Chip Kidd talks about Book Cover Design

How do you design a cover for a book? I’ve confronted this challenge a number of times with my dozen books. The obvious thought and the default for many books (you only have to look at your own library of books) is to simply put the title in big bold letters on the cover, add […]

Design Thinking Super Links

Design Thinking Super Links After putting out a bucket load of thinking around Design Thinking, I’ve had several requests to put all the links in one place… like a super links page. So here goes… The Book and Author The Book: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business http://www.amazon.com/Design-Business-Thinking-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1422177807 The Author: Roger Martin’s Website: http://rogerlmartin.com/ The […]

Design Thinking Organizational Audit

Design Thinking Organizational Audit Are you ready for the future? To find out if your organization has the right balance of Design Thinking rate yourself with these nine questions. Colour in the circle of the response that best fits your view of your organization. This Design Thinking Audit was presented at the Ideas Lunch. It’s […]

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, The movie!

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, The movie!Here it is… our Twit Rapper video/slideshow summary of Book Rapper‘s Design Advantage and all derived from Roger Martin’s The Design of Business. This is our first Twit Rapper video. Love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve it for future issues.

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, Part 2

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, Part 2 Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets… Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A. Read all 26! Here’s the second half and remaining 13 tweets from Book Rapper’s Design Advantage. 1N: Opportunity 1: Your business solves a problem. Change the way you solve this problem. 1O: […]

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets… Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A. Read all 26! Here’s the first half or 13 tweets from Book Rapper’s Design Advantage. 1A: Design Advantage: The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value. Derived from Roger Martin, The Design of Business. 1B: Speed […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 17

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 17 Get the full Book Rapper issue: Design AdvantageTop Seven Design Thinking Books PROFIT : Want to fill your brain with even MORE design thinking? Here’s the books I’ve bought recently on Design Thinking. Disclaimer: I’ve only fully read Roger Martin’s The Design of Business so […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 16

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 16Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business Companion Pieces PROFIT : Want to fill your brain with more great ideas? The obvious thing to do is buy a copy Roger Martin’s book and read that – We only select 12 books a year so you […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 15

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 15Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business Action Plan : Designing Your Future PROFIT : Superficial Design makes no difference. It’s adornment, decoration and cosmetic. It’s like reading a book and doing nothing with it. Significant Design changes the world. It’s like reading a book, […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 14

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 14Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business Book Rapper Context : For Future Sake!Our fearless leaders have proven not to be so fearless. Their recent efforts in Copenhagen to create a compelling future for the planet came up stunningly short. Hope was offered and then […]