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How SONOS put a knife in my designer’s heart – an open letter

Dear SONOS, When I first heard about your “trade-in” program I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was a joke and when I realised that it…

Jan 30, 2020

A screenshot of SONOS’ trade-in program website

Jan 30, 2020

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sovanta — Design Lab

Poor preparation can kill

The secret to a really successful Design Thinking workshop is not outstanding facilitation skills. It is what you do upfront. Here are six…

Nov 28, 2019

Poor preparation can kill

Nov 28, 2019

Sven Marten
in
sovanta — Design Lab

Design Thinking is no democracy

This could sound paradox: There’s a working method that lives the most important basic values of a democracy. But it only works without…

Nov 7, 2019

Design Thinking is no democracy

Nov 7, 2019

Sven Marten
in
sovanta — Design Lab

We are not Silicon Valley — and we are proud of it!

Several times I fought against an invisible enemy: mysteriously vanishing motivation despite a perfectly organized workshop. You’ll never…

Oct 10, 2019

We are not Silicon Valley — and we are proud of it!

Oct 10, 2019

Sven Marten
in
sovanta — Design Lab

Design Thinking is a design discipline

Be prepared for an uncomfortable truth! I know a lot of people will not be very happy about to hear it: Even if many try to do it, Design…

Sep 27, 2019

Design Thinking is a design discipline

Sep 27, 2019

Sven Marten
in
sovanta — Design Lab

10 out of 100 — Learnings I wish I had known years before

What is the secret sauce? What does it take to make a Design Thinking workshop a success? How can you stay curious and fired up to perform…

Sep 26, 2019

10 out of 100 — Learnings I wish I had known years before

Sep 26, 2019

Sven Marten

Sven Marten

Sven Marten is Strategic Advisor for User Experience and DesignThinking. He is working in the field of product and software design for more than 25 years now.

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