1st Edition

Branding and Product Design An Integrated Perspective

By Monika Hestad Copyright 2013
182 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Why do winning brands appear to be more creative and authentic than less successful ones? Despite the strong link between famous brands and the products sold under their name, there is still a gap in understanding the relationship between product design and brand-building - Monika Hestad plugs that gap. Branding and Product Design discusses key questions about the link between product and brand... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables About the Author Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 Strategy: The Brand and the Product

Chapter 2 History: Value-centredness in Branding and Design

Chapter 3 Products: Performing Brand Stories

Chapter 4 Context: A Dynamic Learning Process

Chapter 5 Planning: Preparing for the Use of Design Knowledge

Chapter 6 Research: Informing the Design Process

Chapter 7 Innovation: Balancing Coherence and Change

Epilogue

References

Index

Biography

Dr Monika Hestad is a brand and design strategist, an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London and heads the consultancy Brand Valley Design. She has more than a decade's experience as a designer, and has conducted branding and design work in high-tech, FMCG and service sectors, private and public, working with brands including Nokia, Yellow Pages, Thrane & Thrane, Kvaerner, NokiaSiemens Networks, Mars, Stokke, Ringnes (Carlsberg), and Procter & Gamble. In addition to regular teaching in London and at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, she lectures at other prestigious institutions and teaches entrepreneurs and designers in Beijing and Seoul. Hestad has a Masters in Industrial Design from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and a PhD in Branding and Design from the same school.