Resources

[|www.business.gov.uk] - Lots and lots of information and help if your thinking about starting up a business [|www.TED.com] - Facinating site examining cutting edge thinking in everything from design and technology to medical research, with videos of talks by many of the worlds leading thinkers - all free to download. [|www.ukdesignskills.com] - Design skills are important to UK productivity, this website discusses the importance of these skills and discusses emerging needs of the industry and education. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ - Government site for exploring issues around intellectual property. http://www.acid.uk.com/ - Anti-Copying in Design homepage - help protecting your designs. [|www.designweek.co.uk] - Home of the famous weekly design magazine http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/betterdesign/ - inlcusive design tool kit, exploring new ways of including all users in design, making better products for everyone. [|www.core77.com] - The industrial design supersite!! [|www.mindtools.com] - tools and tips for time and stress management [|www.designcouncil.org] - Home of the Design Council - Useful case studies and publications regarding the design and the design industry - championing the value of design in business and the UK economy. [|www.nextD.org] - The design leadership insitute. [|www.DMI.org] - Design Management Institute hompage. http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/index.php - Environmental change institute  http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm - International Monetary Fund webpage - lots of good publications/articles to do with world economy/globalisation etc.  http://www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/101 - Lots of links about Urbanisation/urban development issues.  http://www.cfsd.org.uk/ - The centre for sustainable design webpage.  http://www.poverty.org.uk/ - UK statistics on poverty levels in this country.  http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/ - Home of lots on info and hope for solving poverty issues around the world.
 * Websites:**

[|PresTech.pdf] - Presentation planning helpsheet. [|Are you a design business person.doc] - Fun questionnaire asking if your the type of designer who can run a business.. [|Cannon Hygiene Market Report.doc] - Example report from previous design business project, but as guideline as different to current brief. [|Design for X.doc] describing the design for 'x' methodologies - such as design for manufacture or design for sustainability. [|Marketing Plan.doc] - outline for a business marketing plan. [|Mood Boards.doc] - about creating design moodboards. [|NPD process chart.doc] - New product design process chart [|Specification.doc] - About design specifications [|Teamwork.doc] - About teamworking [|What is good design.doc][|Analysis Techniques.doc] - Types of analysis techniques in marketing and what they are. [|Belbin.doc] - About Belbin's team roles. [|Brainstorming.doc] - about free-thinking methodologies in brainstorming. [|Briefing an Industrial Designer.doc] - About breifing an industrial designer (guidlines for companies/clients) [|Delphi technique.doc] - The delphi qualitative interview technique (in-depth customer interviews) [|Focus groups.doc] - About planning and conducting focus groups. [|Design Thinking.doc] - Simple design thinking systems - unterstanding the way you process ideas. [|Product on a page.doc] - simple method of product analysis [|Stakeholder analysis.doc] - Who are the most importat people you are respoinsible to in a design project? Some may not be as obvious as you think! [|Stakeholder selection.doc] [|User profiles.doc] - Creating user profiles. [|Users and Customers.doc] - Considering and analysing customer needs.
 * Worksheets/Info/Handouts:**

[|2005timeline.doc] - BT Futures work on the technology. [|20060507-futurecheck-knowledgeletter-2006-0-totaal.pdf] -Newsletter with article on Eurpoe in 2020 discussing aged population trends. [|2020 vision for computers.pdf] [|2114globalPopulation_eng.ppt] - Presentation on gloabl population trends and future strategy. [|59.2ChinasPopNewTrends.pdf] - China's population: New trends and challenges. [|A Literature Review on Skills and Innovation. How Does Successful Innovation Impact on the Demand.pdf] [|Activity Holidays.pdf] - Keynote report on activity holdays/trends related to. [|Arlines Report 2007 Keynote.pdf] - Reporting on current market situation for major airlines. [|Asiaeconomy.c3sum.pdf] - Patterns of economic growth in Asia [|BDI_val_survey06.pdf] - BDI survey of Design Consultancies, good solid facts about the sector. [|betting and gaming keynote 2007.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for Betting and Gaming in the UK [|Charity Funding 2007 keynote.pdf] [|chathamhouse2020.pdf] - Gloablisation and Future Architectures - Scenarios for 2020 [|China_Scen2025.pdf] - Examining China's current position and future possibilities presenting different scenarios as to the countries future developement. [|cigarettes tobacco keynote 2007.pdf] - Reporting on current market situation for cigarettes and tabacco in the UK [|CISCOCreating_Segment_of_One.pdf] - Discussing the key attributes successful companies must consider and integrate to compete in the future. [|clothing retailing keynote 2007.