Thursday, March 21, 2013

9. HCD Process by IDEO



     
       Everyday, we exposure ourselves to some types of designed products and brands. We wake up at the bed, brush our teeth, wear clothes, drive a car, eat lunch and dinner and go back to bed. In this simple process of daily life, we don’t even recognize how many different designed products and brands we have used. If some of products that we use daily evolve their designs and technologies good enough to make our lives more efficiently and helpful than now, we will be able to improve the quality of our lives with or without notice. Also, if some of companies and small business stores try to develop good brand images, customer relationship services and process of developing ideas, it will hugely affect on their profits and potential customers. This is the basic identity of the innovative global design firm and business consultant service company, IDEO.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

8. A&R





        One of important roles in the entertainment industry would be A&R. According to About.com, A&R stands for artist and repertoire and their basic job is that finding new artists and signing them to the label or the production company. In the music industry, A&R agents cover all kinds of important things such as contracting negotiations, booking recording sessions and preparing for the album release. These are typical roles of the A&R in the past. However, the role of A&R has changed in current entertainment industry.