Resources on Design Thinking
Books on design thinking
Design thinking has become a popular topic in business, strategy, leadership, and innovation trade magazines and books, so there are plenty of recent articles related to applications of design thinking (particularly in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek). The following list includes foundation texts as the concepts developed and began to gain traction and is not intended to be comprehensive.
The Opposable Mind, Roger Martin, $20; Paperback: 224 pages; Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press (July 13, 2009)
The Ten Faces of Innovation, Tom Kelley, $32; Hardcover: 288 pages; Publisher: Currency/Doubleday; 1 edition (October 18, 2005)
Change by Design, Tim Brown, $30; Hardcover: 272 pages; Publisher: HarcourtBusiness (September 29, 2009)
User Friendly, How the hidden rules of design are changing the way we live, work, and play, Cliff Kuang with Robert Fabricant, $28; Publisher: MCD Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019)
Creative Confidence, Tom Kelley and David Kelley, $32; Hardcover: 304 pages; Publisher: Crown Business; 1 edition (October 15, 2013)
A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink, $20; Paperback: 304 pages; Publisher: Riverhead Books (March 7, 2006)
Wired to Care, Dev Patnaik, $35; Hardcover: 272 pages; Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (January 19, 2009)
The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, Roger Martin, $30; Hardcover: 208 pages; Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press; Third Edition (October 13, 2009)
Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People, Emily Pilloton, $25; Paperback: 304 pages; Publisher: Metropolis Books; 1 Original edition (October 31, 2009)
The Power of Positive Deviance, Richard Pascale, $30; Hardcover: 256 pages; Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press; unknown edition (June 16, 2010)
Service Innovation Handbook, Lucy Kimbell, $45; Paperback: 240 pages; Publisher: BIS Publishers (January 13, 2015)
Video resources
Design + Thinking, a documentary
Acumen IDEO introduction to design thinking
Stanford Webinar : Design Thinking = Method, Not Magic
Stanford Design Thinking Virtual Crash Course
Stanford Webinar - Apply Design Thinking in Your Work
Tomorrow’s Strategy: Design Thinking, innovating through your customers’ eyes
Designing Your Life: how to build a well-lived, joyful life by Bill Burnett, Stanford University
Design Thinking at IBM, Designing the Future by Doug Powell
Problem Solving and Design Research at frog design by Turi McKinley
How to solve a problem like a designer
Articles
There is no shortage of articles on design thinking and how it is applied to social, business, and governmental activities, seeking more human-centered solutions. New and relevant articles are published every month, particularly in magazines such as Fast Company, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Wired, Harvard Business Review, and Social Innovation Review, as well as their social media channels.
Case studies
Nearly all the consultancies that are active in applying design thinking techniques to solving complex problems provide examples of their work in case studies on their websites. A highly selective list of firms would include Ideo, frog design, Continuum, Fjord Design, gravitytank, Smart Design, tomorrow partners. There are also case studies available on the websites of Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Acumen Foundation, and many international NGOs working on social change.
Toolkits
A number of toolkits are published on the home page; this article reviews an additional number of toolkits focusing on applying design thinking techniques to solving issues of social impact.
