DESIGN MANAGEMENT FOR START-UPS

DESIGN MANAGEMENT FOR START-UPS

The research project Design management for start-ups focused on the integration of design in innovation processes. Its objective was to promote the use of design within mainly technological start-ups and to create tools and methodologies to foster collaboration between designers and entrepreneurs. 

Research project (2020)

The research project Design management for start-ups focused on the integration of design in innovation processes. Its objective was to promote the use of design within mainly technological start-ups and to create tools and methodologies to foster collaboration between designers and entrepreneurs. The approach took into account all design practices (industrial design, visual communication, media & interaction design, strategic design) and relied on the ecosystem of technological start-ups in the region. The study allowed for reflection at four levels:

The project enabled the development of a set of specific design management tools adapted to collaborations between technology start-ups and designers and to gather them on the website designstarterkit.ch

Main applicants

ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne
Luc Bergeron (project leader)

Research team

Daphna Glaubert (researcher)
Noemie Délèze (Ra&D collaborator), HEIG-VD
Joelle Aeschlimann (interaction designer)
Lionel Tardy (web developer)
Calypso Mahieu (photographer)

Partners

Néode
The Ark
Innovaud
Fri Up

Period

september 2018 – september 2020

Supported by

ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne
Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)

Dissemination

Publication
Daphna Glaubert, Luc Bergeron, Le design comme accélérateur de projets technologiques en phase d’incubation précoce, Sciences du Design, 2020

Website
designstarterkit.ch

Associated project
innovationbydesignchallenge.ch

Product diagnostic tool. © ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Tool prototype explained. © ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
User test definition tool. © ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ideation tool "What if... ". © ECAL/Calypso Mahieu

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Design Project Starter Kit tools page. © ECAL/Joelle Aeschlimann
Design Project Starter Kit tools page. © ECAL/Joelle Aeschlimann

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