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In 2008 Intel launched the first commercial server chip wholly developed in its Bangalore design centre. Tesco, Google and Microsoft are designing and developing products in Bangalore too.

Watch a video of civil engineer, designer and senior lecturer at Lund University, School of industrial Design Olof Kolte speaking at TEDxGöteberg, held last year in Sweden.

As we enter a new decade, Adrian Shaughnessy thinks clients should give designers more creative freedom

It might sound simple, but taking a step back can help executives look at a problem in an entirely new light.

We still don't think enough about securing our technology, says regular BBC commentator Bill Thompson. The sort of systems thinking that would make data security an essential part of the design process is still rare enough to be remarkable.

Alice Rawsthorn looks back over a decade in the world of sustainable design, charting the highs and lows of the past ten years.

Don Norman - a rare intellect and a major godfather of Design - has launched a provocative broadside against design, insisting it is science and technology that drive innovation, not design's focus on the wants and needs of people.

As negotiators gather in Copenhagen to mull the future of the planet, a Danish design school is mounting the argument that, as it relates to reducing the environmental impact of consumption, function follows form.

The Aspen Design Summit brought together 60 top executives to apply design thinking to large social problems.

Bruce Nussbaum provides a transcript the speech he gave at the Design Korea conference 2009.

Designers think they can teach MBAs and philanthropists a thing or two.

An economic downturn corresponds with an innovation upturn. Change means winners and losers. Are you going to sit at the dinner or be the duck which is served? It all depends on your attitude to change.

In fact, for readers interested in the processes of translating innovations from concepts, to product ,to market, Roger L. Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, argues that the key to success is design thinking.

Design is an approach to finding a solution. It’s a philosophy, not an aesthetic outcome, and can be put to good use in all sorts of businesses.

Graduates of interdisciplinary design programs are putting their skills to work as innovation consultants, researchers, and corporate strategists. Here are 21 design thinkers out to change the world.

Economics grab all the headlines but beauty is just as important, and even has serious financial ramifications.

We use too much guesswork to evaluate the success of design. Here's a framework by which design value and performance can be measured.

The Conservative Party has appointed Sir James Dyson, the entrepreneur and vacuum cleaner tycoon, to lead a task force aimed at making the UK into Europe's leading exporter of hi-tech products.

Can governments help revive innovation and trade?

Seoul's Chief Design Officer, Kyung-won Chung, talks about his "Designomics" strategy for the city and South Korea.

At GE, P&G, and other companies, a design perspective is a problem-solving apparatus that can be applied companywide.

Design thinking brings creative techniques to business. The only problem? No one can agree on how to teach its methods.

Beijing wants to produce a new wave of designers who can help China move beyond a manufacturing economy.

How best to educate the design thinkers and innovators of the future? BusinessWeek's list features promising programs from design and business schools from around the world.

Although we've made great strides in sustainability the majority of products, buildings, and infrastructure designed today still consume excessive energy. Why can't the design community find a solution to these problems?