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DMI
Seeks New President
As of January
1, 2006, Earl Powell will become President Emeritus. He plans to
continue at DMI part time until the end of 2007. This change will
give Earl Powell the time to do more writing, research, and advising.
The DMI Board of Directors has launched a search for a new president
and is asking you to help in identifying candidates. Information
on the position and how to apply are at:
www.dmi.org/president
30th
International Design Management Conference Speakers Announced
Building Value Strategies by Design
October 23-26, Chatham, Cape
Cod, Mass., USA
Come join DMI
at its milestone conference to celebrate thirty years of building
design leadership in organizations worldwide. This year’s
conference will map out the new management paradigm needed to understand
today’s and tomorrow’s customer needs and wants and
examine what role design leadership will play in this new management
process. More
Information
Featured presentations
include:
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How
Strategic Innovation Added Value and Enhanced the Motorola
Brand
Jim
Wicks
VP and Director, Consumer Experience Design, Motorola, Inc. |
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Authenticity:
The New Consumer Sensibility
Joe
Pine
Co-Founder, Strategic Horizons LLP |
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Meeting
the Challenges of Adding Value to Microsoft’s Xbox 360
Platform
Jonathan
Hayes
Design Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Michael Jager
Creative Director, Jager Di Paola Kemp Design |
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entire speaker list and conference program
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Viewpoints
Branding – Deep in the Russian Federation
By Tim
Robertson, Principal, Robertson+Partners |
This project
gave me real insight into the emerging economy of Russia. The city
I visited is Russia’s third largest, yet no one in the West
had ever heard of it. Imagine telling people you went to Chicago
and they wondered where it was? Because of Nizhny’s location
(four hours east of Moscow by car) it had escaped the world wars
unscathed, and had been a major producer and supplier of armaments
and food supplies during WWII. Today it has a huge student population,
new shopping centers and cinemas are being built, and the real estate
market has been very active in the historic downtown area. The police
might still be a bit paranoid though... the “new” KGB
kept my passport and visa for three days.
Read
complete article
DMI
Review Download of the Month
Building Leadership Brands by Design
By
Jerry
Kathman, President & Chief Executive Officer, LPK
From the Design Management Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring 2005
Distilling
30 years of experience, Jerry Kathman articulates four timeless
principles companies can embrace to establish powerful and enduring
brands. Richly amplified with examples, these tenets speak to the
content and characteristics of effective brands, the ways in which
they are communicated and nurtured, design issues, the necessity
to innovate, and the types of relationships compelling brands have
with 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.
July
and August DMI Seminars Build Management Expertise
During the
summer months of July and August, DMI seminars will tackle the management
issues of unlocking innovation and creativity within organizations,
incorporating design thinking into business management processes,
and effectively managing creative staff.
Managing Strategic Creativity and Innovation
July 11-12, 2005, London, UK
August 11-12, 2005, Boston, USA
This seminar will help participants improve the capability for innovation
within their companies by examining known pitfalls and problems,
while developing tools for maximizing the creative potential for
both themselves and their teams.
Complete
seminar information
Integrating
Design into Strategic Management Processes
July 21-22, 2005, New York, USA
This seminar will introduce design professionals to strategic management
processes and explain how to integrate design thinking, processes,
and strategies into the formulation and implementation of business
strategies.
Complete
seminar information
Managing
Creative Staff
July 28-29, 2005, Chicago, USA
This seminar will tackle many of the issues of managing creative
staff and provide you the tools to motivate designers, provide useful
feedback, properly develop employees, and help employees understand
the company’s culture.
Complete
seminar information
Call
For Papers, Special Issue of the Journal of Product Innovation Management:
“Branding and New Product Development”
Deadline: August
31, 2005. Info: Prof. Erik Jan Hultink, Delft University of Technology,
tel.: +31-15-2783068, e.j.hultink@io.tudelft.nl
Second Annual Symposium—New Directions in Exhibition
Design: The Design Process
Presented by
SEGD, August 11-13, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Info: www.segd.org
IDSA National Conference & Design Gallery
August 24-27,
2005, Washington, D.C., USA
Info: www.idsa.org
Call
for Entries: Color Management for Logos
Deadline: August
30, 2005
Info: jdrew@fullerton.edu
AIGA Design Conference 2005
September 15-18,
2005, Boston, USA
Info: www.aiga.org
Era 05: World Design Congress—Icograda/ICSID/IFI Joint
Congress
September 22-28,
2005, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Malmo, Oslo
Info: www.era05.com
2006 ReBrand 100 Awards Competition
Entry Deadline:
September 28, 2005
Info: www.rebrand.com
Mind Your Own Business Conference—Presented by How
Magazine
October 6-9,
2005, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Info: www.myobconference.com
DesigNation5:
ZOOM! DesigNation Conference 2005 "Zooming" Atlanta
Presented by
the Organization of Black Designers, October 6-9, 2005, Atlanta,
USA
Info: OBDesign@aol.com
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