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I’m holding a physical copy of most the inspiring, wonderfully visual and tactile business book ever written and produced. Because this self-published book was designed, not so much edited, the end result is both visual spectacular and readily understandable. Business Model Generation, by Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, and designed by Toronto’s own Alan Smith . . . → Read More: The exquisite artfulness of new business design Boston.com reports on the end of books, as we know them, at least for this Boston area prep school. Cushing Academy has all the hallmarks of a New England prep school, with one exception. This year, after having amassed a collection of more than 20,000 books, officials at the pristine campus about 90 minutes west . . . → Read More: 21st Century Book Burning What is “the book” becoming? Will we see the eBook becoming a better delivery of the “reader’s experience?” Or will the printed, bound book continue to deliver a superior interface? In what situations will an eBook outperform the print book? What features will enable the eBook reader to finally excel in supporting a human reader . . . → Read More: Evolution of the Reader Experience (Part II) How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write Required reading – Steven Johnson believes eBooks are at a significant tipping point and a widely innovative range of uses will proceed. This is based largely on the Google hegemony of access, visibility, and social interactions around the book. It also sounds a bit . . . → Read More: eBook Revolution or More Evolution? |
What is happening right now that brought you here today? Design Dialogues exchanges points of view on design-led innovation, social research, and systemic design. One viewpoint is that my ideas may be evolving, and not final. I do invite you to share your ideas and responses. @redesign is always a good start. What's the innovation of reality? Our economic and social institutions have hit peak governance. This means (roughly), all decisions from 2008 on will cost twice as much to employ. Yet our systems have defended themselves well from structural innovation, while they continue to demand (micro) "innovation" to sustain their grasp. Societal systems have grown beyond their capacity to transform by management. Yet they are largely designed to disarm bottom-up change. Collaboration alone is insufficient - We truly need new cultures of co-innovation, collectively deciding, and socially organizing. A community of practice meets for dialogues in person every 2nd Wednesday in Toronto: Art, science, and design are different ways of knowing. In the arenas of action (business, community, and social co-creation) they regenerate each other. All ways of knowing are invited to the dance of change, if we are to interfere & reinvent our values and systems to open these possibilities. Your participation is requested, and required. |
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