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for clothing retail [|Consultation_document.pdf] - Examining the future of manufacturing. [|Consumer Debt Report - Keynote..pdf] Reporting on current market situation and issues around consumer debt. [|Consumer_2020_Global_Agenda.pdf] - Discussing the consumer of the future - trends and strategy. [|Contraception - Keynote 2007.pdf] - Reporting on current market situation for contraception [|cooking and eating - keynote 2007.pdf] Reporting on current market situation/understanding of cooking and eating - trends and learning. [|Creative BritianCEPFeb2008.pdf] - Governments strategy for integrating creativity in learning and business to imporve productivity - very recent. [|Creativity Design and Performance Economics Review.pdf] - DTI research exploring the link between design/creativity and economic performance. [|darkage.doc] - A posit paper consdering that as we move toward creativity and away from science we may be entering a new dark age. [|Debate Summary.pdf] - Summary of debate about skills in the design industry during the Audi design foundation dinner 2007 [|Deisgn Consultancies Keynote 2000.pdf] - Reporting on current market situation for design consultancies. [|demos culture and technology.pdf] - Discussing the needs and adapability of technology based futures as our world becomes incresingly interactive. [|Design and Company Performance Evidence from the Community Innovation Survey.pdf] [|Design and the Environment.pdf] [|Design Index report 2005.pdf] - The impact of Design on stock market performance. [|Design Instinct - The devlopment of individual strategies..pdf] - Examining how experience and progression develops individual and personal approaches to design that allow experienced designers to respond and solve problems more rapidly. [|Design Predicts the Future When it Aticipates experience.pdf] - Similar to the above - discussed experiential knowledge and its effect on design problem solving. [|design schools are the new business schools.pdf] - Discusses how designers are becoming important at a strategic and business planning level in America and how education should respond to such needs. [|Designers need skills to compete in global market..pdf] - Design week article discussing the current debate on skills gaps within the UK design industry. [|Developing with the Best Survey of Product Development within UK Industry.pdf] [|Discussing Art and Design, Themes from interviews with UK Design Stakeholders.pdf] [|DIY and Home Imporvements review - Keynote 2004.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for DIY and home improvements [|DTI ECONOMICS PAPER NO.15 Creativity Design and Business performance.pdf] [|DTI Innovation Report, competing in the global economy, the innovation challenge.pdf] [|DTI Using Value Added to Grow Your Business.pdf] [|energy futures.pdf] - Energy outlook and predictions for 2030 [|Energy industry 2008 keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for enery suppliers [|energy outlook.pdf] - discussing energy consumption and issues around. [|Episodic Knowledge and information in design problem solving.pdf] - complex paper discussing the use of episodic memory (experienced based) and design problem solving: by attributing similarities from the memory of solving previous probems to situations of similarity - problems are solved more rapidly. [|Expertise Devleopment in Product Design.pdf] - discussing development of expertise and its importance to design problem solving. [|Exploring Taiwan’s competitive advantages present and future.pdf] [|forecasting frontiers of design.pdf] - Opportunities for designers - considering the future. [|foresight futures 2020.pdf] - very interesting in-depth predictions of world futures. [|Further and Higher Education Keynote Report.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for higher education sector. [|futurepictures.pdf] - Using images to explore potential futures in detail. [|GBNEnergyfuture.pdf] - Presentaion on energy futures. [|Generation Y - Keynote report 2007.pdf] - Discussing the potential trends and opportunities/growth and progress of 'Generation Y' (post war children/adults to present) [|global food outlook2020.pdf] [|Global.doc] - Emerging global manufacturing trends. [|Globaleconomyexesum.pdf] - Exec summary of global economic trends report. [|Green Design.pdf] - Discussing green design strategies and industrial ecology. [|health clubs and leisure centres 2007 keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation and trends for health clubs [|healthy easting - keynote 2007.pdf] - Reporting on current market situation/trends in healthy eating [|High level skills report final 20070530.pdf] - Final report discussing strategy and implemenation of skills in creativity from early year to professional development. [|How do Creativity and Design Enhance Business Performance.pdf] [|Implementing ecological product design.pdf] [|indiapoptrends.pdf] - Population trends and facts regarding India. [|Industry is regrouping in preparation for the furure.pdf] - Design Week article. [|informationoverload.pdf] - Discussing that our access to information is so vast that it actually overloads us, making us less efficient. [|Innovation and competition in UK supermarkets.