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Would you rather… wear the same underwear for a year OR walk on all fours for the rest of your life?

Following the success of previous Dilemmarama games, there’s a Junior edition for children and their families to enjoy. There is only one rule: you HAVE to choose!

This hilarious card game features 60 absurd dilemma cards that will make you laugh and make for the silliest conversations. And because life is full of dilemmas, there are two play options. For option one, you have to present the most challenging dilemmas to the other players to become the ‘dilemma champion.’ Option two allows you to play in teams, and you have to guess what your teammates would choose. Guaranteed you’ll get to know your friends and family better this way!

Introducing the Instant Innovation Cards-an efficient way to incorporate Design Thinking into your everyday work life. Forget about those lengthy meetings, instead, pick a card that fits the moment, and you’re ready to uncover fresh insights within seconds.

These cards are designed to assist leaders and team members gain new perspectives in complex situations while fostering empathy for users, teams, and stakeholders. By viewing challenges from various angles, it becomes easier to make informed decisions, communicate effectively, reduce friction, and achieve the desired outcomes effortlessly.

This toolkit is based on behavioural and technological insights and has been tested and developed alongside a transformative design and innovation practice. Instant Innovation Cards are quicker and more intuitive than traditional methods, making it easy for readers to find inspiration and take decisive action.

Discover a new way to explore three-dimensional design and architecture using prepositions.

“Relation of Elements” explores the role of prepositions in architecture and design, a part of speech often overlooked when describing and designing architecture. The book demonstrates how language can shape our understanding of objects and spaces and allows you to discover new ways to shape and define space.

The book aims to inspire architects and designers to think creatively by manipulating prepositions and exploring the connections between different composition and structure elements. By making subtle changes to the prepositions used in describing design problems, one can introduce novelty and improvements in the outcome of a project.

Reliable framework for designing successful projects from start to finish.

Transform your architectural projects with “The Fundamentals of Architectural Design.” Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned professional looking to refine your skills, this book will prove a rich source of information.

The book provides a practical and concise roadmap for students, architects and designers alike. It guides the designer step-by-step in a simple way through all phases of the design process: from site inspection to the presentation of the project. Each of the 33 essential steps featured in the book is accompanied by diagrams, images and slogans.

“The Fundamentals of Architectural Design” is the latest addition to the “The Fast Guide To” series, made up of successful pocket-size books known for their comprehensive and accessible resources.

A hands-on guide for using research, experimentation and testing for new products; from idea through to post-launch.


You want to make products that matter. Products that strike a chord with your target audience. To do that, you will need to connect with customers and users to get their feedback. Sounds easy enough, but figuring out the right research methods for product development can be complex. That’s where this book comes in.

“Make Products That Matter” helps you navigate the entire product lifecycle, considering everything from organisational growth, popular frameworks like lean start-up, product-market fit, design thinking, and innovation.

It’s a practical guide explaining which research methods work best at different product lifecycle stages. Additionally, it provides insights on how to maintain and apply these insights effectively.

A change in perspective helps us question traditional ways of thinking and find innovative solutions. That’s where the Revolutionary Minds card set comes in.

The purpose of this card deck is to encourage the examination of challenges from different perspectives. The deck features inspiring personalities such as Malala Yousafzai, Elon Musk, Frida Kahlo, and Steve Jobs, who are known for their unique problem-solving abilities.

Each card in the deck includes a brief description of the personality, a quote from them, suggestions on how to use the cards and descriptions of different approaches that can help in developing ambitious solutions. Additionally, the deck provides three blank cards that can be customized with personalities that are significant to your community.

Welcome to the all-new, revised and revamped edition! Embark on an exciting journey into the future, using trend research as your compass.

Take a deep dive into the future with this book as your trusty companion. “How to Research Trends” shows you how to navigate and explore using the powerful tool of trend research. Learn how to scan the environment for signs of change, analyze trend spots, and apply insights to kickstart innovation.

This revised edition is designed for professionals who want to incorporate trend research into their own work. It features new interviews with professionals and agencies, as well as new theories, including Shalom Schwartz’s human values model and Sharpe’s Three Horizons Framework. Learn how to use trend research to explore the future, and you’ll be prepared for change and the uncertainties it brings.

This hands-on guide empowers individuals of all backgrounds to cultivate effective habits for enhancing creativity.

Today, leaders and employees are expected to demonstrate increased creativity in their work. However, many lack the skills to be creative on command or challenge conventional thinking. This book provides a practical approach to developing creative skills, boosting confidence and foster a culture of creativity in your team. It guides readers through the four key creative skillsets, helping them turn each into a habit.

