Jury testimonials DME Award 2009 on video

“We live in interesting times. Because of the particular challenges faced by organisations in light of the global economic conditions and their local impact, and the increased sense of responsibility towards the environment and society, companies are looking for new ideas and new ways to do more with less resources.”, althus Kathryn Best, one of the jury member and co-host at ceremony of the DME Award 2009.

“The opportunity for design management is to demonstrate how design can help link creativity and innovation, in a way that can both add value and create value. If we think of creativity as developing new ideas, and innovation as exploiting these new ideas, then design becomes the way in which companies can make tangible customer propositions that can be experienced and touched - in forms that can be taken to market.”

“Examples of this can be seen amongst the DME Award winners, an award which recognises excellence in Design Management in a variety of organisations. It is different from other design awards in that it recognises excellence in the management of design, over time, as opposed to in one off/single project, and so takes a long term view. It also recognises a range of design disciplines in one award - products and services, brand and communications, design used in environmental and cultural contexts... In fact, examples of organisations that successfully engage design both internally and externally.”

During the DME Award 2009 jury day, held on Septemer 28th 2009, the jury members recorded their testimonials, highligthing the winners in each category of the DME Award. These testimonials have been now compiled into a video and are available in the database of the DME Library.

To watch the jury testimonials, go the the DME Library >>

Date: 02-12-2009