Thursday, April 06, 2006

Profiting by Design

Thursday, April 06, 2006
Karo's own Chris Bedford was recently featured in Design Management Institute's Design Management Review alongside other key proponents of design. Chris and his fellow authors discuss the often unrealized contribution that design makes to an organization's business drivers (i.e. sales, profit margin and market share). This article highlights the importance of design in building a connection between a company's customers and its brand, and doing it in a way that produces solid business results. The experts then go a step further by providing specific methods to measure the financial value added by design.
 

 Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Competitive Advantage Through Design

Wednesday, February 09, 2005
This highly informative article looks at the direct competitive advantage delivered to companies in the UK that are using design as a strategic business tool.
 
Read the article:
Competitive Advantage Through Design.pdf (1.75 MB)

 Monday, October 20, 2003

A Brand is Born

Monday, October 20, 2003

This interesting article from Alberta Venture magazine looks at the impact that branding has made on four notable Canadian products. The case studies provide insight and valuable lessons on issues related to brand development.

Read the article: AbVABrandIsBorn10-03.pdf (911.9 KB)

 Sunday, August 03, 2003

How do you measure design success? How do you convey those findings with colleagues and clients? And how do you convey the value of design to non-design managers? We asked members of the DMI Advisory Council for answers. From environmental and brand design to consulting and product development, we received five distinctive responses, wisdom we acknowledge with thanks and publish as facets of an ongoing dialogue on these important topics.

Read the article: DMI_goodDesign.pdf (228 KB)