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Press: Watch Designers Speak in Gary Hustwit’s Latest Documentary Objectified

2009-01-05T18:31:13-08:00

This spring Gary Hustwit, of Helvetica acclaim, will premier Objectified, a documentary film that focuses on the great design of everyday objects and the people who create them. Gizmodo is promoting a trailer for the film.

Press: IDEO’s Kara Johnson Writes About ‘What Beautiful Future Gadgets Will Be Made Of’

2008-12-23T18:12:16-08:00

Gizmodo’s editorial director Brian Lam gives Kara Johnson the final word on tomorrow’s gadget materials. Kara explains that unpainted plastic is the future, and that we need to move beyond injection molding and look at sheet processes for 2D layers. For more on materials and the future of gadgets, click here.

Events: Bill Moggridge on ‘Service Design’ at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan

2008-12-17T17:48:14-08:00

On Wednesday, IDEO’s Bill Moggridge talks at ITRI about how it used to be normal to develop a new service with the help of a training program for the staff. But digital technology and the Internet have changed the way we interact with everything and everybody. Now, services are an opportunity for design and design thinking, as well as training. Bill will give an overview of how this has happened and propose a service design process. He’ll illustrate his talk with examples, including the i.mode mobile phone service from Japan, the Amtrak Acela train service, and an online bank from the USA, and a car sharing service from Italy.

Press: ‘BusinessWeek’ Reports on PNC’s Success In Luring Gen Y With ‘Virtual Wallet’ Accounts

2008-12-10T19:02:50-08:00

Journalist Burt Helm writes about PNC's ‘Virtual Wallet,’ an account offering designed by IDEO to pull in the next generation of banking customers as they start to shop for home loans and brokerage accounts while dealing with their above-average balances. IDEO's research turned up two things that fed into the strategic plan: twentysomethings consider bank sites clunky, and they typically don't know how to manage their money. Click here for more about the Virtual Wallet. For the full BusinessWeek article, click here.

Press: ‘BusinessWeek’ Highlights IDEO’s Blueprint for Understanding Ford’s Hybrid Drivers

2008-12-09T22:03:45-08:00

Ford came to IDEO for an architecture blueprint that would map out the interaction experience of the company’s hybrid drivers. IDEO conducted extensive user research, studying some three dozen drivers’ habits and incorporating new-found information into a design brief. “Our big finding was that drivers interested in fuel efficiency were playing a game. They want a high score,” says Steve Bishop, IDEO’s global lead of sustainability. For more on Ford’s “Green Plan to Drive Sales,” click through to BusinessWeek.

Press: Diego Rodriguez on The Daily Beast’s ‘Buzz Board — Smart People Recommend’

2008-12-02T22:34:19-08:00

IDEO's Diego Rodriguez reviews What Matters, a collection of photographs and essays about the issues of our time. For more about this ultimately inspirational book, click through to The Daily Beast.

Press: ‘Fast Company’ Names ‘Eyes Open’ One of the Best Business Books of 2008

2008-12-01T22:29:14-08:00

Fast Company puts Fred Dust + IDEO’s Eyes Open series on its list of Best Business Books of 2008. The theme running through Fast Company’s picks this year is that new ideas are the lifeblood of business, and the process of finding and sharing new ideas is essential to success. The Eyes Open books are technically travel guides; however, as the editors point out they’re really exercises in opening your mind to new experiences and ideas. As the editors explain, “Flip through their beautiful, distinctive color photographs and you’ll not only see these cities in a new way, but you’ll realize that there’s a different way of viewing the world around you.” For Fast Company’s full list of books, click here.

Press: ‘Scientific American’ Puts IDEO’s Aquaduct Water Filtration Bicycle on Its 2008 Gadget Guide

2008-11-22T00:38:50-08:00

Just in time for the holidays, Scientific American has put together its 2008 Gadget Guide of eleven socially responsible inventions to save the world. IDEO's Aquaduct, a pedal-powered bicycle designed to transport, filter, and store water in the developing world, made the list. Click for the full Scientific American article.

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

2008-11-19T18:06:43-08:00

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.

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

2008-11-17T19:30:13-08:00

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.

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

2008-11-14T20:05:34-08:00

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.

Events: Tom Kelley Talks About How to Innovate for Life

2008-11-12T19:48:21-08:00

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.

