Winners! How today's successful companies innovate by design
By: Thackara, John
Publisher: Gower, 1997001: 6872ISBN: 0566079542Subject(s): Industrial designDDC classification: 745.2094 THA
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 745.2049 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 046147 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Innovation is essential for survival, but it can also hold the key to fantastic success. If innovation is important to you, this book will inspire you by showing you how others have innovated their way to success. Winners! features:* a look at the main trends in today's European marketplace* 49 company case studies, in 32 sectors from 15 countries* 55 checklists and charts about trends, ratios and statistics* 162 books, websites and periodicals selected for your library* 74 national and overall winners of the European Design Prize* black and white photographs throughout
Published as part of the European Design Prize 1997, which is an initiative of the Innovation Programme of the European Union
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- How to be different - reinvent the wheel
- Customisation: mass production in lots of one
- Urban equipment - tools for competing cities
- The human factor - usability and safety
- Working with wetware - technology and the body
- Things that think - microchips and smart materials
- Ecological limits - a business opportunity
- One-to-one - the internet and business connectivity
- How they do it: ways winners use design to innovate
- Where to go next
- The European design prize
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