The Design Council have recently published a new research report in to ‘design processes’ used by 11 global companies. “How do leading companies manage design in their businesses? Our in-depth study of the design processes used in eleven global brands gives real insights into the way design operates in these firms, and delivers usable lessons for all designers and managers.” Read more here.

Tagged: Design

Amy Tiemann, a blogger on CNET, writes about children and laptops. In one of her local infant schools children have formed a ‘mini-laptop club,’ where children rather than use real laptops draw out the keyboard of their laptop on a sheet of paper and pretend to use them. It’s interesting looking at the photograph of one of the drawings to see how things which are important to this child have become central areas on the ‘keyboard’. In this example, the child’s pet with keys named ‘kitten’, ‘dog’, ‘leash’ and ‘cat’. Read more here.

Tagged: Children and design