IDEO’s Bill Moggridge Kicks Off the Design Preis Schweiz at Swissnex San Francisco

Events / Posted: November 19 2008

IDEO’s Bill Moggridge Kicks Off the Design Preis Schweiz at Swissnex San Francisco

Swissnex San Francisco plays host to the Design Preis Schweiz (Swiss Design Award) exhibit on its premiere stop in North America. The Design Preis Schweiz exhibit, open until December 19, 2008, showcases award-winning and nominated projects from this bi-annual event for Switzerland’s design industry. IDEO’s Bill Moggridge will be moderating opening night, November 20, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Swissnex San Francisco.

‘The International Herald Tribune’ on the Recession as a Boom Time for Creative Energy’

Press / Posted: November 17 2008

‘The International Herald Tribune’ on the Recession as a Boom Time for Creative Energy’

Reporter Alice Rawsthorn explains that designers will increasingly be called on to help recession-struck companies find ways to cut costs without impeding efficiency. Designers will also need to identify the entrepreneurial opportunities presented by the recession. In one example, Rawsthorn points to the “Virtual Wallet,” an online banking service developed for the young, tech-savvy customers of the American bank PNC. For more information about the Virtual Wallet, click here. To read the full article in the International Herald Tribune, click here.

‘Fortune’ Magazine Names Valerie Casey a ‘Guru You Should Know’

Press / Posted: November 14 2008

‘Fortune’ Magazine Names Valerie Casey a ‘Guru You Should Know’

Fortune has a round-up of the next generation of management experts who are changing the way business gets done. Among the group is IDEO's Valerie Casey, who founded the Designers Accord, a global coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, and corporate leaders, working together to create positive environmental and social impact. More than 100,000 people and organizations, including Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products and Adobe, have signed on. Read more here.

Tom Kelley Talks About How to Innovate for Life

Events / Posted: November 12 2008

Tom Kelley Talks About How to Innovate for Life

Stanford University’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from the fields of business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with entrepreneurs from all over the world. Join IDEO's Tom Kelley for his presentation “Young at Heart: How to Be an Innovator for Life” on November 12. For more information or to watch the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network presentation videos, click here.

Gentry Underwood on Knowledge Sharing at the Vancouver User Experience Group

Events / Posted: November 12 2008

Gentry Underwood on Knowledge Sharing at the Vancouver User Experience Group

Over the past 18 months, IDEO has explored ways to collaborate at scale through a project called Knowledge Sharing. IDEO has run dozens of experiments in offices around the globe, testing such things as multitouch displays and always-on videoconferencing to blogs, wikis, and other social networking tools. At the Vancouver User Experience Group, Gentry will share some of the lessons learned. For more information about the November 18 event, visit Thought Farmer. Or visit the Facebook page.

‘The McKinsey Quarterly’ Interviews Tim Brown About the Lessons of His Career

Press / Posted: November 10 2008

‘The McKinsey Quarterly’ Interviews Tim Brown About the Lessons of His Career

McKinsey’s Lenny Mendonca and Stanford professor Hayagreeva Rao speak with Tim Brown about his perspective on innovation at IDEO and at other organizations. In the article, he focuses on the role of leadership in stimulating creativity, the barriers that sometimes inhibit it, and the incentives that really help to generate new ideas. He also discusses opportunities to innovate in public services and the promise of user-generated online content. To access the article from The McKinsey Quarterly, click here.

‘Wall Street Journal’  Columnist Phred Dvorak on Businesses Taking a Page From Design Firms

Events / Posted: November 9 2008

‘Wall Street Journal’ Columnist Phred Dvorak on Businesses Taking a Page From Design Firms

In The Wall Street Journal, “Theory & Practice” columnist Phred Dvorak explores how companies are increasingly tapping “the design world for fresh ideas on management.” The article highlights IDEO’s work with New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Productos Cementeros Mexicanos, and Mattel. For the full article, click here.

Watch Tim Brown Duck FingerBlasters as He Inspires Serious Play

Events / Posted: November 6 2008

Watch Tim Brown Duck FingerBlasters as He Inspires Serious Play

At the 2008 Serious Play conference in Pasadena, California, IDEO’s Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play. He reminds us to “forget the adult behaviors that get in the way of ideas.” As FingerBlasters litter the stage, let Tim rekindle your playtime spirit and inspire innovation. Watch the full talk on TED.

Jocelyn Wyatt at ‘A Better World by Design’

Events / Posted: November 4 2008

Jocelyn Wyatt at ‘A Better World by Design’

On November 7, IDEO's Jocelyn Wyatt will speak at “A Better World by Design,” a conference organized by Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. The confab asks what are designers doing to address the critical issues facing today’s world? For more information about the event, click here.

BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum on Recessions as Opportunities for Innovation

Press / Posted: October 30 2008

BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum on Recessions as Opportunities for Innovation

Bruce Nussbaum blogs about why a deep recession can be a great opportunity for innovation. With a nod to IDEO’s Tim Brown, Nussbaum suggest we’ll see big changes in consumer behavior, pointing to a potential shift from spending to saving through such initiatives as Bank of America’s Keep the Change.

MAKE Highlights the Engineering High Jinks of IDEO Labs’ Global Chain Reaction

Press / Posted: October 30 2008

MAKE Highlights the Engineering High Jinks of IDEO Labs’ Global Chain Reaction

MAKE magazine highlights the Global Chain Reaction fun, with editors spotting their publication’s cameo in IDEO’s 20-minute, three-continent video vignette. To watch the full clip of the Rube Goldberg contraption, visit IDEO Labs.

Gizmodo on IDEO Labs’ ‘Ridiculously Large, Continent-Spanning’ Rube Goldberg Machine

Press / Posted: October 29 2008

Gizmodo on IDEO Labs’ ‘Ridiculously Large, Continent-Spanning’ Rube Goldberg Machine

Tagged under “ambition,” Gizmodo marvels at IDEO Labs’ Global Chain Reaction. Blogger Adam Frucci writes, “Sure, we’ve seen a number of fun Rube Goldberg devices in our day, but none with the scale and ambition of this one made by IDEO.” For the video of the contraption, visit IDEO Labs.

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