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Are our efforts to innovate aligned to the challenges of our times? We face high costs, global competition, low productivity, and technology disruptions. We have relied on massive technology investments, but our growth is declining. If we want to maintain our standard of living, we need firms to grow.

In 2005 there was as a street performance in Florence that featured a white canvas with a light grey sentence reading, Art is Everywhere, temporarily exhibited on the streets. The aim of the project was to create a temporary visual emptiness: a necessary condition for opening people s eyes so that they could see the interesting layers of scratches,...

Augmented Reality is fast becoming one of the most important emerging technologies, with unprecedented investment growth and interest from big tech platforms and accelerator industries. The book introduces Augmented Reality's core concepts and potential to newbies and experts alike. It provides a 'wide lens' perspective of the potential, challenges...

The time has come in which graphic designers are playing an important role in rendering ever more complicated information transparent and understandable for a wider audience. To stress this urgency, Renate Boere dove headfirst in the world of project management lingo, confidentiality statements, copyright, complicated contracts, the search for stakeholders,...

Whether you are building an innovative new product, creating a service for good, spreading a new idea, or positioning yourself as a leader in your field, thinking like a brand strategist will help you to create a clear, compelling offer, develop unique brand experiences and ultimately attract and convert the right audiences. Brand the Change challenges...

Customer EXperience (CEX) is hot! Nowadays it gets harder and harder for companies to be distinctive by the products they offer. So it is key to stand out in the services offered in addition to these product. A focus on the customer experience is needed. A lot of companies realize this, but only few manage to be successful. They understand the theory...

Find two matching cards of the same artist which can be recognised by the same style in collage art. Collage is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. Collage art allowed artists to engage with existing materials, to which they could...

Are you the driving force behind your company's success? As an entrepreneur, business owner, CEO, director, or manager, you shoulder the responsibility for your organisation's growth and sustainability. It's a challenging role, and even the best of us occasionally ask ourselves: Am I doing everything right? Companies Built to Last is the follow-up to...

Composing Architecture and Interior Design introduces different ways of creating architectural space, based on controlled transformations of physical models. It explains how to compose architectural spaces step by step and can be used from the first years of architecture and interior design studies - and beyond. This book demonstrates how generative...

The consumer wants to experience every key point of a concept. This book will help to translate your idea into a fully matured concept, and also gives insight into the consumer's mind to make your concept successful.

The world is busier than ever. One of the major challenges for brands is how to stand out of the competition: brands competing for market share, new brands that are being introduced, and indeed politicians fighting for attention in a crowded arena. What to make of all the brand content being thrust through the digital channels every day by those in...

Designers in public organizations face the challenges of managing influential stakeholders, shifting priorities, and the complexities of drafting and implementing policy. Often, they lack the headspace to think deeply about designing for effective public engagement. "Conversational Design" helps designers within public and social organizations improve...

Sometimes visiting the atelier of an artist gives us answers about the methods and stories behind a piece. Or even about the reason it exists in the first place. With this book you can take the next step in the ladder towards being an active do-it-yourself art enthusiast. You can be part of this fascinating project where you enter the minds of a selective...

A postcard book with twenty postcards: visuals about food inspired by the Creative Chef's work as an artist, food designer, and chef. Think MacGyver Food Solutions and Make Food not War. The Creative Chef's humor and unique way of looking at the world are presented in these cards.

This exercise book is a follow up to the book: The Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker: How to make connections others don’t. Whereas The Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker was based on a dynamic balance of theory, technique and exercises, this book is purely an exercise book – a hands-on workbook, the perfect place to get your hands dirty...

"Creativity+ is the perfect launch point for anyone looking to better understand how creativity can be used no matter where you work. Learning should always be this much!" - Theresa Smout, Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Creativity+ is a toolkit that gives you the keys to unlock your curiosity, questioning skills and creative forces....

Scientists say half the work we do could soon be done by robots. Creativity is the number one skill that keeps you relevant on the job market. And even if science would be wrong, we still have an interest to develop it: it's big fun. In Creativity Works! the authors explain what creativity is and why we are less creative than we would like to be. It...

This handbook documents sixty methods used in design innovation projects leading to the design of new products or services. It is the first publication to bring together methods, tools and case studies that involve multiple design disciplines and perspectives – from product and service design to interaction and user experience design. The book addresses...

There are many thorough books about design approaches - methodologies and instruments. Central goal is to design a good solution, in various forms such as products, services and interactions. These books pay less attention to the question how to establish a design process within organizations, especially within those that are unfamiliar with (and sometimes...

How can we protect our privacy in this digital era? Because of the emerging of ‘The internet of things’ this question becomes more and more relevant to designers. Technology becomes part of our daily used products. Watches, clothing, cars, houses are becoming ‘smart’, all being connected to the ‘cloud’. This book gives you guidance on how...

If you never thought you would prefer spending one night with an aggressive ostrich in your bedroom to another equally undesirable option you have much to learn about yourself. For example the limits of your tolerance to situations that too frequently will happen throughout your whole life if you decide it. In this game you take the dilemma problem...

The sequel to the highly successful Don't Read This Book - Time Management for Creative People. Like its predecessor, it uses the "To Don't List" method to help you make the right choices - choices that help you achieve your goals as a creative entrepreneur. Don't Buy This Book walks through the necessary steps: testing your idea, getting it ready for...

Whatever kind of creative you are, this game will get you out of your comfort zone. This mind experiment game based on the ‘ToDon’tList Method’ stimulates creativity through limitation. How to play You take 3 “Do” cards that define a unique imaginary project. You need to come up with a solution for this project. But you also get 3 “Don’t”...

A sequel to the bestseller Don't Eat the Yellow Snow. Filled with famous advice songs, Don't Talk Just Kiss is the perfect gift for lovers and is a must have for music lovers of all ages! While the first book was about wisdoms in general, this book exclusively deals with advice on the subject of 'Love' including everything it entails: passion, tears,...