Emotion deep dive for designers: Seven propositions that operationalize emotions in design innovation

This paper presents a five-day intense course that teaches “emotion-driven design”<br/>(EDD) to graduate students with a broad variety of disciplinary backgrounds at the<br/>Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. We introduce seven principles<br/>drawn from design-relevant emotion knowledge that informed the design of the<br/>course’s...

Overcoming the Valley of Death in a Service Organisation: Designing Innovation Implementation

Large and mature organisations, with their access to knowledge, capital and customers, are perfectly positioned to walk the road from invention to innovation; to turn promising breakthrough technologies and creative concepts into profitable and scalable business opportunities. However, these organisations rarely generate winds of creative...

Data science in design innovation: The integration of data science in design innovation at digital consulting firms

For organisations, the capability to exploit data for innovation efforts has already become imperative to their survival in an ever more competitive market. However, many organisations are currently still struggling with how, where and when to use data science for innovative purposes. The consulting industry is a significant driver for the...

A timber guardrail for highways made with hardwoods

A timber guardrail made of sustainable tropical hardwoods has been developed in the Netherlands. The guardrail is an environmentally friendly alternative for zinc-coated steel barriers. The guardrail is made of a combination of two durable hardwood species: angelim vermelho (Dinizia excelsa) from Brazil and azobé (Lophira alata) from Africa....

Three Narrative Techniques for Engagement and Action in Design-Led Innovation

The design-led innovation framework enables organizations to systematically develop the design capabilities they need to pursue their innovation objectives. When a design researcher works in tandem with organizational stakeholders to implement the framework, the dynamic they create is complex. This article relates our efforts to apply narratives...

Reconfiguring a New Normal: A Socio-Ecological Perspective for Design Innovation in Sensitive Settings

What can design do to address adverse life events like childhood cancer? Cancer is not just a health matter—it strains family relationships and profoundly disrupts the stability of everyday routines. In this article, we introduce a socio-ecological perspective that untangles the systemic complexity of the challenges families face when confronted...

Intermediaries in the ‘Design for Sustainability’ Field: Strategies for Developing Innovation Support Mechanisms in Turkey

Design for sustainability is a key approach for achieving sustainable development. This PhD study investigates innovation support for companies working on design for sustainability and intermediaries that provide innovation support. The study focuses on Turkey, where design for sustainability is not yet developed. It investigates the innovation...

∞ Infinity 236. Design for innovation in the corporate industry: The backend processes. Rethinking the Product-Service Development Process in the Automotive Industry to support long term Innovation: The processes behind the service of a service-enabling system

The thesis explores the field of Innovation and its role within Large Corporate Companies today. As such, this document develops a Design Innovation Process for the Service Design sector within in the Corporate Automotive Industry. The project was conducted with a co-creation collaboration approach, and User-centred Design methodology. As a...

Challenging the portfolio of powertrains perspective: Time to choose sides

In this viewpoint paper we challenge the portfolio perspective that envisions a future in which a wide variety of automotive powertrains and fuels will co-exist. We argue that this perspective is driven by normative ideas and rhetoric and that it is more likely that a very limited set of rather similar technologies will survive as successors to...

Design, process, and service innovations to achieve sustainability

Climate change has led to the global recognition of the need to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. In the UK increasingly demanding building regulations require contractors to use innovative products and processes in their construction processes in order to deliver the specified environmental sustainability performance levels. Cost...

Malacca-Max: The ultimate container carrier

Design innovation in container shipping