Design-inspired Innovation. James M. Utterback, Bengt-Arne Vedin, Eduardo Alvarez, Sten Ekman, Susan Walsh Sanderson, Bruce Teth

Design-inspired Innovation



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Language: English
Page: 280
ISBN: 9812566945, 9789812566942

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Design is increasingly seen as a competitive tool by businesses. This is based on the growing understanding that companies in the UK and elsewhere in the developed world cannot compete on price, but rather need to differentiate themselves by using design process to add value to their products and services. As a result, management books such as this describing how design can drive and enable innovation will become increasingly important. -- Harry Rich, Deputy Chief Executive of the Design Council in London

Design-Inspired Innovation is an important contribution to better understanding the hidden role that design plays in the innovation process -- from the product to the enterprise itself -- and the different skills, methodologies, and sensibilities that industrial designers bring to innovation. Of equal importance, this work delves into the organizational culture and management sensibilities enterprises need to develop to become design inspired. With careful reading, the book can unlock new opportunities for senior management in the utilization of design as a primary competency of any organization. Particularly refreshing is the in-depth exploration of different philosophical approaches to design as practiced in Italy, Scandinavia, and North America. The insights are potentially invaluable in stimulating a cross-pollination of ideas and approaches in design-inspired innovation for a global market. -- Gianfranco Zaccai, President and CEO, Design Continuum, USA

If you are determined to make a difference in this world you must, somehow, break new ground. This stunning new book reveals how. Design-Inspired Innovation tells us that technology will, at best, put you in the game. But if you want to win it you must understand the power of design -- and how it drives innovation. The authors met at the intersection of their different fields and cultures and brought the insights they found there to life. So take a deep breath and see for yourself what they discovered! -- Frans Johansson, Entrepreneur and Author of The Medici Effect, Harvard Business School Press

Successful design has been the least understood dimension of successful innovation. This book, authored by first-rate scholars, makes a major contribution towards closing this gap. -- Clayton M Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA

The authors of Design-Inspired Innovation argue well that in this world of increasing complexity, simplicity and elegance in a product or system design greatly empowers the user. Keep this thought in mind, read the book, and you and your teammates will be well served. Utterback and his colleagues have developed a truly useful guide for students, engineers, and executives alike. -- Marc H Meyer, Matthews Distinguished University Professor, Northeastern University and Author of The Power of Product Platforms (Free Press, 1997) and The FASTPATH to GROWTH (Oxford, 2007)

The book's scope is international, with emphasis on design activities in Boston, England, Sweden, and Milan. Through a rich variety of cases and cultural prisms, the book extends the traditional design viewpoint and stretches the context of industrial design to question -- and answer -- what design is really all about. It gives readers tools for inspiration, and shows how design can change language and even create human possibilities. -- DOCS DE ARQUITECTURA ONLINE

This book is a must-read, and should be kept close by for any designer. It will also make an outstanding textbook sure to inspire lively discussion. -- Professor A Cooper, University of Pittsburgh, USA

This book is surely a good starting point for further reading and contemplation on the subject of `design-inspired innovation'. Compact discussions, good examples and a broad overview of the field are presented ... The vast number of positive reviews of this book is truly deserved. Readers interested in the subject will definitely be inspired by this book. -- Creativity and Innovation Management

This book should prove very valuable to individuals and firms working with, or contemplating a relationship with, designers and design firms. -- Journal of Product Innovation Management

Within the AB Traction group of companies, quite a few are design-dependent; in fact, we strive to rely ever more upon design to strengthen our business offers. Thus Design-Inspired Innovation is a welcome book. Its broad international scope and focus on innovation make it all the more useful. The quality that industrial designers always focus on the end user cannot be emphasized enough. -- Bengt Stillström, Chairman and Founder, AB Traction

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The authors of Design-Inspired Innovation argue well that in this world of increasing complexity, simplicity and elegance in a product or system design greatly empowers the user. Keep this thought in mind, read the book, and you and your teammates will be well served. Utterback and his colleagues have developed a truly useful guide for students, engineers, and executives alike.



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