Bridging the disciplines of business and design through project management, design, strategy, and business.
Denise Montt Blanchard is director of the Design and Engineering Research center in Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile CIDI UC, an organization that is constituted as a multidisciplinary platform that …
Executive Summary Can we design an economy that provides for everyone? In contrast to the current economic design that is limited to recording exchang ...
INTERVIEW BY KIRSTIN HOFFMAN AND EVELYN KIM Executive Summary With large corporations cashing-in on the allure and intimacy of artisan crafted product ...
Image from Innovation Feeder BYOC —Bring Your Own Container is a new waste reducing eco-trend that goes beyond carrying your own tote to th ...
By Lee Ballin Executive Summary The business landscape is moving towards a low carbon economy that will need to consider sustainability and dwindling natural resources in addition to maintaining profit ...
Concalma, designer Matilsha Marxuach’s line of practical handbags totes and messenger bags, are designed with the philosophy, “to slow the pace.” In Spanish, “con calma” literally means, “at ease, to approa ...
Executive Summary The most recent collapse of markets suggests a design failure requiring immediate action. This article is intended to encourage a conscious and disciplined reform of our financial system ...
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) recently launched the beta phase of their Apparel Index, a system that evaluates and rates the environmental and social impact of clothing items. Support for ...
The Fashion Industry is consistently faced with challenges that are both Social and Environmental. In an attempt to address these issues the Nordic Fashion Association is hosting the second Copenhagen Fashion Summit. This conference wi ...
In a recent myEducationTimes article, Dr. Mary McBride, the Director of Pratt Institute’s Design Management Program (the graduate program responsible for Catalyst SDR), discusses the importance of creating an economy that is “ben ...
In the world of start-ups where even the most savvy entrepreneurs have to always be watching their backs, competition is a constant and getting funded is just the first of many ...
Here at CatalystSDR we’re pleased to announce our newest weekly column, “Kickstarter of the Week.