This year, between June 2014 and May 2015, Portugal is celebrating The Year of Portuguese Design. As a Government’s initiative… Read more The Year of Portuguese Design
Author: barbarasousa
👩🏻💻💞 Designer. Community Manager.
🇵🇹🇩🇪 Portuguese Berliner.
📝📲 Conference Junkie. APP freak.
DMY 2014 International Design Festival Berlin
This was my second time at the DMY Berlin and my expectations were a bit too high. With the same incredible venue… Read more DMY 2014 International Design Festival Berlin
Tutoring Design Management
With an invitation from ESAD Matosinhos, I have been tutoring two master’s dissertations on design management: one relating it to… Read more Tutoring Design Management
Start-Up Jam Berlin
And they rocked once again! ^_^ With Start-Uppers and Start-Up Teams in mind, Service Design Berlin organized a 1-Day Accelerator Program called Start-Up Jam Berlin on… Read more Start-Up Jam Berlin
NEXT Service Design 2013
Thanks to Service Design Berlin and who voted for me, I won a ticket to NEXT Service Design 2013! This is… Read more NEXT Service Design 2013
Service Experience Camp
True to their innovative attitude, Service Design Berlin organized a hybrid event for service innovators called Service Experience Camp on the weekend of 14 –… Read more Service Experience Camp
About the business of design
“Business people don’t just need to understand designers better; they need to become designers.” — Martin, R. (2005) The Business of Design. Fast Company magazine, issue… Read more About the business of design
DMI Web Conversations
The Design Management Institute (DMI) is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to heighten awareness of design as an essential… Read more DMI Web Conversations
About design
“Design is to design a design to produce a design.” — Heskett, J. (2005) Design: a very short introduction. USA, Oxford University Press
Barcelona Field Trip
June ended in the most inspiring way. With a very special thanks to Daniela Marzavan, I had the opportunity to join… Read more Barcelona Field Trip
Adobe Creative Days
Adobe Creative Days is an event to discover what’s coming next from Adobe. The tour covered 14 different venues and, though… Read more Adobe Creative Days
DMY 2013 International Design Festival Berlin
DMY Berlin is an international design network for contemporary product design. Founded in 2003, it is clear that it has now… Read more DMY 2013 International Design Festival Berlin
Creative Mornings
CreativeMornings is a free, monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Tina Roth Eisenberg started CreativeMornings, in her design studio, back in… Read more Creative Mornings
João Branco
Professor at the Universidade de Aveiro since 1998, founded and coordinated Comunicarte, a magazine of the Department of Communication and Art and, together… Read more João Branco
Design thinking is dead?
“Many in the design community appear to be ready to call game over on Design Thinking. Whether you believe a certificate… Read more Design thinking is dead?
About design management
“Design management is about the management of design.” — Best, K. (2006) Design management: managing design strategy, process and implementation. Lausanne: Ava Publishing… Read more About design management
Service Design Drinks
From time to time, Service Design Berlin organizes an event called Service Design Drinks, which acts as a meet-up for Berlin’s service… Read more Service Design Drinks
Rachel Cooper
Having been the first woman to obtain a doctorate in design and having dedicated herself to design research for over… Read more Rachel Cooper
About silent-design
“Design is too important to be left to designers alone.” — Dumas, A. (1996) From Icon to Beacon: The New British Design… Read more About silent-design
What is design management?
At first glance, one can assume that design management focuses on teaching managers how to design or rather teaching designers… Read more What is design management?
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