XPLANE (company)
XPLANE is a Business Design Consultancy that has been helping large organizations clarify, communicate, and achieve their goals since 1993. XPLANE leverages visual thinking, human-centered design, co-creation, and multi-disciplinary teams to help clients solve complex problems and accelerate immediate and lasting results. They combine the strategy and organizational strength of a consulting firm with the creative power of a design studio. XPLANE has worked with over 50 of the Fortune 500, and many of the world’s largest organizations, though their unique approach and methodologies can be applied to any type of organization. XPLANE is based in Portland, OR and Amsterdam, Holland.
See also
- Visual thinking
- Business Design
- Change Management
- Communication Design
- Process Design
- Strategic Planning
- Information graphics
Further reading
- Stacey King (2001-07-01). Magazine Design That Works: Secrets for Successful Magazine Design. Rockport Publishers. pp. 148–149. ISBN 1-56496-758-1. — a discussion of Business 2.0's brand, illustrating some of the "little ant people" (as they were termed by the magazine's art director, Laura Morris), that characterized XPLANE's "XPLANATiONS", that came to be an integral part of that brand
- Ilise Benun (2001). Self Promotion Online: Marketing Your Creative Services Using Web Sites, E-Mail and Digital. North Light Books. p. 62. ISBN 158180069X. — a report of XPLANE's "xblog" electronic mail marketing campaign run by Bill Keaggy
- Juan C. Dürsteler (2002-05-06). "Visual Narrative". Inf@Vis!. — a report of XPLANE that includes several example XPLANATiONS
- Kellee Sikes (Winter 2001). "Cross the Learning Desert in a Ferrari". LiNE Zine. — Sikes interviews David Gray.