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There was a prediction of future design professionals, back in 2004, who will be:intelligent “makers”,active learners and communicators,active citizens, andsustainable entrepreneurs. These design professionals were to work in sustainable economies and corporate environments that are concerned with economic, social, and environmental issues (Cooper in Green et al., 2004).Source: Green D., Lee et al. 2004. Perspectives on designing design managers. Design Management Review: 15/2, p. 74-79....

05 April, 2010 /

Design ladder is a concept or better to say a method that Danish Design Center (DDC) developed to measure the level of design activity adopted by a company.It has four stages:+ no use of design;+ design as styling;+ design as a process, and+ design as strategy.Out of that DDC developed two special programs. One is the Designer ISO - a certification program for design companies and the other is in-service training in design management aiming primarily toward executives who are not designers by profession. In Denmark, they know that Design-Aware Executive is important.Source:Ulla Havgaard Ramlau and Christina Melander. 2004. In Denmark, Design Tops the Agenda. Design Management Review. 15/4....

05 March, 2010 /