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Measuring
and Building Design’s Role in Achieving Business Success
31st International Design Management Conference
October
22-25, Equinox Resort & Spa
Manchester Village, Vermont, USA
 Registration
for the 31st
International Design Management Conference is strong, with
attendees now registered from organizations such as AOL, Astra Zenica,
EMC Corporation, Forrester Research, Frog Design, Hewlett-Packard, Intel,
Item New Product Development, L.L. Bean, Gillette, Vanguard, and Whirlpool.
Last year this conference sold out a month early, so don't wait until the
last minute to register!
This year's conference
will take on the important and challenging topic of measuring the role
of design and design management in achieving sustainable business success.
You will discover macro and micro tools and techniques, gain perspective,
and become equipped to address this topic in your work on Monday morning,
and for years to come.
Here are just a few
of the outstanding speakers that will be presenting at this event:
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The
Business Imperative for Return on Investment Measurements in Design
Jerry Kathman, President/CEO, LPK, Inc. |
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Design
With Heart
Robyn Waters, Founder and President, RW Trend, LLC |
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Innovation Effectiveness: Using Metrics to
Design for Business
Diego Rodriguez, Director, IDEO |
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P&G:
The Imperative for Design Success
Robert Schwartz, Associate Director, Global Design Organization,
Procter & Gamble Co. |
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Philips
Design: Our Journey Towards Sense and Simplicity
Clive Roux, Senior Director, Philips Design |
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This year's venue,
the Equinox
Resort & Spa, offers the opportunity for several unique
and exciting organized recreational activities on Tuesday afternoon. Scheduled
activities include an off-road GPS driving challenge, in which teams will
compete for a prize by navigating to waypoints; and falconry, with a demonstration,
commentary, and an opportunity to fly and handle the hawk yourself (additional
fees apply). Other activities include hiking and mountain biking on a
2,300 acre preserve (bikes are available at no charge).
Please visit www.dmi.org
for complete program, schedule,
and registration information on this prestigious event.
Conference
Sponsor:
DMI
Review Download of the Month
Convergence:
New Management Imperatives and Their Effect on Design Activity
By Naomi Gornick,
Honorary Professor, University of Dundee.
From the Design Management Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 2006
For clients seeking
true partnerships, consultants are increasingly positioning their design
expertise as part of a larger strategic vision. In interviews with executives
at London-based Seymour Powell and at Portland, OR-based Ziba, Naomi Gornick
probes how this integration has changed the profile of the consulting
firms and added value to the services they provide corporate customers.This free
download has expired. Click here to read the executive summary for this article and the opportunity
to purchase the article for direct download.
DMI
Seminar Update
Managing
Innovation and Change
August 7-8, Boston, USA
Taught by Alison Rieple, Professor of Strategic Management and Director
of Research, University of Westminster—Harrow Business School
This seminar
will help participants improve the capability for innovation through examining
known pitfalls and problems, while developing tools for assessing the
potential for change for both themselves and their organizations.
More
information
Strategies
for Designing Meaningful Brand Experiences
September 7-8, New York City, USA
Taught by Dave Norton, Principal, Lead Strategist, Stone Mantel
This seminar is for anyone interested in how to turn consumer experiences
into meaningful, brand-building value opportunities.
More
information
The
Post-Industrial Economy: Design for Sustainability & Profit
A
Design Leadership Series Online Seminar
With
Gianfranco Zaccai, President & CEO, Design Continuum
Sponsored
by Microsoft
Tuesday, September 12, 1:00pm EST
We
are well into a post-industrial age and it is becoming ever clearer that
sustainability is not only a moral imperative, but good business. In the
future, truly inspiring design will be that which provides users and consumers
with greater experiences, while taking away unnecessary material and complex
information.
More
information
New
DMI Online Calendar
The DMI website now has a new calendar that lists both DMI events and other important international design-related
events. Bookmark this page and visit it regularly!
2007
ReBrand 100 Global Awards Competition
Now
accepting entries: August 1 - September 26
Info: www.rebrand.com
7th
Brazilian Conference on Design
August 9-11, Curitiba, Brazil
Info: www.design.ufpr.br/nucleo
New
Directions in Exhibition and Environment Design: Leaving The Comfort Zone
August 10-12, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Info: www.segd.org
Microsoft/IDSA
Next-Gen Design Competition
Deadline for entries: August 15
Info: www.nextgendesigncomp.com
2006
Summer Semi Annual Design Contest : The American Design Awards
Deadline for entries: August 15
Info: www.americandesignawards.com
5th Conference of International Committee of Design History and Studies
ICDHS
August 23-25, University of Art & Design, Helsinki,
Finland
Info: http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting
Designing
with Renewable Energy Conference
September 12, London, UK
Info: www.ajplus.co.uk/conferences
ThinkAbout
'06
September 13-14, Baltimore, USA
Info: www.strategichorizons.com/thinkabout
International
Design Conference, Shanghai Design Biennial 2006
September 14-16, Shanghai, China
Thomas Lockwood, PhD, DMI President, will be a featured speaker at this
event.
Info: sdb.sstec.com.cn/_en/index.htm
iF
concept award product 2007, iF International Forum Design Gmbh
Deadline: September 15th,
Hannover, Germany
Info: www.ifdesign.de
IDSA 2006 National Conference and Education Symposium
September 17-20, Austin, Texas, USA
Info: www.idsa.org
Icograda Colloquium on Virtual Design Archives
September 21 - 22, Pretoria, South Africa
Info: www.icograda.org
2006
World Industrial Design Fair
September 23-25, Ningbo, China
Info: www.widfair.com
Entering
the Evacuated Field: Inspiring Strategies and Businesses
September 29, Zollverein School of Management & Design,
Essen, Germany
Info: www.zollverein-school.de
BIO20 - 20th Biennial of Industrial Design
October 5-November 5, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Info: www.icsid.org
NeoCon
East: Inspiring Solutions for the Design and Management of the Built Environment
October 11-12, Baltimore, USA
Info: www.merchandisemart.com/neoconeast
CONNECTING
07 World Design Congress - Connecting to People and to Ideas
October 17-21, San Francisco, USA
Info: www.idsa.org
The
2nd International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto 2006
October 22-26, Kyoto, Japan
Info: www.ud2006.net
Gain:
AIGA Business and Design Conference
October 26–28, New York City, USA
Info: gainconference2006.aiga.org
2006
Design Research Society International Conference
October 31, Lisbon, Portugal
Info: www.iade.pt/drs2006
Guangzhou
Design Week 2006
November 22-December 2, Guangzhou, China
Info: www.gzdesignweek.com
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