Stage Gate Process: The Complete Practice Guide
When it comes to the process of new product development, the stakes are high to achieve the target goals and introduce to the market a product that can satisfy both
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Design Management
Design management and strategic design related articles that cover the holistic approach of design as an innovation and business tool.
Exploring IKEA’s Sustainable Design Strategy: Part One
The design adds various values inside any company. At the top of these values is building a company-wide strategy such as IKEA sustainable design strategy. Strategic design and good design
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30+ Distance Learning Tools And Advices for Design Educators
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many educational institutions have recommended their students to switch to distance learning or online learning to reduce the chances to get infected and
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My Advice to Innovators From Years in Cambodia Designing New Solutions to Poverty
For the last decade, I’ve been designing solutions that improve human well-being in the developing world. For those who want to apply design thinking to situations of extreme constraints, like
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How to Create the System Thinking Diagrams
Complex systems can’t be seen as individual parts. We need a broader perspective to see the whole pattern that causes the problem as many factors as affecting both the current
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What is Market Segmentation? Why is it Important?
The understanding of the target audience is crucial for building a viable product or service. Companies use the market segmentation in order to focus their production and marketing campaign on
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Why Do Companies Need the Creative Brief More Than Before?
In order to have a clear vision about the new product development process, companies today are in greater need to write a creative brief. This is due to the nature of
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Freelance vs Full-time Design Jobs: Making the Right Decision
Many designers ask me the common question; is it better to search for design jobs or become freelance designers? Many of the design projects can run remotely without restricting to
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The Future of Design will be Circular Design
The role of design is now extending the form and function of the product or service to more contribution to building innovative solutions that emphasize the wise consumption for natural
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Tips to Learn Design Without Going to a Design School
Didn’t get the chance to attend a design school? You’re not alone as many barriers can stand between students to achieve their goal to learn design by getting a design
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No Good Service Design Without Good Storytelling
The Human Being used stories since the dawn of civilization to as a method for communication, amusement, reflecting emotions, and telling their experience. Stories are a great tool to visualize
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What Designers Think About Design Education in the Middle East Region
Over the course of understanding the challenges that face design industry in the Middle East and North Africa, we established the Design MENA section where we try to address the
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Which is Good for Start-ups, Incremental or Disruptive Innovation?
Today’s companies are faced with increasing challenges in terms of competitiveness and their ability to sustain business success. In order to survive these challenges , there is an agreement between
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4 Service Design Tools to Focus on Consumers’ Needs
Service design aims to improve both commercial and social services by putting the consumer in the heart of the process. Therefore, organizations that aim to achieve success and higher market
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5 Successful Open Innovation Examples
Both large and small companies have agreed that innovation and creativity are essential tools to sustain business success and improve market competitiveness. However, the traditional “closed” innovation model faced barriers
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10 Productivity Tips for Designers
Many designers complain about a large number of tasks they have every day comparing with the time required to achieve it. If you are a freelance designer, the problem becomes,
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What Designers Need to Learn Aside from Their Design Education
In a conversation with one of my friends about the problems that designers face in their professional life, she highlighted that while designers may get good design-related skills during design
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5 Common Myths About Design
“Designers only do Photoshop work,” “They only think about colors,” ” Design only adds more cost to the project,” and other comments are common to hear if you are a
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Guide for 3D Printing Technologies
3D printing technology is one of the rapidly growing fields that has been involved in different industries including, but is not limited to industrial design, product design, and medical implementations.
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Time Management Tips for Designers: The Action Priority Matrix
Unlike regular jobs, designers are required to handle various of tasks on different levels. This challenge increases when working as a freelancer or working in your own start-up. The majority
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