 5 min read

As people who continuously pursue creative change, designers need to understand the type of change that they are pursuing as well as how to achieve it. Change can be achieved

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Vroom Yetton Jago
Design Management 

Vroom-Yetton-Jago: Deciding How to Decide

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/20/201505/13/2022Vroom-Yetton-Jago 4 min read

Design managers and art directors face critical times when they need to make strategic decisions that will not only affect the design process but also the entire production stage and

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Charette Procedure
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools 

Brainstorming Multiple Ideas Using Charette Procedure

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/17/201505/14/2022Charette Procedure 4 min read

Two main barriers arise when there are 15 people or more present in a brainstorming session when attempting to discuss multiple ideas or problems in the same time. Most brainstorming

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design failure
Design Management 

Five Lessons Designers Should Learn From Failure

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/03/2015design failure 7 min read

Nothing is worse for designers than failing in a project, especially after spending time and effort in the development of ideas and turning them into a final product. When dealing

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global creativity index
Design Management 

10 Top Creative Countries in the World

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 07/16/2015Creative Countries 5 min read

Both scholars and practitioners agree on the important of design as a key player in the government’s economy, and this can be observed in many countries that have applied national

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apple cube
Design Management 

Five Lessons to Turn Design into Business Success

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 07/14/201510/26/2022Design business 6 min read

Design value now has a broader definition inside the organizational structure and companies’ viewpoints on strategic thinking. Leading companies can provide an example of how design can improve the business

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doblins types of innovation
Design Management 

Creative Diversity: Doblin’s 10 Types of Innovation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/25/201505/23/202210 Types of Innovation 6 min read

In a previous article, we discussed Why Creative Companies Can’t Innovate, and we explored the reasons behind the failure of the innovation process in different companies working within the creative

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Hermann Zapf
Design Management 

The Inspiring Life of Typography Icon Hermann Zapf

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/23/201506/24/2015Hermann Zapf 5 min read

On the 4th of June 2015, Hermann Zapf died at the age of 96 after a legendary career as a typographer, calligrapher, and book designer. Hermann Zapf’s typeface design can

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How social media affects creativity
Design Management 

How Social Media Affects Your Creativity

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/22/201510/21/2022 10 min read

Social media has become a part of our daily life. Although the debate about how social media may affect the quality of life, users of different social media have increased

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decision-making
Design Thinking Tools Problem Solving 

Five Steps to Achieve a Reliable Decision-Making Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/11/201503/20/2021Decision-Making 8 min read

Decision making has never been an easy process for designers. A designer’s daily work involves taking many decisions that can affect the whole project starting from communicating with the client

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Design Management 

Achieving a Sustainable Graphic Design Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/09/201504/08/2024Sustainable Graphic Design 5 min read

Graphic designers should no longer be seen from the old narrow perspective of the creative process. As a part of a holistic design role in the production process, graphic designers

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triz method problem solving
Design Thinking Tools Problem Solving 

Using the TRIZ Method for Creative Problem Solving

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/04/201505/13/2022TRIZ 7 min read

During the conflict and problems time in an organization, projects, at times, seem to be blocked from moving forward. At this crucial time, innovative and creative solutions are required to

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marketing research
Design Management 

Marketing Research as a Method for Designers to Understand Clients

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/01/201510/22/2022Marketing Research 8 min read

In every design and innovation process, understanding the end consumer through marketing research or user experience research plays an essential role in the success of the final product or service.

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brain storming
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools 

How to Run a Successful Brainstorming Session

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/25/201503/20/2021Brainstorming, Brainstorming session 7 min read

Many companies and practitioners believe that brainstorming and creative thinking can help companies and teams to focus on their objective and find creative solutions for existing problems. However, many brainstorming

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innovation barriers
Design Management 

Why Creative Companies Can’t Innovate

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/20/201505/23/2022innovation barriers 5 min read

There is noticeable agreement between scholars and practitioners about the positive correlation between innovation and achieving success within the market. Many countries adapt a national design policy to build a

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mind map art
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools 

How to Use Mind Mapping for Better Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/21/201505/23/2022Mind Mapping 10 min read

During brainstorming meetings and problem-solving sessions, many outputs are shared and presented in fractals. Many of the design thinking methods we discussed aims to direct the attendees thinking towards a

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innovation in education
Design Management 

10 Tips to Achieve Creativity and Innovation in Education

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/16/201505/23/2022Innovation in Education 6 min read

Our current world is evolving more rapidly than the capacity of any existing education system. The challenge of learning is getting even harder for the next generations. We do not

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SCAMPER technique
Design Thinking Tools Problem Solving 

A Guide to the SCAMPER Technique for Design Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/10/201505/23/2022SCAMPER Technique 11 min read

Creative thinking and problem-solving are essential parts of the design thinking process to turn ideas into innovation and break the barriers against creativity. One of the successful methods used in

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sustainable development
Design Management 

Break Through the Barriers to Sustainable Development and Innovation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/08/201504/08/2015Sustainable Development 5 min read

Sustainable development is defined as a joint long-term strategy that aims to develop the current needs with human and environmental impacts in mind. The development process aims to supply the

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