Imagineering

Innovation in the Experience Economy

Paperback
September 2014
9781780644653
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    14th September 2014
  • ISBN 9781780644653
  • Language English
  • Pages 292 pp.
  • Size 7.5" x 9.625"
  • Images figures, tables & photos
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To survive in today’s complex economies, it is imperative for companies to understand their consumers in terms of how and why they like to use their products. Distinction based on quality no longer provides competitive advantage. Imagineers use design methods to create meaningful experiences that connect consumers to brands, employees to companies and consumers to consumers. This book explains the background of the need for experiences and then focuses on how to design them. Bringing theory into practice for students of tourism marketing, event planning and business, it provides a window into the creative world of Imagineering.

Introduction

Part I: Imagineering – Where and When
1. Focus Shift in Western Economies
2. From Target Group to Follow Group
3. From Brand Marketing to Identity Branding
4. A Meaningful Experience
5. Thinking in Terms of Business Models

Part II: Imagineering – Who, What and How
6. How Do You Become an Imagineer?
7. The Imagineer’s Work Process
8. The Imagineer’s Design Methodology

Part III: I, the Imagineer
9. Warming Up for the Right Side of the Brain
10. I, the Imagineer, Learn to Understand People, their Emotions and Behaviour
11. Working Towards Your Own Signature

Gabriëlle Kuiper

Gabriëlle Kuiper

Bart Smit

Bart Smit