November 30, 2009
Ekaterina Khramkova, founder of Russian design research and product development consultancy Lumiknows was featuring in a business daily Vedomosti publishing together with The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. The article called «How to research a mop» raises issues of product design and development industry in Russia.

The publication in a section «History of success» is dedicated to career of Ekaterina and her path to establishing Lumiknows – the first in Russia design consultancy which has integrated design research into the process of new product development. Projects fulfilled by Lumiknows for Danfoss, Renault, Philips and Moscow metro are mentioned in the paper. 

Electronic version of the publication in Vedomosti.

June 04, 2009
A business weekly "Russian Reporter" - a part of influential all-Russian magazine "Expert" published an article dedicated to the first Russian TED-like conference held at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow late May 2009. 

The publication features speech of CEO of Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows Ekaterina Khramkova "Thinking for a Living in the Participation Economy".

More on TEDxMoscow.
Presentation 
"Thinking for a Living in the Participation Economy".
Article "The Future Should be Beautiful" (in Russian).
 

November 12, 2008
The article by CEO of Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows Ekaterina Khramkova published in an influential in Russia magazine "Strategic Management" of Grebennikov Publishing House is featuring a new strategic role design plays in the New Economy of Creativity and Innovation when a new product development process is no more as it was before. It analyses why design thinking has become a crucial issue to tackle tacit knowledge both inside and outside companies.

The second part of the publication is dedicated to the history case of collaborating IDEO with its first Russian client telecommunication company Vympelcom (brand Beeline) in the area of service innovations. The case is based on research conducted by Ekaterina both in London and in Moscow in 2006, including interviewing key managers in the both countries and aimed at identifying the most important issues of completing design research for the Russian market.

September 28, 2008
The article published in St.-Petersburg magazine Designform is a continuation of design research work conducted by Ksenia in the area of future living environments.

Approaching future living conditions from a systemic point of view, Ksenia discusses how architecture, furniture, interiors will change following evolution of the relationships 'man - technology - environments'. As the Nest project developed by Ksenia demonstrates, in the future, man's possibilities will not depend on his/her physical location and it is not people, not even technologies, but places will adapt to people's needs. Continuing in some way philosophy of Ambient Intelligence concept developed by Philips, the Nest project is a Russian approach to solving the challanges humanity meets in its development today.

August 12, 2008
The world leading e-coach Internet portal published an article written by CEO of Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows Ekaterina Khramkova on new approaches to be taken into consideration when developing an innovative product. Led by Russian innovator and business strategists Vadim Kotelnikov, the portal has been pioneering international business e-coaching resource for modern business leaders, venturepreneurs, innovators, business consultants, and trainers since 1990.

An article titled “New Product Design and Development: The Seven Reasons To Think About the Future. Once more” is dedicated to shifts in the world design industry and its impact on the process of New Product Development (NPD). The paper features  “New Strategies”, “New Customer”, “New Opportunities”, “New Research”, “New Thinking”, “New Value”, and “New Economy”.

June 15, 2008
Business weekly "Elite personnel" interviewed CEO of Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows Dr Ekaterina Khramkova as a leader of innovative Russian design consultancy whose multidisciplinary staff is able to solve complex issues of new product development regardless of what the new product should be – tangible or intangible. Ekaterina mentioned that at the core of any NPD process leading to real innovation – let it be product, market or business culture innovation – lies design thinking: an ability to synthesize new knowledge, go beyond the known, tackle tacit knowledge of customer and meet business goals.

April 14, 2008
Russian Kommersant’s business weekly "The Firm’s Secret" has published an article dedicated to the development of new niches and services in Russian design industry. The publication is featuring Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows established by Dr Ekaterina Khramkova as the first Russian company moving into non-traditional for Russian design areas: strategy, research, foresight, trends forecasting, cross-cultural studies.

The case study of the first design research project dedicated to the Russian market for Samsung Electronics which was organized and led by Ekaterina is at the base of the publication.

Electronic version.

March 21, 2008
S.-Petersburg design magazine published an article of Lumiknows’s designer Ksenia Yakunitcheva dedicated to research project conducted by Ksenia in the sphere of inclusive design. At the core of the project entitled ‘Living space of the future’ are such issues as ambient intelligence, mobile environments, adaptable living spaces. Though the research is dedicated mostly to disabled people, its concepts my be easily adapted to people with no physical restraints.

March 18, 2008
The article written by CEO of Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows Dr Ekaterina Khramkova for the Bulletin of Expert-and-Consulting Council by the President of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation is dedicated to crucial changes in Russian design industry. Attention of the state organs to the issues of integrating design into business processes can be regarded as one of the most important steps on the way to transform business culture in Russia into more innovative and begin a dialog design – state – business.

An excerpt from the article:

'…A traditional understanding of 'design' in terms of ergonomics or aesthetics has changed forever. Today design is not only style and creating a bright product image correlating to brand. Design nowadays is that pivotal point around which the whole structure of 'New Product Development' should be built. For design brings real knowledge about customer, on the one hand and materializes that knowledge in products, services and brands experiences.’

March 01, 2007
The article, following a three-hour interview in London’s office of IDEO done by CEO of Russian design research consultancy Lumiknows Dr Ekaterina Khramkova is featuring a conversation with Matt Hunter, Head of Consumer Experience Design and Alan South, Head of Service Innovation. This article published in Identity magazine has become the first in the Russian language dedicated to this legendary design company.

English version of "Ideo: Looking at the world through other people's eyes".

September 04, 2005
The article is published in the seventh issue of the Russian magazine leading in the area of electronics, in the section dedicated to design of consumer electronics. The publication has become the first devoting to new product development in electrical engineering with a focus on industrial design and nuances of involving product designers in the process.

August 31, 2005
The article written on request of the leading in Russia magazine specialized on branding issues is dedicated to the New Economy and emerging trends in design industry. On the examples from such leading design agencies as IDEO, Continuum, Ziba, Smart Design and others the evolution from traditional, aesthetics-based (‘product design’) to more strategic-focused (‘experience design’) approaches is followed. New aspects in the evolution of Russian industrial design, namely, repositioning of the leading design firms into product development companies are also described.