More food for thought

Two new books to fuel my knowledge have just arrived through the mail.

DesignThinking has been on my to-read-list for quite a while now. The book probably has overlap with some books that fill my bookshelves, but I expect it to be of added value nontheless. It is written by Thomas Lockwood, president of Design Managemnet Institute (DMI), and it discusses how design, as a process and as an output, has greater opportunity to add value to the bottom line than any other business function and that design processes, principles, and solutions can be used to solve any problem.
Of course I am not going to argue with that! I hope the book goes beyond the obvious case studies...

This is Service Design Thinking
Service design a fairly new territory among the many design fields. It has sparked my interest from the start, but it also (up till now) did not make a clean descripton of it actual does. Hopefully this book helps me to get a better understanding of what service design could do for businesses and society.

from amazon:
This is Service Design Thinking outlines a contemporary approach for service innovation. Service design and design thinking are lately evolving into buzz words for management and business consulting. This is Service Design Thinking strives to unveil the practical meaning behind these terms in everyday use. The book introduces this new way of thinking to beginners but also serves as a reference for professionals.


Only thing I need to do now is find the time to actually read these books!



Special thanks to Fontanel for 'borrowing' the image above


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