Societal challenges are urgent and affect everyone, including politicians, citizens, government officials, business professionals, NGOs, designers and researchers. Understanding and addressing these challenges is difficult because no single stakeholder or organisation is solely responsible. Everything is interconnected and constantly changing, resulting in challenges being neglected and stakeholders being unable or unwilling to make important decisions.

The Co-Design Canvas is a practical and...

Today, leaders and employees are expected to demonstrate increased creativity in their work. However, many lack the skills to be creative on command or challenge conventional thinking. This book provides a practical approach to developing creative skills, boosting confidence and foster a culture of creativity in your team. It guides readers through the four key creative skillsets, helping them turn each into a habit.

The book equips readers with tools to challenge assumptions, generate novel ...

In recent years, co-design has become something of a buzzword. While the term has gained in popularity, its true meaning and practical implementations are not widely understood. Existing resources, such as co-design toolkits, are freely available online but tend to be highly specialised and template-driven, limiting their usefulness for diverse contexts.

The team behind “The Art of Co-Design” conducted a thorough review of existing co-design toolkits and created a comprehensive resource ...

Lie Like an Artist is about mastering the art of communication, drawing inspiration from how artists convey profound truths in engaging and memorable ways. This book addresses a common challenge: the frustration that comes from miscommunication. By adopting the techniques of artists – who expertly dramatize and exaggerate to capture attention and convey messages – you'll learn to clarify your thoughts and express your ideas in ways that truly resonate and stick in people's minds.

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As we enter an era where AI and sensor-driven interfaces redefine our interaction with technology, 'Interface Design' emerges as an indispensable guide for crafting physical and digital interfaces. This book transcends mere technicalities, offering a unique conceptual approach to discussing and designing user interactions – an invaluable asset for those looking to innovate in the field.Beginning with foundational principles, 'Interface Design' delves into practical case studies and explores...

This book takes a deep dive into visual design structures, focusing on the timeless principles of movement, space, and composition. While design tools and technologies continue to change, these core principles remain just as important. Written in a clear and engaging style, it’s perfect for students looking to build their foundation in design, and also a great resource for professionals who want to revisit or sharpen their skills.

The book goes beyond the basics of design, introducing fresh...

After eight years work with creative personal branding Jürgen Salenbache has encapsulated its ideas and methods in a book.

Salenbacher looks at the origins of today's crisis and examines the work of leading theorists in business culture before explaining how our success in exploring change rests on our ability to think creatively. Branding practises, he suggests, can help us, but we also need to cultivate creative thinking.

Creative Personal Branding offers over 200 pages of insights, graphics...

Change Ahead is about the emerging practices at the intersection of business strategy, research, and design. It introduces the need for an adventurous, explorative mindset in order to grow businesses that last by creating meaning and relevance with and for people.In a complex and networked world, business, more than ever, is about adaptability to change and the capacity to create new propositions through a dynamic interaction with the environment. Much like sailing, business strategy will inc...

Design Roadmapping is for anyone interested in design, strategy and innovation, and its wonderful combinations. For those who dare to create a future vision, frame the time pacing and map the pathways towards it.This guidebook teaches you how to create a roadmap. It outlines the origins, design theories and science results. Strategic designers, innovation managers and professors share their roadmapping experiences, views and achievements, including venture CPOs, Head of Design, product and pr...

We think we know services — not a day goes by without using them — until we have to design them. It is then that their realities confront us, teasing us sometimes. While services have always been ‘designed’, the qualities of their designs are more important than ever, given how much more we depend on them. Thus the need for deepening our understanding of what services are, what they can be, and why they fail — often in unexpected ways. This book reveals the surprising design of serv...