

articles / Posted: September 1, 2010
Sony Launches Open Planet Ideas on the OpenIDEO Platform
Core 77
Sony and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have launched Open Planet Ideas, an open-innovation challenge that invites people around the world to submit inspirations and concepts that help to solve the question "How can today’s technology address the environmental challenges we’re all facing?" The challenge is powered by OpenIDEO and leverages the growing OpenIDEO community to contribute ideas.
Core77's Sara Jacobsen writes about the launch in "Introducing: Sony's Open Planet Ideas."
Learn more about the launch of Open Planet Ideas here.


Articles / Posted: August 25, 2010
Tim Brown Interviewed on Radio Tianjin
Tianjin People's Broadcasting Station (Radio Tianjin)
IDEO's Tim Brown was interviewed by Tianjin Binhai Radio's East & West programme in the lead-up to the Summer World Economic Forum. The station entertains 100,000,000 people in the western, the northwestern and the most part of northern China.
Listen to a broadcast of the interview here. (in Chinese and English)

articles / Posted: August 24, 2010
PATTERNS on Fast Company
Fast Company
A new PATTERNS column in Fast Company’s Co.Design kicked off today: Read the preface by IDEO’s Suzanne Gibbs Howard here. She writes, “by sharing PATTERNS, we hope to help people design for greater impact within their organizations and communities. We believe more can happen when we work together.”
Colin Raney’s PATTERN, “IDEO’s Axioms for Starting Disruptive New Businesses,” appears in today’s edition. Read the article here.
To learn more about PATTERNS and read past issues, go to the PATTERNS website.

articles / Posted: August 18, 2010
Tom Hulme Writes for Director Magazine
Director Magazine
Tom Hulme's article "Watch the Disruptors, Not the Incumbents" was published in Director Magazine. In the article, Tom explores the importance of businesses being both exploitative and explorative and walks us through two case studies to illustrate.
Read the article here.


articles / Posted: August 11, 2010
Design for Social Impact
Ergonomics in Design
IDEO’s Aaron Sklar and Sally Madsen discuss working with foundations, nongovernmental organizations and social entrepreneurs in “Design for Social Impact,” published in the spring issue of Ergonomics in Design. The article explains “empathy, a community focus, and team preparation are among the human/humanity-centered principles for design and innovation in the developing world.”

articles / Posted: August 2, 2010
IDEO Launches OpenIDEO: An Open Innovation Network
OpenIDEO
IDEO has just launched an online community where people can create solutions to some of the world's toughest challenges. OpenIDEO’s first challenge, hosted by TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver, asks the question, “How can we raise kids’ awareness of the benefits of fresh food so they can make better choices?” Visit OpenIDEO.com to contribute ideas and inspiration.
Read posts by Core77, WIRED UK, Design Taxi and Brain Pickings about the launch.


articles / Posted: July 19, 2010
Financial Times Quotes Paul Bennett
Financial Times
In a story about navigating cultural differences, Financial Times captures Paul’s comments on the importance of understanding subtleties of a culture and immersion in local life.
Read the story here. (registration required)

articles / Posted: July 16, 2010
OPEN Forum Interviews Suzanne Gibbs Howard
OPEN Forum
In a post titled, “3 Ways to Think Like a Designer,” Suzanne Gibbs Howard talks about how business owners can leverage design thinking and the IDEO Method Cards to help spur design-based growth and innovation.
Read the full interview here.

articles / Posted: July 15, 2010
IDEO Kids Apps Make Top 50 List
Babble.com
Elmo’s Monster Maker takes the No. 3 overall spot in the Babble.com 50 Best iPhone Apps for Kids list. The Count with Sesame Street series and Balloonimals also made the list. Read more here.

articles / Posted: July 14, 2010
Bank Systems & Technology Profiles BBVA's IDEO-designed ATMs
Bank Systems & Technology

articles / Posted: July 9, 2010
Diego Rodriguez Named One of the Smartest People in Tech by Fortune Magazine
Fortune
IDEO's Diego Rodriguez was named one of the smartest people in tech by Fortune magazine. Diego joins Apple’s Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on the list.
Read the article here.
See other innovators on Fortune’s list here.

articles / Posted: July 3, 2010
Chosun Daily Features IDEO and Change by Design
Chosun Daily
The leading Korean newspaper interviews IDEO’s Tim Brown and discusses his book, Change by Design, in the paper’s weekly business publication.
Download a PDF of the article here.

articles / Posted: July 2, 2010
OPEN Forum Highlights the IDEO Method Card App
OPEN Forum
Columnist Matt May of OPEN Forum includes IDEO in his post, “5 iPhone Apps to Boost Your Creativity.”
Read the article here.
Learn more about the Method Card App the .

articles / Posted: July 1, 2010
World Bank Institute Publication Includes Article From Jocelyn Wyatt and Tim Brown
Development Outreach
Development Outreach ran “Design Thinking for Social Innovation” in its July issue titled "The Power of Innovation." The article originally appeared in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Read the Development Outreach virtual magazine here.

articles / Posted: June 30, 2010
Living Climate Change Winners Announced
LivingClimateChange.com
Design 21 announced the winners of the Living Climate Change Video Challenge on June 30. Hosted by IDEO, the contest asked participants to “create an original video that envisions how climate change will impact our lives over the next 20 to 30 years.” Two grand prizes and one honorable mention prize were awarded.
Fast Company, Core77, and FlavorPill covered the site and the results.
See the videos on the Living Climate Change site here.

articles / Posted: June 16, 2010
Steelcase Node Chair Featured in Metropolis
Metropolis
The Node, a swiveling classroom seat designed by IDEO for high-density classrooms, won a Cross-Category Innovation honor at the 2010 NeoCon show. Click here to read more about the chair that is “part of a concerted effort to bring campuses up to speed with current teaching and learning styles.”

