What is Design Public?
Design Public is a series of conversations about design and innovation in the public interest.This blog is curated by the Center for Knowledge Societies, the innovation consulting firm that guides the establishment of the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Gates Foundation an Official Partner of Design Public
We are extremely pleased to announce that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has officially confirmed their partnership and support for the Design Public Conclave, to be held on the 20th of April this year. The Gates Foundation has worked … Continue reading
ColourNext Dialogues 2012 in New Delhi
The Center for Knowledge Societies, in collaboration with Asian Paints is organizing ColourNext Dialogues 2012, a a first of its kind conclave on colour trends, forecasting and visual directions in Indian society. The conclave, to be held at the NCIS … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Paints, Awakening, CKS, ColourNext 2012, ColourNext Dialogues 2012, Crystal, Headrush, Small Joys
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Bringing the Inside Out – Rethinking Spatial Design
While user-centered design is the new buzzword in the design community, architects are way behind the curve. For a long while, architects across the world have been focusing their designs on user requirements, but have not been thinking deeply about … Continue reading
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Tagged architects, Asian Paints, Awakening, CKS, ColourNext 2012, ColourNext Dialogues 2012, Crystal, Headrush, interior design, luxury, Small Joys, space design
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Designing Communities for Social Sustainability
Population growth is going to have profound impacts on politics, economics, and society in the coming decades, one issue being the basic question: Where are we going to put these people? “UN surveys indicate that…by 2030 over two billion people … Continue reading
Design Public III: Why We Focus on Trust, Participation and Innovation
Design Public began as a conversation around the question of how design thinking and innovation can be used by organizations and actors outside the private sector, specifically government organizations and social sector agencies. As we enter this third edition of … Continue reading
IBM Officially On Board as Sponsor for Design Public
We’re elated to report that yesterday, IBM officially confirmed their sponsorship of the third edition of the Design Public Conclave. Our CEO, Dr. Aditya Dev Sood, has been in conversation with the folks at IBM for the past month or … Continue reading
The Buddhist Economics of E.F. Schumacher
The noted economist E.F. Schumacher was the first to develop the concept of Buddhist Economics, based on his experiences as an economic consultant to the Burmese government in 1955. In contrast to most economists of his time, Schumacher was concerned … Continue reading
China’s Need for Innovation
Minxin Pei, professor of government at Clairmont McKenna College in California recently wrote an article “Nixon Then, China Now†explaining China’s weaknesses hindering its ability to truly compete as a world power. He argues that China’s one-party regime results in … Continue reading
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Tagged business, china, creativity, design public, development, innovation, one party system
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Designing Government in Denmark
In 2002, the Danish government’s Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs conceived MindLab, what they described as an ‘internal incubator for invention and innovation.’ Since then, MindLab has become an intergovernmental space for creativity and cooperation, including ‘the active involvement … Continue reading
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Transforming Field Research with New Technologies
Yesterday, I became the proud owner of a 4GB Echoâ„¢ Smartpen, a brilliant new piece of equipment that could offer immense benefits to researchers, journalists, or anyone else who needs to take quick, but often voluminous, notes. Upon arrival, the … Continue reading
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Tagged audio recording, design, Echo Smartpen, field research, innovation
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