Written by on date 09 February 2012 in General News , Publications .
Current MDM student Jose Mello's article "Service Design Creates Breakthrough Cultural Change in the Brazilian Financial Market" was published in the January 2012 issue of Touchpoint, the Journal of Service Design. The article focuses on building an innovation culture. His team's approach created scores of advocates of the innovation process across the organization, sparking a whole new mindset.
Written by on date 27 January 2012 in General News .
Design Public Health Initiatives with Users in Mind
Whether drafting a plan to help patients make healthier food choices or designing an electronic medical records system, the more public health professionals know about the personal preferences of those who will use the end product, the more likely the initiative will be successful, Patrick Whitney told an overflow audience for the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series at Harvard School of Public Health on January 17, 2012.
View a webcast of the lecture. Read the full article.
Written by on date 27 January 2012 in General News .
Professor Patrick Whitney, dean of IIT Institute of Design, spoke at a Smart Salon in January 2012 and shared the top 10 ways that companies commit innovation suicide. These include “wanting to innovate as long as it does not involve change” and “not knowing perfection is the enemy of success.”
Professor Whitney was joined by panelists Richard Whitehall of Smart Design and Steve Smith, a venture capitalist with more than 25 years of experience in the field.
Smart Salons, presented by Smart Design, are events held at all their studios that are open to the public and are centered around ...
... moreWritten by on date 25 January 2012 in General News .
In a review of the book Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid, Tom Murphy of The Huffington Post discusses IIT Institute of Design Dean Patrick Whitney’s chapter, in which he provides a case of “patient innovation” in Indian manufacturing.
Written by on date 23 January 2012 in General News .
Current Institute of Design students, Derek Tarnow and Zahra Tashakorinia have already raised over $100,000-- ten times their Kickstarter goal--for the TidyTilt kickstand, wall mount and earbud organizer for iPhone. Now Wired magazine is featuring the product in their GadgetLab section. The super nifty magnetic back cover comes in four colors and can be pre-ordered for $19 by donating to the Kickstarter fundraising effort.
Written by on date 19 January 2012 in Publications .
Lawrence Abrahamson and Marco Cimatti published "Writing on the Wall: Facilitating Organisational Change Through Model Co-Creation" in The Journal of Service Design. The piece details their process for helping Chicago Park District’s Judd Goldman Sailing Program re-envision their service offering through chalk talks and inviting stakeholders into the co-creation of an experience model.
Written by on date 19 January 2012 in Publications .
Patrick Whitney, Dean of the Institute of Design, wrote a chapter entitled "Learning in the Creative Economy" for a new book by Daniel Araya and Michael Peters, Education in the Creative Economy: Knowledge and Learning in the Age of Innovation (Peter Lang, 2010). "Learning in the Creative Economy" discusses how digital media is disrupting the education system in the US.
It is based upon four research projects conducted at ID over the last few years that has been supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. These have included Thinkering Space, led by Dale Fahnstrom, Greg Prygrocki and ...
... moreWritten by on date 19 January 2012 in Publications .
Communicating complex design ideas is difficult enough when the details are well understood. Communicating a plan from a concept team to a detail team in just enough detail to make the Plan's intention very clear without handicapping the follow-on team's ability to maximize its own creatively is a delicate process. The "not-invented-here" syndrome must be addressed.
Written by on date 19 January 2012 in Publications .
Transcript of a speech by Jay Doblin at the 25th anniversary of the Institute of Design's merger with Illinois Institute of Technology. Excellent perspective on the evolution of the school from the experimentalism of the Bauhaus to its current emphasis on theory and method.
Written by on date 19 January 2012 in Publications .
A plan for an adaptive housing system designed to improve quality of life in a wide range of cultural and climatic settings while helping to meet mid-century challenges of population growth, resource depletion and climate change.