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for UK supermarkets [|Innovation in the UK indicators and Insights.pdf] [|innovationinUK.pdf] [|Innovative attitude in SME.pdf] - examining the dominace of entreprenuerial thinking and attitude in SME decision making regarding innovation strategy. [|Intellectual property management in the small and medium enterprise (SME).pdf] [|Interpreting and responding to customer needs.pdf] [|lambert_review_final_450.pdf] - Discussing the necessity on partnerships between industry, commerce and education. [|LDA_Design Dependent Sectors_BOP_ May 29_200.pdf] - Reviewing the importance of London's design dependent sectors to the UK Economy. [|Lean production and sustainable competitive advantage.pdf] - Examing lean production methodologes and their effectiveness/development [|Learningwhitepaper2020--6-27-2006.pdf] - Exploring teaching and learning and technology in the future, based on one college, but interesting ideas. [|lessons from america.pdf] - examing creativity and education/skills in America and how they are leading innovation in education. [|LINKS TO PESTLE INFORMATION.doc] - Some links to Political enconomical social and technological info (hyperlinks) [|ManReinvReport.pdf] - Discussing rapid manufacturing futures. [|marketing in the digitial age.pdf] Report on future of marketing. [|mckinsey india.pdf] - Manufacturing opportunities in India. [|Mens and Womens Buying Habits Keynote 2005.pdf] [|Minding_the_Planet_Article.pdf] - Discussing the concept of the semantic web - will the world wide web become the worlds 'mind' a single place to which we all have access to huge amounts of information - will it make decisions for us? [|Mobile Phones 2005 keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for mobiles phones [|Motor Industry 2006 keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for cars/motor industry. [|philipsexperesearch.pdf] - Philips testing the technologies of tomorrow. [|pro-futman-doc6.pdf] Future of manufacturing in Europe challenges of sustainability. [|pwrptannex2v2.ppt] - examing intelligent infrastructure systems [|Radical strategies may be required in today’s 24-7 society.pdf] [|Recycling and the environment 2000 keynote..pdf] [|Renewable Energies Keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for renewable energie, such as solar power. [|Risks and Rewards of Design investment.pdf] [|sainsbury_review051007.pdf] - Discussing the value of science and innovation and the importance of research and development to support our economy; integrating design, creativity and business with powerful knowledge, technology and invention will sustain our competitiveness. [|Skills-Demand-and-Supply.pdf] - Further info on design sector skills needs and challenges. [|Social_Trends_37.pdf] - Report on current Uk social trends. [|Sports Equipment Design keynote 2007.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for sports equipment. [|Sports Market Keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for sports. [|stern_transportseminar_environment.pdf] worl energy and carbon emmissions trends in the transport sector. [|Supermarket services 2007 keynote.pdf] Reporting on current market situation for supermarket services. [|The impact of interpersonal factors on creativity.pdf] [|The impact of service user involvement in research.pdf] (for design) [|The role of future ICT in city development.pdf] [|THE SOURCES AND AIMS OF INNOVATION IN.pdf] - Innovation aims in SMEs and how they source creativity. [|The_Business_of_Design.pdf] - Design council review of the design sector examining its composition. [|Transforming consultancies through learning.pdf] - examining learning in design consultancies. [|UK designers must stay ahead of world competitors..pdf] [|UK Innovation Performance Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,.pdf] [|UK Innovation Survey 2001.pdf] [|UK Leisure and Recreation Keynote Report.pdf] Reporting on current market situation and trends in UK leisure and recreation. [|UK Productivity and Competitivness Indicators 2006.pdf] [|uk-top50-20070605.pdf]- top 50 climate change factors. [|Web3.0.doc] - The world wide web in 2030 - Insight from Silicon Valley, CA. [|WEO2007SUM.pdf] - China and India are the emerging giants global economy and of world the energy market. [|Working women keynote 2007.pdf] - trends of working women. [|worldpoptrends2000h.pdf] - World population trends.
 * Usuful Research documents - Market Reports, Future Scenarios, Design Industry Policy/Current Issues etc.**