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September 2008 eBulletin

This year's annual conference fuses change with 33 years of tradition. The conference is building beforehand with a social networking website, and now moves toward an exciting event that will mix traditional presentations, innovative workshops, networking, and more. Join us at the scenic Cliff House Resort & Spa to remix new ways, new tools, new influences with traditional approaches for design and business. We promise to immerse you in a powerful blend of ideas that will transform your career and enterprise.

New @ REMIX:

• REMIX Workshop Series: DMI’s Remix workshop series will tackle issues of importance from both a business and social perspective. Over the course of two days, we’ll split into groups with the guidance of conference speakers and additional experts, and then regroup to present the outcome. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, interact, learn, produce results, and have fun! Workshop leaders include Marcia Lausen and Susan Verba of Studio/Lab, Eli Singer, Andrew Baron of Rocketboom.com, and Lauralee Alben, Principal, Alben LLC.
• Lauralee Alben, Principal, Alben LLC, will be presenting this year's Muriel Cooper Award to a recipient to be announced at the conference. Lauralee was the first Cooper Award winner in 1997.
• DMI President Emeritus Earl Powell will be receiving the DMI Life Fellow Award at the conference. He will also be attending the complete conference, providing a bridge from the past of DMI to the future.

Featured @ REMIX:

• Marty Neumeier, President, Neutron, LLC
• Carol Coletta, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities
• Eli Singer, Social Media Whiz
• Edgar Papke, Founder, Living Change, Inc.
• Megan van Krieken, Director of Global Content Management, eBay
• Marcia Lausen, Principal, Studio/lab, & Director, School of Art and Design, UIC
• Susan Verba, Principal, Studio/lab
• Michael Laude, IDSA, Director of Design, Bose Corporation
• Oliver King, Co-founder and Director, Engine (UK)
• Chris Landry, Senior Executive Director, WW Design & Experience, Cisco Linksys
• Jason Salavon, Jason Salavon Studio
• Jonathan Knowles, CEO and Founder, Type 2 Consulting
• Vijay Kumar, Professor, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Andrew Baron, Producer & Founder, Rocketboom.com
• Lauralee Alben, Principal, Alben Design LLC, DMI Muriel Cooper Fellow
  
• Scott Lerman, CEO, Lucid Brands, and Jeannette Hanna, VP, Cundari SFP; Conference co-chairs
• Will Ayres, Infinia Group; conference artist
  
• Optional Post-Conference Seminar:
  Got Happy Customers? Why Not?
  Dave Norton, PhD, Principal, Lead Strategist, Stone Mantel

Lead Conference Sponsors

Supporting Conference Sponsors

Will Ayres

Design Leadership Series Webinar
Sponsored by Microsoft
Delightful Product Experiences—The Design Imperative at Microsoft
Wednesday, September 18, 1pm EDT (Online)
Steve Kaneko, FIDSA, Partner UX Director, Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft

	Steve Kaneko

Learn from Steve’s 17-year journey at the world’s most prolific software company, and why he believes Microsoft will continue to change the world through both technology and experience innovation. Steve will use recent product initiatives like Zune, Xbox, and the Windows Vista PC to illustrate how the culture of product development and design has evolved to respond to new business challenges.

Topics covered in this webinar:

• Embracing cultural design tendencies
• Microsoft’s evolution from technology, to product, to experience
• Alignment frameworks for creative strategy and focus
• Partnering examples to complete the end-to-end experience

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Save the Date: Design/Management Europe 13
March 25-27, 2009
Milan, Italy
Marriott Milan

For the last few years, attendees of DMI's popular Design/Management Europe conference have rated Milan, Italy among the most desirable cities for a future conference. We've listened to your requests, and are pleased to announce that the 13th European conference will be held in Milan on March 25-27, 2009, marking the conference's first visit to Italy.

The 2008 conference was DMI's most successful European conference ever, with over 180 attendees from more than two dozen countries experiencing a full week of design management amid the splendors of Paris. Milan is also one of the cultural, economic, fashion, and design capitals of the world, making it a fitting successor to Paris. Look for updates in future issues of the eBulletin and www.dmi.org.

DMI Review Articles Featured on BusinessWeek.com

In a continuing sign of the growing recognition of design as a key element of business strategy, DMI is pleased to announce a new agreement with BusinessWeek to bring Design Management Review articles to a general business audience. Selected articles from the Review will be republished on the Innovation section of Businessweek.com. The first article is Designing the Future of Business by Marty Neumeier, which was first published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Review under the title, "The Designful Company." Marty will be one of the featured speakers at Remix, the 33rd Annual Design Management Conference. Look for future DMI Review articles to be featured on Businessweek.com on a regular basis.

Upcoming DMI Seminars

Learning to Lead: A Guide to Nurturing Our Innate Leadership Skills
Maureen Thurston, Design Leverage Consultant, Second Road, Pty. Ltd.
September 8-9, 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
"Provided a good structure and tools to help me work towards a self-definition of leadership."
—Roger Quinlan, Manager, Design R&D, Crown Equipment

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Creating Meaningful Brand Experiences and Producing Customer Happiness
Dave Norton, PhD, Principal, Lead Strategist, Stone Mantel
September 17-18, 2008, Boston, USA
"Dave Norton was an absolutely fantastic lecturer."
—Erin Heath, Information Resource Manager, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates

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Strategies that Transform Brands
Scott Lerman, Founding Partner, Lucid Brands
October 2-3, 2008, New York City, USA
"It was a great seminar and fit my current business needs. It clearly defined what we’re doing right and what we can improve upon."
—Lori Massey, Creative Director, Fossil

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Sustainable Design
Adam Richardson, Director of Product Strategy, frog design, inc.
Sara Todd, Senior Design Analyst, frog design, inc.
October 16-17, 2008, Denver, USA
You will receive an intensive introduction to sustainable design, learn core concepts illustrated through case studies, and bring these concepts back home to your own situation through hands-on exercises.

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DMI Review Download of the Month
Inventing Brands: Opportunities at the Nexus of Semiotics and Intellectual Property
By James G. Conley, Northwestern University; J. Duncan Berry, PhD, Applied Iconology, Inc.; Laura DeWitt, laga; Mark Dziersk, laga
From the Design Management Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2008

Organizations seek brands that yield sustainable differentiation as they resonate with consumers and stakeholders. The team of James Conley, Duncan Berry, Laura DeWitt, and Mark Dziersk examine how a clear understanding of the messages and power inherent in the visual dimension of a brand can be linked with patents, copyrights, and other unique content to extend the range and competitiveness of offerings in the marketplace.
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