Events: Gentry Underwood on Knowledge Sharing at the Vancouver User Experience Group

2008-11-12T19:21:35-08:00

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.

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

2008-11-10T21:01:53-08:00

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.

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

2008-11-10T07:04:55-08:00

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.

Events: Watch Tim Brown Duck FingerBlasters as He Inspires Serious Play

2008-11-06T18:23:49-08:00

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.

Events: Jocelyn Wyatt at ‘A Better World by Design’

2008-11-04T23:34:45-08:00

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.

Press: BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum on Recessions as Opportunities for Innovation

2008-10-30T19:53:50-08:00

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.

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

2008-10-30T18:58:13-08:00

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.

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

2008-10-29T22:46:35-08:00

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.

Press: A Meeting of Minds: Entrepreneur Tomohisha Miyauchi Talks with IDEO’s Bill Moggridge

2008-10-29T21:48:58-08:00

Entrepreneur Tomohisha Miyauchi asks IDEO's Bill Moggridge about being a successful international business player in a competitive environment? Follow Miyauchi's journey through Star Alliance and CNBC.

Press: IDEO Collaborates with Ford and Smart Design to Create an EcoGuide for Hybird Autos

2008-10-29T20:01:06-08:00

Ford’s SmartGauge with EcoGuide gives hybrid owners a more-connected, fuel-efficient driving experience by coaching them on how to optimize performance of the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan hybrids. IDEO and Smart Design collaborated with Ford on the project, and brainstorming sessions with the IDEO team led to more than 100 ideas about information to display. Click here for more information.

Press: Identifying Customers’ Underlying Needs Can Keep an Organization Up During a Downturn

2008-10-24T16:36:33-08:00

James Moed, a Business Factors strategist at IDEO in London, explains how successful organizations navigate a downtown. Seeing a recession as an opportunity can lead to smart new initiatives. For more on James' thinking, read his article on ManagementToday.com.

Press: Mark Jones and Fran Samalionis explain how to move an organization from idea to execution

2008-10-22T16:56:38-08:00

Ideas are a dime a dozen, while getting new services to market is a rare commodity. IDEO's Mark Jones and Fran Samalionis explain their strategies for execution: the alignment of the right idea, the right team, the right development process, the right leadership, the right level of risk management, the right target, and the right time to market. It's a disciplined approach to identifying and executing the most promising ideas. For more, read their article on businessweek.com.

Press: Duane Bray on Entertainment and the Mobile Phone at the Sarasota Design Summit October

2008-10-21T17:02:55-08:00

Increasingly, consumers see the mobile phone as a key part of their daily entertainment. IDEO’s Duane Bray talks about how to deliver great media and entertainment experiences on the hand-held device. Click here for more information about the event.

Press: Fred Dust on New Public Collaborations at the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh

2008-10-21T16:42:53-08:00

IDEO partner and practice lead Fred Dust will be kicking off the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh’s 2008/2009 Design Excellence Lecture Series. Fred's presentation, “Tales of the City: New Public Collaborations,” focuses on how the practice of small “d” design and radical collaboration with clients and consumers allows for new methods for public process and some surprising new solutions to thinking about a city.

Press: Jocelyn Wyatt on Social Capital Markets 2008

2008-10-16T23:35:35-08:00

Read Jocelyn Wyatt’s blog entry from Social Capital Markets 2008. She writes about her pleasant surprise in hearing speakers respond to the need for systems, as well as products, to be designed.

Events: Diego Rodriguez in the ‘Harvard Business Review’

2008-10-14T18:01:13-08:00

In the October issue of the Harvard Business Review, Diego Rodriguez, a partner at IDEO, talks about dealing with the “lone inventor myth.” In the article "Creativity and the Role of the Leader," Diego asks readers to consider the examples of InnoCentive, Mozilla, and Wikipedia. “All are contexts that bring in lots of contributors," he explains. "And the fundamental structure of such networked organizations is not centralized and top-down." For more on Diego's thinking and to access the full article, click here.

Events: ‘Power on, design thinking ⇒ energy,’ with IDEO’s Ted Howes

2008-10-10T21:00:27-08:00

On October 15, Ted Howes, global business lead in the sustainability domain for IDEO, helps kick off the Design Program’s centennial lecture series at University of California at Davis with his talk “The Power of Design: Energy and Sustainability.” Here's more information on the event.

