This video captures the launch of a book, 'DesignTransitions: Inspiring Stories. Global Viewpoints. How Design is Changing', authored by Joyce Yee, Emma Jefferies and Lauren Tan, with a foreword from IDEO's Tim Brown. The launch was held at the iconic Hotel Droog, Amsterdam on the 29th of November 2013 and features talks from contributors sharing their personal transitions. This video offers a glimpse of the night, the celebration and discussions that took place. To view other videos from this event and the launch event in London, which includes an Introduction and the full length Discussion that took place, go to this dedicated channel: Design Transitions

The book is about conversations on how design is changing. Join the conversation through our websites:
design-transitions.com (website dedicated to the project, process and conversations)
designtransitionsbook.com (website dedicated to the book)

OR follow us on twitter @DesTransitions OR tweet using #designtransitions

The book is the culmination of our two year journey across the world to capture stories of how design practices are changing from different perspectives and context. The book presents:
- 42 unique and insightful stories of how design is changing around the world
- 12 countries are represented...
- From the perspectives of 3 different communities: design agencies, organizations embedding design; and design academics.

Some of the organizations and individuals featured include: Droog, BERG, Fjord, thinkpublic, FutureGov, Hakuhodo Innovation Lab, DesignThinkers Group, INSITUM, Optimal Usability, frog Asia, Ziba, Banny Banerjee, Ezio Manzini, Carlos Teixeira and Adam Greenfield.