Danish Centre for Design Research DCDR

Background, effort and results of the DCDR has been documented and published in the academic journal Design Issues this Autumn: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/DESI_a_00350 #.VhTftWSyOko

Great little story about design

Great Design as Improv: Just Get Out of the Way Sometimes, the best result comes from simply letting it happen. In the case of design, it's about stepping back and helping others articulate their needs, rather than telling them what they need. T...

Tak til alle, der deltog i Center for Designforsknings reception i onsdags.

Tak for alle talerne, de pæne ord om centrets indsats og resultater og glæd jer så lige til læse det sidste Mind Design - nummer 54 - der udkommer i næste uge.

Læs den nye udgave af netmagasinet Mind Design: http://www.dcdr.dk/dk/menu/aktuelt/netmagasin

Mind Design #53, 2012 Finsk designforskning styrker erhverv og samfund, nye redskaber giver bedre rum til læring, Skrifttypen er et budskab

Centret er omtalt i denne artikel, sammen med DDC og Danish Innovation Centers - om design og designforskning og innovation gennem samarbejde

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soren-petersen/optimizing-design-design-_b_1966341.html

Optimizing Design, Design Research and Innovation Through Collaboration The climate for business is changing rather quickly, so focusing exclusively on competition and ROE would seem to be a losing proposition, while collaboration and innovation continues to be the way forward.

Henning Larsen skal tegne nyt forskningscenter i Stuttgart. Tidligere på året vandt firmaet også konkurrencen om at bygge nyt globalt hovedkvarter for Siemens.

Bustler: Henning Larsen Architects to Design Research Building in Stuttgart, Germany Bustler is all about architecture and architecture-related competitions.

Applying open innovation and building a unique business ecosystem that will facilitate it, can provide a competitive advantage that even larger firms will have difficulty matching.

Open Innovation -- A Competitive Advantage for Design & Design Research

The Danish newspaper Politiken brings a story today about the possibility that the DCDR might close at the end of this year and its funding be transferred to the three Danish design schools. This is up to the ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. We hope it will be prevented.

The story is posted on our homepage with a short commentary (in Danish).

Dansk designforskning truet af fragmentering Der er risiko for, at der sker en fragmentering af designforskningsmiljøet og ikke mindst formidlingen, idet det er mest nærliggende for skolerne at fokusere på deres egen forskning frem for at fremme dansk designforskning. De tre skoler kan ikke hver for sig videreføre det koordinerende arbejde, ce...

Microsoft er nyskabende, modige og konsekvente - er Windows det nye sort?

Windows 8: The Boldest, Biggest Redesign In Microsoft’s History A pair of leggy, lipsticked models stop short outside a casting call at Milk Studios, a cavernous space in Hollywood known for art shows and photo shoots. They edge forward in 4-inch heels, intrigued by the sidewalk scene: a snaking line of balding reporters and backpacked bloggers sweating in the J...

Videnskabscafe nu på onsdag i Designmuseum Danmarks cafe: 'Hvad er mode, og hvad gør den ved os?' Det er gratis at deltage!

Videnskabscafe: Hvad er mode, og hvad gør den ved os?

Our IT/communications guy, Jeppe, went to New York and shot a few photos of The Big Apple