Design innovation - new thesis (blogowner´s own work)

New and creative design comes about through close collaboration between dedicated industrial designers and key personnel in companies.

 Excerpts from my dissertation information (edited by Audun Farbrot based on author´s input):

 In search of industrial design – hidden treasures

 In her PhD study Jevnaker examined how creative design can be developed through long-term collaboration between enterprising company employees and external specialists in industrial design. Among other things, she followed design development processes at previous furniture manufacturers Håg and Stokke, the reverse vending solutions company Tomra, and Hamax, a manufacturer of child seats for bicycles, snow sledges, and ski products.

Jevnaker interviewed 54 managers, developers and marketing professionals from five industrial export companies and three service companies. She also interviewed several experienced, specialist designers from leading design firms in Norway and abroad. About 100 people in total were interviewed.

"We find a hidden treasure of models, know-how and modes of collaboration in the close cooperation between companies, industrial designers and design agencies. Long-lasting cooperation like this can create iterative innovations," says Jevnaker.

REFERENCE: Birgit Helene Jevnaker (2012): Vestiges of design-creation: an inquiry into the advent of designer and enterprise relations. Series of Dissertation 6/2012. BI Norwegian Business School.

 Exerpts from the article published in the online news service ScienceNordic on May 21, 2012. See more here: http://www.bi.edu/research/News/news-2012/forces-that-enable-creative-design/

How we become ourselves - Rebekka Karijord

Listen to Rebekka Karijord http://youtu.be/HLgP8zfCPE0 Credit: Rebekka Karijord and YouTube "Usually music comes first, easily, and then the lyrics take months. But most of the ideas come from my diaries and notebooks I always carry with me." Source and see full interview here: http://www.mudkiss.com/rebekkakarijord.htm