When I go to Amsterdam, I like to hit Nijhof & Lee, a great little design book store located near Waterlooplein (and while I’m at it, I hit De Beesten Winkel for stuffed dinosaurs and creepy crawly bugs for my nephews). For the size of the store, they have a great selection of both US and European design books. I almost always find something I haven’t seen before anywhere else.
This time I found “Design Management” by Kathryn Best. This book is a great survey of skills, tools, and methods for designers and managers a like. She covers managing the design strategy, the design process, and implementation. It has a strong graphic design emphasis but many of the examples and methods can be adapted to other forms of design.
