[IxDA Discuss] Ideal Design Studio

[Mike Wood]

Thanks everyone for the resources, I will check them out.

Luke, our studio is trying to embrace your last point about supporting
designers who want to manage others and those who don't. It is a recent
change so the jury is still out but some of the early issues are dividing
responsabilities and design authority.

Going to check out your articles now.

Thanks,

Mike

On 8/24/07, Christina Wodtke <cwodtke at eleganthack.com> wrote:
>
> I recommend Creative Company-- many interesting practices
> http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Company-Became-Agency-Agencies
>
> John Wood wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> I bought a relevant book recently, but haven't had a chance to do
> much more than skim through it yet, so I can offer no more review
> than it seems worth a look. It does include interviews and case
> studies on organisations like IDEO and Dyson:
>
> Design Management: Managing Design Strategy, Process and
> Implementation, Kathryn Best, Ava Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 782940373123
>
> Here it is on Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>:
> http://www.amazon.com/Design-Management-Managing-Strategy-
> Implementation/dp/2940373124/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7613262-8876807?
> ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187955367&sr=8-1
>
> Hope this helps
>
> John
>
> On 24 Aug 2007, at 01:13, Mike Wood wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know of any books/articles that describe successes with
> design
> studio organizations? Design studio orgs present the unique
> challenge of
> integrating those skilled at management with those skilled at
> design, which
> can often call on different skillsets. There can result discomfort
> in that
> the skilled designer has trouble influencing the organization and the
> skilled manager has trouble influencing design.  I have seen
> solutions that
> attempt to devide these skillsets into two tracks: a management
> track and a
> design track.
>
> Skillset divisions might be:
>
> Management Leadership
> * Workpartner negotiations
> * Resource management
> * Implementation escalation
>
> Design Leadership
> * Design critique
> * Internal design negotiation
> * Designer development
>
> I think this issue becomes significant for larger design
> organizations (50+)
> and I'm coming at the problem from an org 200+ . Any input would be
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
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