John Thackara, Founder, Doors of Perception
"Transformation is easy to talk about but hard to do. The young firms in this lively book are reshaping design across the board - by doing it, not (just) by talking about it. It's a welcome and energising read."
Brenton Caffin (Director of Innovation Skills, Nesta and founding CEO, TACSI)
“Using design to address social challenges is now a truly global phenomenon. Important questions must be asked of design itself as the discipline seeks to make sense of its new role in the world. Design Transitions then is a timely and commendable resource.
Marc Stickdorn (Editor and Co-Author of "This is Service Design Thinking", Co-Founder of smaply and ExperienceFellow)
“I recommend this book to everyone working in the field of design, everyone with an interest in a new understanding of design, and everyone who is looking for examples that design is not (only) about aesthetics, but about a much broader picture.”
“Transformation is easy to talk about but hard to do. The young firms in this lively book are reshaping design across the board – by doing it, not (just) by talking about it. It’s a welcome and energising read.” – John Thackara, Founder, Doors of Perception
“Using design to address social challenges is now a truly global phenomenon. Important questions must be asked of design itself as the discipline seeks to make sense of its new role in the world. Design Transitions then is a timely and commendable resource. – Brenton Caffin (Director of Innovation Skills, Nesta and founding CEO, TACSI)
“Design Transitions is an important snapshot of design’s new-found maturity and strategic importance. The collection of viewpoints from across the globe shows it is a worldwide and irreversible phenomenon. Highly recommend to anyone interested in understanding where design is heading in the next decade. And that should be everyone.”
– Dr Andrew Polaine (Co-author: Service Design: From Insight to Implementation)
“I recommend this book to everyone working in the field of design, everyone with an interest in a new understanding of design, and everyone who is looking for examples that design is not (only) about aesthetics, but about a much broader picture.”
– Marc Stickdorn (Editor and Co-Author of “This is Service Design Thinking“, Co-Founder of smaply and ExperienceFellow)
“This book looks at contemporary design practices, with a particular emphasis on service/social design, and current design thinking, based on profiles of companies and interviews with specialists. One of its many unique aspects is the truly global span that it achieves in terms of its research and analysis. It is also written in an accessible style while embracing a range of issues and developments. Design Transitions is an essential read for all students and practitioners of design.”
– Review by Professor Mike Press (Professor of Design Policy, DJCAD,Dundee University) on his blog
‘It is common for books of this sort to discuss issues on an abstract, utopian level. Design Transitions, however, tries to balance theory and everyday design practice, and it succeeds.’
– Review by Rosa Te Velde on the ‘What Design Can Do’ blog.
FutureGov asked their design team and their twitter network to respond to the 7 ways in which design practices are changing. For example, on the transition which highlights how designers are doing things differently – leading to a major shift in the business models of design practices, challenging the current economic and social paradigm, a comment made by Anna Cook, Design Strategist is ‘Because of the rate of change, our tech skills will become less important. Our adaptability, inquisitiveness, and creativity more so.’
– Review by Ben Matthews on the FutureGov blog.
The change DNA: design facilitates transition (and vice versa). In this post, Dounnia, a strategist working in Agentshap NL (a Dutch government agency advising on Sustainable environment and (energy) innovation) shares her reflection of the book launch in Hotel Droog, Amsterdam.
– Review by Dounia Ouchene on Faciliteer Atelier (In Dutch) (Translation in English using Google Translate)