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Design 21, a social design network, in partnership with UNESCO
Design 21: Social Design Network is an online community, created in partnership with UNESCO, where members of the design community, socially conscious individuals, local governments, businesses and non-profit organizations (NPOs) can address social concerns and create smart solutions through design.…
Philips Design on sustainability and the virtual world
The January 2007 issue of ‘new value by One Design’ (what’s up with that name?), the quarterly magazine of Philips Design, is devoted to articles on sustainability and the virtual world. Some highlights: Helping 400 million people give up smoking…
Crowdsourcing product development
How long until the mobile is the heart of entertainment?
Stanford Business School launches executive course in customer-focused innovation
Temporary ‘social’ cellphone numbers let users stay private [International Herald Tribune]
Ethnographers uncover the ‘Unknown Unknowns’ about consumers [Advertising Age]
Nokia Design video scenarios of future mobile device use
Book: Mobile Communications and Society
Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernandez-Ardevol, Jack Linchuan Qiu and Araba Sey Published by the MIT Press How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world–in everyday work and…
LEGO Serious Play: a tool to enhance innovation and business performance
Co-design, China and the commercialisation of the mobile user interface [uiGarden.net]
Philips enters Second Life to co-create with end users
Learning people-driven innovation at the 180º Academy
The website of the Danish 180º Academy, that I wrote about earlier, is now live. The organisers “believe in people-driven innovation, enabling [their] students to understand innovation from the point of view of everyday people. Accepting this fact, 180°academy turns…