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Design-Inspired Innovation.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Vedin, Bengt-Arne, 1940- (Autor), Alvarez, Eduardo (Autor), Ekman, Sten (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Scientific 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 What Makes Products Great?; What is design-inspired innovation? How does it lead to competitive advantage?; What strategies encourage design-inspired innovation?; Why is simplicity key to achieving customer delight?; How is the innovation process changing?; What is to follow?; Chapter 2 Creating Design Classics; The design classic; Platform design classics; Making a strong design statement; Apple's iPod; The challenge for the future; Chapter 3 Integrating Function and Design; What is ""design""? What is research and development?
  • The growth of outside design servicesClustering of firms; Chapter 4 Managing the Design Process; An ideal design; Architecture and modularity; Transparent interfaces; Open standards and open source innovation; The design and innovation system in Boston; Synthesis and integration; Chapter 5 The Work of Designers; Design firms' operations and processes; Design avenues to innovation; Some lessons; Chapter 6 Design-Inspired Innovation and the Design Discourse; Design as innovation of meanings; Giving meaning to design; Pursuing design-inspired innovation; The design discourse.
  • The design discourse in the Milan systemInvolving designers as brokers of languages; Chapter 7 Broadening Human Possibilities Through Design; The wheelchair as an extension of body and mind; Lead users as innovators; An innovative mobility device; The making of meaning and meaningful products; Broadening possibilities through design; Chapter 8 Design
  • Vision and Visualizing; Why design now?; Visual versus verbal; Numbers versus stories; Communicating through sketching; Provocation; Visualization; Playing with real objects and analogs; Deep simplicity?
  • Appendix A Interview Questions for Designers and Design FirmsAppendix B From Sketch to Product; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index.