Today, Freestyle Coke machines let us design our own soft drinks, freestyle yogurt shops let us create our own confections.

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Roseman also recommended A Demon of Our Own Design, by Richard Bookstaber.

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Human societies are products of our own design.

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We are subjects of our own technological design.

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We do our own bookkeeping, graphic design, photography, shipping and promotion.

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After a couple of talks about stars, planets and finding out if we're alone in the universe, Candy Chang, an artist and recent hire in the Nokia design team, is curious about the notion of how we can be less alone in our own neighborhoods.

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In our own case, we have created a simple process that incorporates 4 key questions and 10 design tools to get MBAs and practicing managers comfortable with design thinking.

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