The book equips readers with tools to challenge assumptions, generate novel ideas, stay open-minded and persuade others. It also highlights the benefits of creativity, such as driving innovation and better decision-making. Readers will learn to explore new areas, imagine ideas for better decisions, evaluate ideas with a learning mindset and present ideas persuasively.

Everyday Innovator offers a hands-on guide for developing your creative skills, boosting your creative confidence and fostering a culture of creativity in your team.

Discover why intentional event design is crucial and how you can create positive organizational changes.

Curious about how events can make a difference and create a meaningful impact? Then this is the book for you. ‘Design to Change’ offers valuable insights into the power of purposeful and strategic event design.

Find out why intentional event design is crucial to drive positive organisational changes. Learn how to identify an event’s desired outcomes and design experiences that align with those goals. From crafting engaging content and curating immersive environments to leveraging technology and fostering participant engagement, this book gives you the tools needed to create transformative events.

Furthermore, the book will introduce you to innovative event formats and methodologies that can amplify the impact of your events. Case studies and real-world examples demonstrate the effectiveness of purposeful event design in achieving organisational objectives.

Whether you are an event professional, an organiser, or someone interested in understanding the potential of events as drivers of change, this book will provide practical techniques, approaches and inspiration to design events that drive positive change.

Don’t get left behind: learn how to consider long-term and environmental perspectives through strategic design.

Get ready to make a difference! This book is your ultimate guide, packed with practical tools and strategies to create positive change. Whether working solo, in a small agency, or a big organisation, you’ll learn how to embrace planetary perspectives and think long-term, even in a profit-driven world. Discover how to make mindful decisions, transform your design practices, and influence company strategies to leave a positive impact for future generations.

‘Designing Tomorrow’ introduces three pillars – networks, interventions and partnerships – and tactics for designers, decision-makers, leaders and anyone looking for ways to create a positive impact through the work they do.

Let everyone’s voice be truly heard in the co-design process!

Societal challenges are urgent and affect everyone, including politicians, citizens, government officials, business professionals, NGOs, designers and researchers. Understanding and addressing these challenges is difficult because no single stakeholder or organisation is solely responsible. Everything is interconnected and constantly changing, resulting in challenges being neglected and stakeholders being unable or unwilling to make important decisions.

The Co-Design Canvas is a practical and user-friendly tool that supports flexible planning, conducting, and evaluating of co-design processes for multi-stakeholder coalitions and facilitators. It encourages coalitions to discuss and consider eight co-design variables. The accompanying manual helps people find common ground and align their perspectives.

Boost your productivity at work with the latest in the Visual book series.

Enhance your productivity at work with “Visual Working,” the follow-up to the successful “Visual Thinking” and “Visual Doing.”

This practical workbook shows you how to use drawing as a fun and effective way to communicate at work. It provides simple steps to incorporate business drawing into your daily routine so that you can express ideas with images as easily as with words.
Discover the Five Visual Thinking Types and use practical tips to improve collaboration and communication within your organisation. Make drawing at work a regular part of your daily routine and enjoy more success and pleasure on the job.

Was macht eigentlich eine echte Verbindung im digitalen Zeitalter aus? Wann setzen wir uns noch hin, hören aktiv zu und lassen uns auf die Geschichten der anderen ein?
Dieses Spiel bietet euch die Möglichkeit, mit Freund*innen, Familie oder Kolleg*innen zu einer tieferen Verbindung zu finden.

Das Spiel ist einfach: Ihr sucht euch eine Karte aus und erzählt eure Geschichte, vom Alltäglichen bis zum Fantastischen. Danach beschäftigen sich eure Zuhörer*innen mit dem Erzählten, wobei die Würfel euch verschiedene Impulse dafür geben.

Das Empathie Spiel ermutigt zum Teilen, Zuhören und Interagieren mit euren Mitmenschen, was euch letztendlich näher zusammenbringen kann – und was könnte schöner sein als das?

Explore the amazing world of art with the 1000-piece Powerful Women Puzzle! It showcases women bringing their stories to life. This puzzle isn’t just about putting the pieces together; it’s a joyful celebration of women’s significant contributions to art history. Inside the package, you’ll find a leaflet with fascinating insights into women’s remarkable role in shaping the art world.

Based on the popular Powerful Women Affirmation Deck, this puzzle highlights the strength and resilience of incredible women. It’s a fantastic combination of fun and learning, allowing you to dive into the inspiring journeys of female artists who have impacted the art scene.

