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August 2009 Connect

DMI’s new identity & strategic plan: connections

At the recent Milan and San Francisco conferences, DMI president Thomas Lockwood introduced a new identity that reflects DMI’s commitment to community, connections, inspiration, and global reach. Extensive work over the last two years was conducted by DMI in collaboration with LPK, IIT Institute of Design, Lucid Brands, and Continuum to redefine DMI’s business strategy, positioning, and branding. “The idea of ‘connections’ emerged through the collaborations, interviews, and research,” noted Lockwood. The identity will be implemented on a rolling basis over the coming months. One of the first applications will be a re-launch of the DMI Review issue this summer.

Introductory presentation  —  Press release

Wiley-Blackwell partnership will boost DMI publications

DMI is excited to announce a partnership with Wiley-Blackwell—the world’s leading publisher of professional and scholarly journals—for the quarterly DMI Review and the annual Design Management Journal. The partnership will considerably broaden the visibility and international distribution of both publications. DMI subscribers will be receiving information shortly regarding renewals, as well as additional benefits. Look for the completely new DMI Review in the mail shortly!

DMI Review article on BusinessWeek: Using Design to Drive Innovation

By Phil Best, LPK

Designers must deliver the orchestration of the total experience with a brand, product, or service or face irrelevancy.

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Design, Complexity, and Change

DMI Design/Management Annual 34 Conference
October 18-20, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Design, Complexity, and Change is about people and practices at the edge of change. With best of class cases and new scenarios, this conference will highlight the work, stories, and lessons for how design can help us to reframe and reinvent our future.

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DMI’s Annual 34 will be a different conference for different times. Focused and intense. Easy to get to, yet hard to forget. Join us, because it will never again be business as usual!

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Call for Papers — International Conference on Best of Class: Balance of Theory and Practice in Design Management

Organized by KIDP and DMI
December 3-4, Incheon, Korea

Come to Korea for an exchange of ideas and best practices in design management among educators and practitioners from across the world. Paper submissions are now welcomed within the theme of globalization of design and design management. Proposals are due by August 31.

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Re-Thinking … Design recap

Last month’s Re-Thinking conference in San Francisco was outstanding, and attracted 150 design and business professionals and educators for a unique series of ‘strategic conversations.’ Catch up on what you missed with the archive of the twitter feed, or read impressions of the conference by Maren Connary, Mel Lim on the Business and Creative Exchange blog, and John Edson of Fast Company. DMI members will have access to complete video later this month.
 

Member update

Audrey Arbeeny of Audiobrain won an Emmy Award for her work on NBC’s Beijing Olympic Games Broadcast. Audiobrain also completed the sound branding for DMI, we’re in great company!…Ximedica has received a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award… Capsule partnered with Herman Miller to find the right name for their next chair… Smith Design developed a new look and feel for a “refreshing cool…incredibly hot” campaign theme for Vivitar… Larsen created a new website design for The Saint John’s Bible… Design Science provided UI design for the Sirius XTR5 ReGo… Quango Design + Marketing has created a new online ticket buying experience… Ontario College of Art & Design announced a new program to address the complex dilemmas of contemporary society…

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Member of the month

“Being a member of DMI has afforded me the opportunity to become connected to thought leaders in design from around the world. Not only have I met talented and interesting people, I have gained knowledge and insight around the evolving role of design in business. DMI has elevated my value as a creative consultant and strategic thinker.”—Chris Bedford, President, Karo Group.

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New seminar
Service Design: Key Methods and Strategies

September 16-17, London
Oliver King, Founder & Director, Engine (UK)

You’ll gain practical methods and strategies to deliver great service experiences from one of the hottest service design creators in the world. Learn how to develop customer-facing propositions, and understand what needs to happen behind the scenes to ensure a great service performance.

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Webinar: Best Practices in Ethnography

Rob Tannen, PhD, Director of Research, Bresslergroup
August 5, 1 pm EDT

Tools and techniques are now available that can improve the speed and benefits of user research while reducing invasiveness to all involved. This webinar will cover common questions and recommend best practices to help take you to the next level.

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Seminar: Creating the Perfect Design Brief

Peter Phillips, Strategy Consultant
July 23, Chicago, USA

“Bring your creative and project team to this seminar!”—Noemi Tello-Botdorf, Marketing Communications, Intelsat.

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Truth Designed: Transformation through Design Integration and Transparency

By Ying Liu, David Summers, and Bill Hill of MetaDesign
Design Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2009

The technologies exist now to store and deliver massive amounts of information, but true design integration will be needed to draw out the usefulness of that information.

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