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Introduction
With the beginning of my Master of Design (MDes) Design Management studies at Ravensbourne College of Design in London, I am adding this blog to my website and photography portfolio. On these pages I...
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Literature Review #1
The first book I would like to have a look at is design + environment, written by Helen Lewis and John Gertsakis.It is not a very thick book, only 200 pages, and very well structured. I have the...
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Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property rights (IPR) are a hot topic. Whether it is about the absurdity of patents on rounded corners of their products (Apple vs. Samsung), counterfeited products from China, or the...
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Literature Review #2: Sustainability & Design Thinking
What drives design management? During our design research unit at college we did a brief brainstorming on the history of design management and important influences in thinking throughout the journey....
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Sustainability Jam London
From 02-04 November 2012 the Sustainability Jam took off globally. I was lucky to be invited to the jam in London to shoot some photos of the action. The jam was located at the Westminster Hub. I...
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Traditional management theory is primarily about decision making. Business is defined as a socio-technical system that operates within its environment and according to the laws of supply and demand....
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Design Thinking Exercise
Design Thinking Exercise (Source: David Ho) The Master of Design at Ravensbourne includes a unit on design thinking in its curriculum. It is very practical oriented as I noticed right at our first...
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Can China Innovate?
Do you think China is innovative? Recognition for ancient China’s inventions such as the compass and paper is very common. Contemporary China however, is popular for producing things designed in the...
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Perspectives on Social and Sustainable Business
At uni we recently had a lecture on social and sustainable business given by Paul Sternberg. The angle of the course was really interesting. In the past I looked at the social business phenomenom...
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Management as Iteration
Looking back on our course unit about Managing Design in the Global Society and Economy I still got this one simple exercise in my mind which I learned a lot from. It is called the Marshmallow...
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Analysing the Characteristics of a Business Model
For Unit 6 at my Master’s in Design Management at Ravensbourne College I chose the enterprise option with the aim of learning more about startups and business modelling. I am working with two student...
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Option Cards for Testing a Business Model
This week I’ve been to a very interesting event about testing aspects of a business model. Salim Virani introduced us to his ideas about using low-tech option cards. This it how it works: The Business...
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