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"Studies have shown that design-oriented firms in all kinds of industries have outperformed their more-traditional peers—that design and innovation go hand-in-hand with financial success."—Design CouncilAt highly driven design companies they have a differentiation strategy where design is at their core. Those kinds of companies are market leaders’ through design innovation. This is reflected in the non-technological innovations that are first-to-market in opposition to so-called me-to innovations where design innovations are copied by followers.—adapted from Kootstra, 2009In these two quotes, you will find the answer. I would like to develop my own company, already a strategic design consultancy, Vizuarna into a design innovations company. That is non-technological innovations. And in that manner, I have an idea of how to help other companies/organizations/students in their reporting efforts. More to follow. Stay tuned. :)Sources:Duarte, Nancy. 2008. slide:0logy. The...

08 February, 2011 /

This post was part of my presentation competing at the WBPC10.What is the corporate identity audit? Why is it important?Corporate design is the most visible part of corporate identity. And the corporate design is by definition an instrument for transformation and, at the same time, a guarantee of continuing corporate recognition. To follow that definition, when developing a corporate identity we have to conduct a proper corporate identity audit.Corporate identity audit steps:step 1: select the audit team,step 2: assess the key elements in the corporate identity,step 3: determine who should be interviewed,step 4: conduct audit interviews,step 5: audit corporate identity factors,step 6: summarize salient points,step 7: determine the options for change,step 8: present the audit results, andstep 9: use the audit data to improve the corporate identity.Corporate identity audit is necessary because there are three...

29 October, 2010 /

From the October 07, 2010, 11:59 Pacific Time to the November 08, 2010, 09:59 Pacific time the presentation that was made from this blog's masters thesis is competing at the World's best World's best presentation contest '10 by SlideShare. Here is the link to the presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/vizuarna/m-savic-mbathesisv2-5417630I would like to invite you to view the presentation below or at the given link. If you like it, please vote for me.And please vote below the presentation at the SlideShare site by clicking on the "thumbs up" icon. You will be asked to register with SlideShare (or log in if you are a member already), so few clicks will be necessary. I really appreciate your efforts.[slideshare id=5417630&doc=msavic-mba-thesis-v2-101011174452-phpapp01]...

13 October, 2010 /

So, this blog is heading in new directions.I have been awarded a certificate (until the issue of the original degree is handed over) that says my new title (because I've already finished one MA) is:Master of Science in Business Administration.I completed the master's degree program on September 14, 2010. The thesis started also with this blog, and the first post: The structure of the thesis was written on January 25, 2008....

04 October, 2010 /

The masters thesis of this blog—titled Corporate Design Strategy and Branding: the role of Design Management in developing the Corporate Identity—was presented at the Faculty of Economics on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 11:00 CET in the small conference room P-201....

19 September, 2010 /

Design thinking is knowing without reasoning and as such is the most disruptive and unsystematic form of thinking. By definition, design thinking is the productive combination of analytical thinking and intuitive thinking. But design thinking will be effective in your company only if strategic planning is successfully connected with execution of products, services, and communications. ...

13 August, 2010 /

In design we are able to name almost 40 career profiles. Human resource expert and author, Roz Goldfarb, explains that not necessarily all of these profiles are from design schools, but they definitely have an important role to play in the design process....

06 March, 2010 /