Whether you’re an art lover, a puzzle enthusiast, or searching for a meaningful gift, this puzzle offers a unique and uplifting perspective on the immense impact women have had on the art realm.

“Help me transform while performing!”

Transforming While Performing is a book for decision-makers, entrepreneurs, innovators and change drivers that realise the old methods of building plans and strategies for the future no longer suffice.
This book is a practical guide with real-life cases and stories that inspire, visuals that speak volumes and tools and best practices that allow readers to co-create their future.

The book consists of three parts. Part one reveals how you can find your true North and build your vision, strategy and culture. Part two explain how you can co-create your strategy and engage your wider organisation. And in part three, you’ll learn how to transform yourself and your organisation, offering you inspiration on the personal, the business and cultural aspects of transformation.

In short the book will help you:
* Find your North Star, develop your strategic plan and get everyone to act in days, not months.

* Sense the world around you and transform while performing both as a person and a business.

* Turn transformation into a strategic capability.

* Unleash the power of 3: inspiration, visualisation and co-creation to spark imagination, maximise group genius and accelerate the process.

* Get inspired by real life cases and the visual tools.

The authors of the book worked for over twenty years at the headquarters of global technology giants and industry pioneers Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. They have first-hand experience with the challenges of working in organisations that are constantly transforming. As independent entrepreneurs, they currently provide advice to start-ups and organizations in all major industries around the world.

This book is for innovators, design strategists and entrepreneurs and everyone who feels the pain of the struggle at some point while managing the distractions and noise that can block us from reaching our full creative potential. Creative Struggle is Real is an interactive journey with creative guidance and making tools to bring you closer to your unique creative capacities so you will never shy away from your creative genius again.
While the creative struggle may be inevitable, it doesn’t have to feel impossible. The book is organised into three parts: Defining Your Creative Context, Designing Your Creative Practice, and Maintaining Your Creative Momentum. You will discover your imaginator type, become a superhero(ine) and define what creativity means to you.

The book walks you through practical and inspiring methods to make space and time for making so you will never again have an excuse to procrastinate. In addition, every creative will design a unique creative practice that exercises creative muscle so you can keep your momentum going for the long term.

* A practical, interactive guide to help you define creativity, put you in action and design a creative practice that supports your creativity for the long term.

* For creative professionals and “non-creatives” working with creative teams who want to make a positive impact and gain the connections and recognition they seek from team members and co-creators.

* Learn how to reach your full creative potential

Creating new and innovative products, services or businesses can be challenging, which is why, sadly, most innovations are not successful. But, the good news is that you can significantly improve the chance for success by being guided – the lean way. That’s where the Lean Innovation Guide comes in. This book guides you through the lean journey by clarifying what to focus on next and what to improve.

If you or your organisation want or need to drive innovation, then this book is a must-read! Discover the secrets to faster, more focused innovation success: learn the proven approach to innovating your business and get the competitive edge you need to stay ahead. The book is aimed mainly at corporate innovators and provides them with the missing link to successfully using Lean Startup as an innovation method: namely the Lean Progress Model.

With the Lean Progress Model, author David Griesbach developed a tool that quickly and purposefully guides you through the Lean Innovation process. You will know at all times where your project stands, which questions are still open-ended and what needs to be done next. In addition, the illustrations throughout the book support the text and turn this book into a practical guide that takes you through the startup and innovation process.

In this book, you will find a proven approach to guide you and your colleagues to innovation success, helping you to move faster, be more focused, and innovate the business. The book provides an easy-to-follow approach to driving change in any business or startup and is a must-have for anyone looking to succeed in innovation. Any new business idea, product or service will be developed more efficiently, faster, and more focused using this model.

* BOOST CREATIVITY with this deck of 60 dual-sided, illustrated cards

* TWO GAMES IN ONE for endless fun

* CREATE different geometric shapes with unique card patterns

* STIMULATE YOUR IMAGINATION while playing a traditional memory game or by creating a large geometric pattern with the backside of the cards

* GIVE THIS EXCITING GIFT of design and mental exercise that is fun for all ages

Through 24 unique challenges, a diverse range of angles, and detailed insights into the world of food design, Lick It will radically transform your relationship to food.

Whether mealtimes are your favourite part of the day or you’re in the camp of ‘eat to live’ rather than ‘live to eat, this book will help you reshape how you think about food. Much more than just body fuel, food is political, it’s social, it’s exciting and constantly shifting and changing.

