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d-school Design Thinking library

Overview

Books, magazines, method cards and documentation from past Design Thinking challenges

The d-school has an extensive institute library. In our cozy reading room, you will find an extensive collection of books on Design Thinking as well as on the topics of business and innovation, methods and creation, culture and space. With our virtual library catalog, you can conveniently research our collection from home and then view the medium you need on-site.

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Our collection on Design Thinking includes publications from the d-school, media on design practices and Design Thinking methods, as well as publications on research on Design Thinking. In the methods and creation section, we have media for creating prototypes, creativity, brainstorming and inspiration, methods, presentation techniques and visualization.

In the section on business and innovation, you can find a wide range of media that helps you think outside the box. Here you find media on topics such as communication and marketing, change management, business models and digital transformation, as well as entrepreneurship, innovation, knowledge management, leadership and social innovation, strategy and team development.

With the topics of culture and space, you can broaden your view even further and get ideas from the areas of futurology, media, space and culture.

Have you found the right media? You can read them on site in the d-school and use them for your research or term paper.

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