Design firms
Design Consultants
- Erehwon - (Creators of the “Orbit-Shifting Innovation™ Methodology” & Only Indian Company in the Top List)
- Hi-Tech - Hi-Tech CAD Services India
- Adaptive Path http://adaptivepath.com/
- Ammunition http://www.ammunitiongroup.com
- Anthro-Tech User-Centered Design | Usability Research | Training
- Artefact Artefact- Technology Product Design and Development for the 21st Century - Artefact
- Antedote Why us
- Bang* http://www.bang.co.in [Emerging Markets Focus]
- Bold We are Bold
- Brightidea Inc http://www.brightidea.com/ [End-to-End Innovation software]
- Branch creative http://branchcreative.com
- Continuum http://continuuminnovation.com/
- Cooper http://www.cooper.com
- Cyclops Research Home
- D2M http://d2m-inc.com/ [some humanitarian work]
- Daylight Design http://daylightdesign.com/
- Daytona http://www.daytona.se
- Designit http://designit.com/
- Doblin http://www.doblin.com/
- Edis http://designwithedis.com/
- EffectiveUI UX, UI, Digital Transformation
- The Emotional Intelligence Agency The Emotional Intelligence Agency
- Farm http://www.farmpd.com/
- Fresh Tilled Soil http:///www.freshtilledsoil.com
- Fjord http://www.fjordnet.com/
- Frog http://www.frogdesign.com/ [some humanitarian work]
- Gravitytank http://www.gravitytank.com/
- Human Factors International http://www.humanfactors.com
- IA Collaborative http://iacollaborative.com/
- iconmobile http://www.iconmobile.com
- Idea Couture http://ideacouture.com/
- IDEO http://www.ideo.com
- iStrategyLabs http://istrategylabs.com
- Jump http://www.jumpassociates.com/
- KALEIDOSCOPE.Design Kaleidoscope | Innovation and Product Design Firm
- Kwamecorp http://kwamecorp.com/
- Lunar Design http://www.lunar.com/ [sustainability focus]
- Map http://mapprojectoffice.com
- Maple - DESIGN AND INNOVATION
- Makeable Strategy, Design & Technology
- Method http://method.com/
- Nomads NOMADS - Ideas that travel
- Normative Normative
- Nurun http://www.nurun.com/
- NewDealDesign http://newdealdesign.com
- Peer Insight http://peerinsight.com
- Questto | nó (Brazil) http://www.questtono.com/
- Radius Innovation Radius
- Reboot http://theReboot.org/ [social impact focus]
- Systematic Inventive Thinking - SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking®
- Smart Design http://www.smartdesignworldwide....
- Tiger Innovation http://www.tigerinnovaation.pt
- Tomorrow Partners Tomorrow Partners
- Trig Innovation Much more than a product design firm
- Use All Five http://useallfive.com
- Veryday http://veryday.com
- VORM. http://vormlab.com
- VRD | Reinventing Innovation Through Design http://www.vrdresearch.com
- What If http://www.whatifinnovation.com/
Product Development & Design
- Product Design Company - HitecheEngineeringServices
- Mind Speak IT ( http://mindspeakit.com/)
- Insight PD http://www.insightpd.com/
- iStrategyLabs http://istrategylabs.com
- Normative Normative
- RadiusPD http://www.radiuspd.com
- Synapse Product Development http://www.synapse.com/
- PA Consulting Management & product/design innovation consulting
Web & Software Based Product Design
- Acorn http://acorntech.com [technology company focus]
- Coalesce http://www.coalesce.us
- DevMynd http://www.devmynd.com
- iStrategyLabs http://istrategylabs.com
- Kicker Studio http://kickerstudio.com/
- Nomads NOMADS - Ideas that travel
- Normative Normative
- Nectarine Group http://www.nectarinegroup.com
- Use All Five http://useallfive.com
Mobile & Connected Device Design & Development
- Bottle Rocket (Mobile Development, Design, Strategy | Bottle Rocket)
- Mind Speak IT ( http://mindspeakit.com/)
- mPortal Inc mPortal enabling connected experiences™
- iStrategyLabs http://istrategylabs.com
- Use All Five http://useallfive.com
Service Design Consultancies
- Bright Innovation http://bright-innovation.com/
- Doberman http://doberman.se/
- Engine http://www.enginegroup.co.uk/
- Fahrenheit 212 http://www.fahrenheit-212.com/
- Live|work http://www.liveworkstudio.com
- Peer Insight http://peerinsight.com
- Rapid Reasoning http://rapidreasoning.com
- Think Public http://thinkpublic.com/
- What If http://www.whatifinnovation.com/
- Qualia http://qualiaagency.com
Humanitarian Design & Social Innovation
- Butterfly Works, CoCreation studio http://www.butterflyworks.org
- Catapult Design http://catapultdesign.org/Quicksand (Sanitation & India specific) http://quicksand.co.in/
- Co-Design Studio http://codesignstudio.com.au/
- Hope Lab http://www.hopelab.org/
- Project H http://www.projecthdesign.org/
- Stanford D-School & D-Lab http://dschool.stanford.edu/ (outreach around design and education)
- Design Echos (Brazil) http://www.designechos.com.br
- Paris-Est d.school Paris-est d.School
- Ethnography for Innovation
- ReD Associates http://www.redassociates.com/
Design for the Network
- Normative Normative