With a striking balance between creative tools and cutting-edge theory, these 30 chapters will examine everything from food politics and sex to hunger and queer food. Lick It is not a cookbook. Rather, it’s an ultimate food experience, helping you challenge your mind and expand your mouth.

* EMBRACE CREATIVITY using the 40 design method cards and easy-play game format

* EDUCATIONAL TOOLKIT that combines design and game theory

* BOOK AND CARD DECK combination means you can learn in-depth theory behind design thinking and put it into practice through a game

* ACCESSIBLE AND FUN way to learn collaborative working skills and how to creatively problem solve

* PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL USE perfect for students, teachers and professionals

Every leader is different; there is no one-size-fits-all solution that someone can copy. Leaders are human, with different personalities, personal preferences, and styles of communication, meaning that no two leaders can be the same. Instead of prescribing constrictive frameworks to force the reader into a cookie-cutter style of leadership, Leadership by Design acts as a mentor, guiding them towards finding their own unique style of leadership.

This book is crafted as a self-development journey, providing the tools that one needs – no matter whether they’re a CEO, a community leader, a freelancer or something entirely different – to find out what leadership means to them. Balancing cutting-edge theory with useful tips, data, and tasks, this self-guided course will help facilitate a transformation towards becoming the type of leader the reader has always believed they can be.

We all can grow as leaders.

After years of industry experience and academic positions lecturing to students about creativity and branding, Joris van Dooren and Coen Luijten both began to notice some strange behaviour. Both their student and the starting entrepreneurs they were working for in their Building Better Brands course, had started to act irrationally when it came to their brands, putting in all their financial resources, discussing them non-stop, and staying up late into the night to work on them.

It almost looked a little like parenthood.

Newborn brands are just like babies to us. With the right guidance, we can raise them into something spectacular. That said, when things go wrong, we can just as easily f*ck them up.

Within these pages, we trace the development of your brand from its baby stages right up to adulthood. Just like how it takes 18 years to raise a child, we’ve broken down the process into 18 steps. With interactive examples and tasks to help bring your brand to life, you’ll be able to watch your brand grow as you move from step to step.

It takes a village to raise a child and you’ll need to juggle different tasks when starting up. But, when it comes to branding and creativity, we’ll be your support system. After helping launch over 75 startups, we’ve refined the process to perfection. Let’ s start creating your brand, it will be big fun!

By the end of these 18 steps, your brand will have a personality, a style, a story – it’ll be a fully formed brand. But, before we arrive there, we have to take care of our baby brand.

Are you ready for parenthood? It’s one hell of a ride. Let’s try not to f*ck it up.

Birth Like a Man is a field guide for future fathers or non-birthing partners. This pocket-sized book is filled with tips, reminders and summaries to help you support your partner’s pregnancy process; from helping with morning sickness, setting up a birth plan, going out for the first time or changing diapers. See this book as the cheat-sheet to your parenting and partner exam, but unlike any other school exam, the parenting-school-year hasn’t even begun.

This book is for everyone who thinks they have a more active, supportive role to play in the delivery of their child than those millennia old stereotypical gender roles teach us. It is a short, snappy and easily navigable guide to make being a true parenting partner just a little bit easier.

When watching a masterful sketcher, it seems that they create elaborate sketches with ease, tracing their pencils on the page and bringing to life rich and detailed drawings. After sweating away hours trying to create a simple sketch, you may find that yours pales in comparison, looking amateurish and unprofessional. Why is it that you can’t do what these ‘masters’ can?

While many assume the difference comes down to accurate strokes and natural talent, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Accuracy is not everything – confidence is. And, in this book, Hlavács helps you to build up your confidence, moving through each layer of drawing and helping you understand exactly why one drawing looks more professional than another. This book breaks down the fear around sketching, walking you through how to create intricate sketches without difficulty.

No other book teaches sketching in such a natural way, allowing anyone – no matter levels of talent or their past in drawing – to learn how to make this beautiful skill an intuitive process. Hlavács demonstrates sketching as a pathway of logical steps, starting with the most basic elements and then adding further layers to the sketches as the book progresses.

With a range of exercises to move through and pages filled with the psychology of why humans are drawn to certain sketches over others, this book will turn you into the master you’ve always admired. Instead of aiming for perfection, Hlavacs teaches you how to draw emotionally, using confidence in place of skill and understanding in place of talent.

No matter who you are, The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching will give you rules and demonstrations that will turn every sketch you create into a masterpiece.