Time to post a short list of weblinks that lead to a huge amount of information about designmethods. They all come from different branches, they all look different, some are a little bit older others are up-to-date, but every single one of them provides useful information and shows how many people are intrested in the topic of designmethods:

  1. futurelab, innovation in education (english)
  2. Engine Service Design (english)
  3. MAP-Tool, PRK Universität Karlsruhe (german)
  4. Portal Designmanagment on de.wikipedia.org (german)
  5. TU Delft, the Industrial Design Engineering Wiki (english)
  6. Better Product Design, Tools and Techniques (english)

Thanks Juliane for the inputs and for keeping me updated
regards
Dennis

World Usability Day 2009 (http://www.worldusabilityday.org/)  is approaching design from Cradle to Cradle. Coming from a user-centric perspective and looking beyond form and function, we are exploring the impact design has on our World. The ‘Cradle to Cradle’ approach is to start the design with the premise of using materials that can fully enter a new life cycle by either going back to nature or going back into the design process as a new product. This holistic approach to sustainable design shows how usability can apply to all of what we do and build.