Tag Archives: review

‘Design Probes’ Book review

Design Probes or Cultural Probes can be used to mobilise tacit knowledge from people: people are invited, encouraged and stimulated to document parts of their own lives. My first experience was with cultural probes in 2002, during a student research project with Pieter Desmet and Paul Hekkert at my faculty.… »

Posted on 22/07/2010 by Anouk Randag Also tagged book, cultural probes, design probes, empathy probes, probes, Tuuli Mattelmäki |

Book review: Change by Design

When a book is published by one of the most prominent thought leaders on design thinking, you can be sure it’s going to be a classic before even reading it. When that someone is also leading IDEO, the worlds biggest innovation company, you can except a great mix of theory… »

Posted on 14/01/2010 by Marc Fonteijn Also tagged book, changebydesign, Design Thinking, ideo, timbrown |

bookreview: The Element by Sir Ken Robinson

The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, is the most recent book by Sir Ken Robinson that was published just 2 months ago. Ken had inspired many -including me- with his legendary talk at the TED conference. First of all, I must say It’s a well written book. The… »

Posted on 12/03/2009 by Marc Fonteijn Also tagged book, ken robinson, passion, reading, robinson, ted, the element |

Book review: The 10 faces of Innovation

While this book ends with the description of the Storyteller persona it kind of fools you. From the very first page Tom Kelley doesn’t describe factual innovation personas but he takes you on a journey through the IDEO culture. The culture that has -rightfully- earned the firm it’s leading position… »

Posted on 25/01/2009 by Marc Fonteijn Also tagged book, ideo, innovation, personas |

Subject to Change is a must read

I’ve been planning to write a short review on the latest book by the guys from Adaptive Path called Subject to Change for quite a while now. Are you’re running a company that is still thinking in “products”? Are you wondering why more and more companies are hiring designers to… »

Posted on 16/12/2008 by Marc Fonteijn Also tagged adaptive path, book, subjecttochange |