John Heskett was a pioneering British design historian, with a particular interest in design and economics.
Design and the Creation of Value' publishes for the first time his groundbreaking seminar on design and economic value. In remarkably clear and accessible prose Heskett explores the how the key traditions of economic thought conceive of how value is created. Critically teasing out the role of design in this process, Heskett shows how design's role in innovating and creating value creating value for organisations and products can be given a firm grounding in economic theory.
Featuring examples of businesses which have successfully responded to the value of design in their practice, as well as others who have failed because of their inability to understand value-creation, Heskett looks in detail at the relationship between producers, markets, products and consumers, using these instances to offer a both a strong critique of the limitations conventional economic thought and new model of the economic importance of design thinking in value creation.
| ISBN: | 9781474274296 |
| Publication date: | 9th February 2017 |
| Author: | John Heskett |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Genres: |
Product design History of art Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration Economics Business and Management |
John Heskett was a pioneering British design historian, with a particular interest in design and economics.
Design and the Creation of Value' publishes for the first time his groundbreaking seminar on design and economic value. In remarkably clear and accessible prose Heskett explores the how the key traditions of economic thought conceive of how value is created. Critically teasing out the role of design in this process, Heskett shows how design's role in innovating and creating value creating value for organisations and products can be given a firm grounding in economic theory.
Featuring examples of businesses which have successfully responded to the value of design in their practice, as well as others who have failed because of their inability to understand value-creation, Heskett looks in detail at the relationship between producers, markets, products and consumers, using these instances to offer a both a strong critique of the limitations conventional economic thought and new model of the economic importance of design thinking in value creation.
Design and the Creation of Value features in the following genres: Product design, History of art, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Economics, Business and Management
Design and the Creation of Value is available in Paperback, Hardback
Design and the Creation of Value was written by John Heskett and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Design and the Creation of Value has 248 pages
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