The Interaction Design Research Triangle details the triangular interactive design approach Design Practice + Design Studies + Design Exploration as a mechanism to increase firm ROI by conducting research and interacting as whole. Offering a solution to design practices as it guides organizations with interface to industry, academia and the world at large it is an excellent framework and well established in the marketplace.
Digital art has been an expanding field since the mid 1990s; however, it is now taking cues from the digital gaming industry. Though the use of complex algorithms and inspiration from gaming narratives, these new art forms are creating complex new digital environments. Where will be the boundaries between gaming and art in the future? Art Games gives a good indication of how it’s all evolving.
Though occasionally used, innovation audits are not a widely practiced trend. Innovation Audits: Learning Tools for increased ROI: A Case Study of Enhancing High-Involvement Innovation details the benefits of this practice and describes how they can be effectively used to improve innovation in small to medium sized companies as well as for educational processes to increase ROI. The whole point of design.