Press—articles, reviews, links
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What people are saying...
"Like Malcolm Gladwell, Warren Berger writes engagingly about expertise for a general audience."
“With a gift for storytelling, Berger establishes ten principles that readers can use to spark ‘the glimmer of possibility and potential.’”
Further excerpts available at "What They're Saying" on GlimmerSite.com. And see more reviews and media links below.
Harvard Business Review
"The Four Phases of Design Thinking"
Toronto Globe and Mail
Article on Warren Berger and Glimmer, plus video about what small businesses can learn from designers.
Adweek: Everyone's a designer (or should be)
Article by Warren Berger
Wired magazine Glimmer excerpt
The Irish Times
"... Berger’s book has a relevance not only for people with an interest in design, but for anybody interested in rigorous, analytical thinking and problem-solving."
Crain's Chicago Business
"The book suggests that innovation in design isn't just about creating things — it's about creating experiences."
CNN.com: Can design change the world?
CNN recently spoke to Warren Berger about design, technology and Bruce Mau, a designer he collaborated with to write the book. The interview follows.
Fast Company.com
"Can Design Thinking Solve Your Problems and Make You Happier?" Article and review.Idea Connection interview
Long Q&A with Warren about design and innovation.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel review
"Berger's fascinating book looks at how design, the mental process of solving a specific problem, can be applied to all aspects of our life - and how the potential to be governed by good design is inside all of us, providing we are willing, as design guru Bruce Mau puts it, to 'keep moving away from what you know.'"
Psychology Today review
GOOD magazine: "A Design Book For the Rest of Us"
In his new book, Glimmer, journalist Warren Berger tries to explain to the uninitiated what designers have been saying for years: that good design really can change the world.... (more)
Communication Arts review
"... From his research and interviews with creative thinkers, Warren Berger presents their intriguing projects and establishes ten principles that readers can use to spark "the glimmer of possibility and potential... of an innovative idea or a life-changing plan...."
Video: Heather Reisman of Indigo Books talks with Bruce Mau and Warren Berger about Glimmer
WNYC radio interview
Warren Berger, shares the principles of design that can improve the way we think, work, and live. His book Glimmer: How You Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World shows how we can all apply the skills designers use to solve problems and spur innovation.
Huffington Post: How about designing a better future?
Article by Warren Berger.
Winnipeg Free Press: "Design thinking a broader, more creative way"
In this engaging work of non-fiction, American journalist and author Warren Berger attempts to describe a broader and more creative way of thinking about doing business, living and relationships.
He does this through "design thinking," which he calls a process of evaluating, researching and problem solving.
Berger highlights many innovative designers and projects, but the central figure in the book is Canadian design guru Bruce Mau.
Berger seems to want to do for design what Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson (author of The Long Tail and Free) has done for the Internet.... (more)
In Touch Weekly.com
Designing celebrities/Brad Pitt and others
...Warren Berger, author of the new book Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life and Maybe Even the World (glimmersite.com), says, “The drive to design seems to be found in people from all walks, including those who could easily afford to pay others to solve problems for them. And now you’re seeing stars do a more authentic kind of design — designs that solve problems and make a difference.” Like the clever diaper that Jamie Lee Curtis designed and patented a while back: it included a built-in moisture-proof pocket for holding those all-important clean-up wipes — which, as parents know, really do make a difference.Connecticut public radio: Where We Live—Living by Design
A 45-minute discussion about how to incorporate design into our daily lives, with Warren Berger and designer Alexander Isley.
Booklist review
"Warren Berger challenges readers to move beyond the correlation between design and style to associate design with problem solving.... Complete with endnotes, a “glimmer” glossary, and bibliography, Berger’s innovative treatise is a welcome addition to design and social-issues collections...."
