Gazing Through A Hybrid Lens: New Approaches to Innovation and Creativity The technological industry is undergoing a major revolution. Gone are the days where students come out of university with a degree in computer science, business administration, marketing or physics, and stick to these careers forever. With a booming start-up culture, the internet, and an […]
Framestore VFX Lead Animator Sebastian Niño discusses animation and the power of storytelling during the latest SAP Design Talks session.
Chuck Ames, UX Manager at Amazon Business, explains how Amazon keeps its product development teams accountable to deliver on their vision.
Most of the colleagues who have seen them, remember them – the Design Talk posters with the tilted title. Their creator, SAP Visual Designer Timo Bess, now won the prestigious Red Dot design award for them. So, who is the man behind the posters?
In the age of “disruptive innovation,” American office furniture manufacturer Steelcase is creating products that don’t just push the boundaries of design and craftsmanship but serve as a platform to articulate identity. But what does this mean for SAP employees?
The multidisciplinary teams at ART+COM push the boundaries of art and technology in spectacular installations that communicate complex information interactively
Modern, open-ended video games dazzle players with exciting and immersive experiences. SAP listens to Matthew Tomkinson of Ubisoft to find out how they do it.
"Customer insights are the true enabler for crafting valuable experiences through our products" says Doug Beaudet, Vice President of Global Experience Design at Honeywell, at the 22nd SAP Design Talk.
“You’ve won a seat at the table. People are listening to you. You’d better have something to say!” Challenging, motivational fighting talk straight from the mouth of Barry Katz, author, IDEO fellow and widely-published design historian, after telling an avid SAP audience how intensely design has influenced Silicon Valley over the decades and how designers […]
Already a popular magnet for SAP employees around the globe since 2015, the SAP Design Talks series recently made its Berlin debut. And, in another first, the presentation given by Lars Kampf, Director Graphics at adidas, at the SAP Data Space in Berlin was open to external participants as well. New York-based designer and startup […]
Klaus Frenzel of Daimler spoke at SAP about designing modern luxury
James Sommerville, Vice President for Global Design at The Coca-Cola Company, spoke recently at SAP about keeping an iconic brand fresh.
The SAP Design Talks brought 10 speakers to SAP in 2016 and will continue to bring more speakers in 2017.
Boris Verkhovsky spoke at SAP about the Cirque du Soleil design process and why, without intense collaboration, there would be no show.
Karim Habib is head of design at BMW. He spoke recently at SAP about his life’s calling
Karim Habib leads the design team of one of the most successful brands in the automotive industry, BMW. We invited him to SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany to give an SAP Design Talk. Habib was kind enough to give us some insight into the car design process as well as into how designers and engineers […]
As head of design at IBM, Phil Gilbert leads a program of historic proportions to reinvigorate IBM’s business through the power of Design Thinking. Since his company was acquired by IBM in 2010, Gilbert has been executing on his plan to redefine how Big Blue, the inventor of commercial computing, develops its products and services. […]
Building up a culture of sustainable design at a behemoth like IBM is a big job, but not too big for Phil Gilbert.
Greg Petroff, Chief Experience Officer at GE, spoke at SAP about designing for the harsh conditions of industrial use cases.
Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost on Design, SAP, IoT, and why Germany is lagging behind its EU neighbors in the digital transformation.
At the 4th SAP Design Talk, Professor Dr. Gesche Joost talked to over 1000 SAP employees about the Internet of Things and the democratization of tools.
Here’s a riddle for you. What do the cassette tape, electric shavers, neonatal intensive care units, 500 SAP employees, the Walldorf fire department and high-end Dutch furniture design have in common? The answer is that they all came together on stage at the second SAP Design Talk on November 12th. Maybe that wasn’t much of […]
Interview with Jason Mayden, former global design director for Jordan Brand, about the ups and downs of building a startup company.
At the first SAP Design Talk, designer Jason Mayden (Nike, MarkOne) kicked off the new series with words of wisdom on overcoming obstacles to success. “At Nike, we always set ourselves what we called a BHAG. That stands for big, hairy, audacious goal,” Jason Mayden recalled from his days as Senior Global Design Director for […]
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