The Art of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship in Design explores the form and nature of entrepreneurship in a range of creative disciplines. It explores the complex ecology of activities that enable design, entrepreneurship, and alternative methods of practice within a creative practice, and for the benefit and engagement of society.
The book is structured in four thematic sections: the Alpha Room, Beta Portal, Gamma Field, and Delta State. Within each section, the chapters address such topics as experience, mindset, activity, collaboration, and value. In that sense, The Art of Enterprise is composed of the way in which one experiences, thinks about, works, collaborates, and creates value in the mind, studio, prototype, and marketplace. It includes a curated selection of contemporary practices engaged in entrepreneurship around the world and interviews from leading entrepreneurs and design professionals capturing advice and inspiration.
With an open-ended set of activities, charts, worksheets, and discussion questions, The Art of Enterprise fosters entrepreneurial thinking in formative projects and practices for students, academics, and professionals.
About the Author: Nathan Richardson teaches design, real estate, and entrepreneurship at the Oklahoma State University School of Architecture as an associate professor. He received a Master of Design Studies with Distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and is a licensed architect in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. The integration of design and entrepreneurship is central to his research and teaching. He was a 2013 recipient of the ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award, has twice been named the Riata Fellow of the Year by the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, and received the Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld Prize for Superior Achievement in Real Estate Studies at the GSD.
