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About the Centre
We think innovation is important. Actually, we think innovation is essential. How else do we retain competitive advantage in the face of increasing commoditisation? How else do we solve the intractable social problems of the day? How else do we create a sustainable future? We use human ingenuity to come up with new, better ways of doing things.
What has this got to do with design? Design is the critical element in achieving successful innovation. If one can better anticipate and understand the needs and desires of your users then you are more likely to be able to turn those insights into wonderful ideas which in turn become successful products, services or solutions.
We think that design helps to make things better for people. Our goal is that Irish managers become the best design thinkers in the world.
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Centre for Design Innovation
ITSBIC Institute of Technology
Ballinode
Sligo
Ireland
Tel: 071 9155496
Email: info@designinnovation.ie
Personnel
Toby Scott
Director
E: toby@designinnovation.ie
Skype IM: tobyscott
O: 071 9155496
M: 087 4176177
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Toby Scott set up the Centre for Design Innovation when he moved from London to Ireland early in 2006. He was previously aDirector of the Design Council in the UK where he played a key role in placing design on the agenda of Government and business as a means of generating competitive advantage. He is part problem solver, innovator and facilitator; interested in concrete ideas that are affordable and work in practice.
He has been working in this way for some years in a number of environments, as a government advisor on innovation and creativity, as a policy maker within the arts and creative industries and as business consultant. He has evolved a participative, inter-disciplinary approach that he believes is best suited to solving some of the more complex, systemic economic and social issues of our time. In an earlier life he has been a theatre director, truck driver and wine taster.
Dr. David Tormey
Design Researcher
E: david@designinnovation.ie
AOL IM: davtormey
O: 071 9155496
M: 086 6025159
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David Tormey joined the Centre for Design Innovation from Boston Scientific in Galway where he was a validation engineer. Prior to this he was a research engineer at the Computer Integrated Manufacture Research Unit (CIMRU) at NUIG in the areas of advanced manufacturing and design support systems. During his time at CIMRU, David completed a PhD degree that focused on addressing the problems associated with the distributed, collaborative nature of the design process. The research proposed and implemented new design process models to support the management and communication of design information and knowledge. David possesses several peer reviewed conference and journal publications and has disseminated his work through numerous guest lectures, targeted workshops and international conferences.
Justin Knecht
Programme Manager
E: justin@designinnovation.ie
AOL IM: verticalbones
O: 071 9155496
M: 087 2043716
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Justin Knecht joined the Centre for Design Innovation from Binney & Smith in the US where he was Senior Manager of Creative Services for the CrayolaŽ brand, responsible for global branding, packaging development, POS and Internet services. Prior to Binney & Smith, Justin was co-founder of AOV in Philadelphia, developing over 20 award-winning websites for a range of regional, national and international clients. He has worked as a freelance designer, writer, film editor, photographer, and has spoken at a number of conferences, companies and events including HOW, Hallmark Cards, DMI, Thinking Creatively Conference, Oracle, the Macromedia User Conference and the Allaire Developers Conference.
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