Recommended reading

Innovation by Bettina von Stamm

There are not many books that combine the topics of innovation and design. Additional reading around the separate topics of innovation and design has therefore been provided.

Integrating design and innovation

The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley and Jonathan LittmanTom Kelley & Jonathan Littman, The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's strategies for defeating the devil's advocate and driving creativity throughout your organisation, Currency, 2005, ISBN: 0385512074

Design Management by Brigitte Borja de MozotaBrigitte Borja de Mozota, Design Management: using design to build brand value and corporate innovation, Allworth Press, 2003, ISBN 1581152833

Design in Business by Margaret Bruce and John R BessantMargaret Bruce and John R Bessant, Design in Business: Strategic innovation through design, FT Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0273643746

Art of Innovation by Tom KelleyTom Kelley, Art of Innovation: Success through innovation the IDEO way, Profile Business, 2002, ISBN 186197583X
Provides some useful insights into the legendary culture of design and innovation created by IDEO founders Tom and David Kelly and Bill Moggridge.

Managing Innovation by Bettina von StammBettina von Stamm, Managing Innovation, Design and Creativity, John Wiley and Sons, 2003, ISBN 0470847085
While written with an emphasis on innovation, the book offers some insights into design in the context of innovation.

 

From a new product development perspective

Product design by Mike BaxterMike Baxter, Product Design: A practical guide to systematic methods of new product development, Stanley Thornes, 1999, ISBN 0748741976


New Product Development by Tim JonesTim Jones, New Product Development: An introduction to a multifunctional process, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997, ISBN 0750624272
The book provides a cross-disciplinary approach to new product development - from the perspectives of research, design, engineering, marketing as well as management, purchasing, finance and personnel.


 

On innovation

Managing Innovation by Joe Tidd, John Bessant and Keith PavittJoe Tidd, John Bessant, and Keith Pavitt, Managing Innovation: Integrating technological, market and organisational change, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2001, ISBN 0471496154
A comprehensive overview of issues around innovation, slightly biased towards technology.

Strategic Innovation by Nancy Tennant Snyder and Deborah L DuarteNancy Tennant Snyder & Deborah L Duarte, Strategic Innovation: embedding innovation as a core competency in your organisation, Wiley, 2003, ISBN 0787964050

Innovation Wave by Bettina von StammBettina von Stamm, The Innovation Wave, meeting the corporate challenge, John Wiley & Sons, 2002

 

 

 

On design

Management of Design Alliances by Margaret Bruce and Birgit Helene JevnakerMargaret Bruce and Birgit Helene Jevnaker (eds), Management of Design Alliances: Sustaining competitive advantage, John Wiley and Sons, 1997, ISBN 0471974765
This book explains how to successfully manage design and creativity. It shows how to use design expertise effectively in all sizes of companies and illustrates how design can be a strategic resource when managed properly.

The Design Agenda by Rachel Cooper and Michael PressRachel Cooper and Michael Press, The Design Agenda: A guide to successful design management, John Wiley and Sons, 1995, ISBN 0471941069
A good introduction to design and its place in business.

The Design Experience by Rachel Cooper and Michael PressRachel Cooper and Michael Press, The Design Experience: The role of design and designers in the twenty-first century, Ashgate, 2003, ISBN 0566078910
In this book, Cooper and Press argue that self-definition is not a particularly strong point of the design community, indeed, what designers say often runs contrary to what they do.

 

Journals


NextD
www.nextd.org/front.html
NextD journalAn electronic journal dedicated to exploring issues around new thinking on design, and its role in and contribution to innovation. Contributions are based on interviews with experts in fields relevant to innovation and design. At the core of NextD is the belief that the traditional model of design leadership needs to be radically reinvented to better adapt to a radically changed marketplace. The ultimate goal of NextD is to help expand design's reach.

Business Week
Business week website
Business WeekThe American magazine Business Week focuses regularly on innovation and design. It has also launched a website featuring articles and tools. Some of it is subscription only but most content is open access.

Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com 
Fast JournalThis is a monthly journal with articles on and around innovation; its website is a useful resource for the journal's articles and information on latest trend and insights - though focusing on innovation rather than design, design features quite regularly in the articles.

 

Design Management Review, DMI Journal
DMI website
DMI JournalThese two journals published by DMI Publications are devoted to articles and case studies exploring how design - in products, communication, and environments - is an essential resource, a component of every organisation that can be effectively managed to make important contributions to the bottom line and to long-term success. 

 
R&D Management 
www.radma.org
R&D ManagementThe Journal of Research, Technology and Innovation Management is published by Blackwell Publishing and contains articles that address the interests of both practising managers and academic researchers in R&D and innovation management. Covering the full range of topics in research, development, design and innovation, and related strategic and human resource issues - from exploratory science to commercial exploitation - articles also examine social, economic and environmental implications. In addition, the journal publishes notes and comments, and reviews of new publications in the field.

 

Design Studies
Design Studies website
This is the International Journal for Design Research in Engineering, Architecture, Products and Systems, published jointly by Elsevier Science and the Design Research Society. Design Studies is the only journal to approach the understanding of design from comparisons across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural design and planning, computer artefacts and systems design. It therefore provides a unique forum for the development and discussion of fundamental aspects of design activity and experience, from cognition and methodology to values and philosophy. The journal reports new research and scholarships in principles, procedures and techniques relevant to the practice, management and pedagogy of design. 

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