The Latest

Loved.by, the first portfolio company to launch with the support HackFwd, announced a public beta yesterday. Lars Hinrichs started HackFwd earlier this year after working with IDEO to help make his idea to reality.
Read the full article here.
Learn more about IDEO's work with HackFwd here.

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.

GeekDad wants to know: What’s your favorite balloon animal? The IDEO Toy Lab creations can now be found on the Balloonimals app for both the iPhone and the iPad.
Read more here.

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)

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.

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.

In "OpenIDEO: A New Collaboration Platform for Designers," NextBillion's Francisco Noguera covers IDEO's new open innovation platform.
Read the article here.

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.”

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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.

Calling it “the ATM of tomorrow,” the bank and credit union branding publication focuses on IDEO’s process and design. Read the article here.

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)

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.

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.

In the piece "BBVA Pilots Sleek New ATMs," Bank Systems & Technology profiles the IDEO-designed bank machines, which have a thin touchscreen, a single slot for deposits and withdrawals and a new layout for increased privacy. Learn more about IDEO's work with BBVA here.
Read the full article here.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.”