Digital evolution architect Mika Ilari Koskinen found ten key drivers for the future of design in his interview.

I. Globalization is of course the biggest driving force. When manufacturing leaves a country, design follows it. This forces new models to production and planning.

II. Digitalization and ubicomputing (ubicom) are bringing new professions to the design field by 2020.

III. Design is entering the information security field.

IV. Design is entering the infrastructure planning field.

V. Augmen..

 I will continue discussion on the thematics of innovation dynamics and innovation policy.

Innovation policies can be classified as demand-side oriented or supply-side oriented. Accordingly, theories about innovation processes can be classified as linear or systems-oriented.

The linear model of innovation has been generally accepted throughout much of the period since the World War II. In a nutshell, a linear view of the innovation process means that science and research typically lead to new ..

The smaller a company, the more probably it does service design. Let's think of an example of a cafe. The entrepreneur surely thinking about offered services during his or her daily activities, monitors customers and their needs, and ponders on how to create more value to customers than the competition. As service designer Reima Rönnholm noted as I interviewed him, the smaller a company, the more probable it is for the company and its employees to be involved in service design or similar activ..

I have grown tired of reading, listening, and watching the same stories over and over again from different media. The problem with mainstream media is that stories and perspectives are packaged, imitated, replicated and recycled. There is a dire need for a diversity of substance, especially in Finland. Tuning into international media provides an opportunity to deepen one’s knowledge base to some extent, but it is astonishing to notice how similarly packaged and portioned key news items are eve..

Young people are naturally creative, but keeping creativity alive is challenging for adult persons. Personal creativity means the ability of individual to create new, relevant ideas and perspectives. Unfortunately, today little attention is given to developing the creative thinking skills of individuals. This kind of competence strategy is very problematic because our problem-solving capacity depends on creativity. Service design work requires high level problem-solving capacity.

One key chal..

The book ”Hyvinvointipalvelut 2.0” will be published at the OLO.MUOTO’10 event. It is a part of Lahti University of Applied Sciences publications series. The book discusses what the future of welfare services could be, what kind of people face these services and how services developers and service designers could be educated. The book examines how to approach services through innovation and creativity point of view and on the other hand, what is the designer's role in service design and visual..