Evolution of the mind: A case for design literacy

Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 6-11

  Pacione, Chris ^a  

^a Luma Institute   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-IT; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; GLOBAL CHANGE;

DESIGN;

EID: 77949430287     PISSN: 10725520     EISSN: 15583449     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1699775.1699777     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Burnett, C. "Leonard of Pisa (Fibonacci) and Arabic Arithmetic." MuslimHeritagecom, 2005; http://www. muslimheritage. com/topics/default. cfm?ArticleID=472/
2. Interesting to note, alKhwarizmi is where the word and idea of algorithm comes from; http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Muhammad-ibn- Musa-al-Khwarizmi/
3. Gies, J. and F. Leonard of Pisa and the New Mathematics of the Middle Ages. Gainsville: New Classics Library. 1996.
4. The Italian abacists of the 14th century were instrumental in teaching the merchants the "new" Hindu-Arabic decimal place-value system and the algorithms for using it; http://www.math. tamu.edu/∼dallen/ history/renaissc/ renassc.html/
5. Pink, D. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.
6. Martin, R. "The Creative Age." Rotman Magazine, Spring/ Summer 2006.
7. Lafley, A.G. The Game Changer. New York: Crown Business. 2008
8. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. "Skills Framework"; http:// www.21stcenturyskills. org/index. php?option=com- content&task= view&id= 60&Itemid=120/
9. TED. "Tim Brown Urges Designers to Think Big." Video, September 2009; http:// www.ted.com/talks/tim- brown-urges-design-ers-to-think-big.html/
10. Other more notable individuals who have contributed to the dialog on design thinking include Richard Buchanan, John Rheinfrank, Shelley Evenson, David Kelly, Nigel Cross, Bruce Mau, and Hugh Dubberly.
11. Since the launch of MAYA's education initiative in 2007, Fortune 100 companies such as General Dynamics have collectively put hundreds of their employees through HCD workshops and are already seeing an ROI.
12. Martin, R. "The Creative Age." Rotman Magazine, Spring/ Summer 2006. "Apply creativity to a business context, and you get innovation-what The Economist calls 'the industrial religion of our times.'
13. Berger, W. and Mau, B. Glimmer. New York: The Penguin Press, 2009
14. For P&G see: Lafley's The Game Changer. For GD see: http://www. luma-institute.com/ workshops/testimonials. For Emerson see: http://www2.emerson-process.com/en-US/ news/pr/Pages/909-HumanCenteredDesign. aspx/
15. Design Council (UK). Design Index "The Impact of Design on Stock Market Performance," 2004; http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/About-Design/ Research/Design-Index/
16. Consider the definition of a U.S. design patent as that which "covers the ornamental design for an object having practical utility," or the use of the word "designer" as a prefix to market fashionable apparel like "designer sunglasses" and "designer jeans," or the persistent image of glowing light bulbs hovering above one's head to represent innovation.