Design Journeys through Complex Systems combines systemic design, leading thinking practices, and years of the combined authors’ experiences into a practitioner’s handbook for design thinking. By drawing upon the authors’ Systemic Design Toolkit, this book provides detailed knowledge of systems science, expanding upon essential systemic design texts in order to demonstrate the power of visual sensemaking.

No matter if you’re a design professional or have never come across design syste...

Design, Play, Change is a game and a book providing 36 design methods that will help shift the creative process of the users and help them work collaboratively to overcome problems they face.

This book is designed for those looking to enter into the world of design thinking, the easy-to-follow game format making this an accessible, light-hearted, yet powerful place to begin. Balancing a detailed knowledge of the field with design methods that bring out creative ways of thinking, the book is a...

The Impact Plan is a detailed decision-making framework that guides industry professionals and academics to quickly assess the future impact of their creative projects.

While formulated with designers in mind, the method elaborated within this book will help industry and academia professionals cycle through potential contexts and project influences in order to determine the impact these may have on both the individual and humanity. Moving through the fundamentals of decision-making and impact...

Aan de hand van 32 unieke voedsel-'çhallenges' verspreid over 22 hoofdstukken, word je op een speelse manier uitgedaagd om anders naar jouw eten te kijken.

Veel mensen denken dat eten alleen maar gaat over lekker koken, diëten of over duurzaamheid. Maar uiteindelijk komt het erop neer dat eten over jou gaat. Alleen jìj kan besluiten dat je die wilde aardbei plukt en in je mond stopt - en het daarmee eten maakt.

LICK IT is een gids. Een boek dat je mee op reis neemt om de magische en creati...

Surround yourself with green and make your home a happier place with the authors of the wildly successful How to Raise a Plant.

The world is busier than ever. One of the major challenges for brands is how to stand out of the competition: brands competing for market share, new brands that are being introduced, and indeed politicians fighting for attention in a crowded arena. What to make of all the brand content being thrust through the digital channels every day by those in search of a willing audience?

In the ocean of competing supply, it's easier to drown than to float to the surface. While warehouses and supermarke...

Deze editie in de bestselling Think Like a...-serie laat de wonderbaarlijke wereld van ingenieurs zien!

Deze bundel van kraakheldere inzichten laat zien waarom je nooit vliegende appels moet beloven, wat Gerrit Rietveld je kan leren over tegen de stroom ingaan, dat Donald Trump meer zegt dan je denkt, en hoe Netflix verder gaat dan bingewatchen. Dit boek is voor een ieder die verder kijkt dan zijn eigen neus lang is. Hoe lang precies, dat blijft in het midden.

Design Journeys through Complex Systems combines systemic design, leading thinking practices, and years of the combined authors’ experiences into a practitioner’s handbook for design thinking. By drawing upon the authors’ Systemic Design Toolkit, this book provides detailed knowledge of systems science, expanding upon essential systemic design texts in order to demonstrate the power of visual sensemaking.

No matter if you’re a design professional or have never come across design syste...

Dragon Tactics presents the culmination of 30 years of individual experience as leading figures in Chinese corporations, written by Aldo Spaanjaars and Sandrine Zerbib. Having occupied prestigious positions such as CEO of Adidas China and CEO of Lacoste China, Spaanjaars and Zerbib pool their extensive industry knowledge into an applicable, detailed practical guide for entrepreneurial minds.

By exploring direct insights from their experiences in Chinese work cultures, applicable business stra...

“Relation of Elements” explores the role of prepositions in architecture and design, a part of speech often overlooked when describing and designing architecture. The book demonstrates how language can shape our understanding of objects and spaces and allows you to discover new ways to shape and define space.

The book aims to inspire architects and designers to think creatively by manipulating prepositions and exploring the connections between different composition and structure elements....