Events: IDEO at Social Capital Markets 2008 (aka SoCap08), October 13–15

2008-10-10T20:46:11-08:00

Join IDEO speakers at SoCap08, an event designed to bring together leading social entrepreneurs and investors from around the world. From October 13 to 15, creative thinkers will discuss their efforts to accelerate the flow of capital to good in the form of business, investing, and philanthropy.

Events: IDEO at MIT’s Systems Thinking Conference, October 23–24

2008-10-10T20:19:00-08:00

IDEO will be joining a long list of global industry leaders and MIT faculty at MIT's conference on systems thinking, to be held October 23–24 on the school's campus. The event tackles some of the issues around using a systems approach to solving complex problems, such as sustainability and the environment, product design and technology strategy.

Events: Creating the Conditions for Change, October 21

2008-10-10T19:40:13-08:00

Join IDEO's Valerie Casey at DesignPhiladelphia's conference, Creating the Conditions for Change, on October 21, 2008. The event is part of National Design Week, October 16–22.

Events: Tim Brown on design thinking in ‘The NY Times’

2008-10-08T21:16:54-08:00

The New York Times recently wrote about design thinking. Reporter Janet Rae-Dupree interviewed IDEO's Tim Brown, and in his blog, Tim keeps the conversation going. Tim writes about the gray line between the traditional role of design and the more strategic contribution that design thinking can make. Join the discussion.

Events: Valerie Casey on ‘Sustainability by Design’

2008-09-23T21:53:25-08:00

Valerie Casey, founder of the Designers Accord, will be speaking about "Sustainability by Design: Moving from Solving Problems to Preventing Them" at the Environmental Grantmakers Association Retreat in upstate New York on Wednesday.

Press: IDEO’s ‘Knowledge Sharing by Design’ at Web 2.0

2008-09-23T16:38:51-08:00

Doug Solomon and Gentry Underwood recently presented at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City. In their session on "Knowledge Sharing by Design," they ask, "How can we empower project teams to communicate, collaborate, and build relations with people?" For the answer and more about the event, read eContent's article.

Press: ‘Fast Company’ interviews Valerie Casey about her vision for the Designers Accord

2008-09-22T23:24:10-08:00

IDEO's Valerie Casey talks with Fast Company about the Designers Accord, a movement she founded to encourage organizations to reduce their carbon footprints and raise social and environmental impact with their clients. In less than a year, the Accord has united 100,000 designers and firms from 100 countries, including recent adopters Adobe and Autodesk. For more about how the message of the Accord is spreading, read the full article in Fast Company.

Press: BusinessWeek’s ‘Nussbaum on Design’ touts Tim Brown’s new blog

2008-09-17T23:57:35-08:00

Bruce Nussbaum calls IDEO's Tim Brown "one of the most insightful minds on design thinking and innovation" in his online forum for BusinessWeek. Tim is now writing a book on the subject of design thinking, and he's using his blog to share ideas and allow for wider discussion. Join the brainstorm, and for an overview on how Tim sees design thinking, check out his article in the Harvard Business Review.

Press: IDEO Labs shares open source code

2008-09-17T23:09:46-08:00

Interested in multitouch interfaces? Check out IDEO Labs' new blog. Or head straight to their open source code. Everything is licensed under Creative Commons, so enjoy! Also, don't miss invention and engineering page.

Press: Management Today Expert: Innovation

2008-09-15T17:28:12-08:00

IDEO's Paul Bennett on why some companies are better than others at "The I-Word" on managementtoday.com.

Press: Designing green products that people want

2008-09-11T18:23:39-08:00

Steve Bishop, a global lead of Design for Sustainability at IDEO, tells how to create a green product that people actually want. Read more on Harvard Business Review’s Leading Green blog.

Press: Greater good: Designing for social impact in the UK’s newdesign magazine

2008-09-09T16:40:33-08:00

Adam Mack and Aaron Sklar of IDEO discuss the three tools – empathy, prototyping, and storytelling – that make the strongest contribution when designing for social impact with newdesign magazine. Read more here.

Press: IDEO announces child’s study computer

2008-09-03T14:14:36-08:00

The Spark device from IDEO and Project Inkwell is featured on techradar.com.

Press: A CEO’s recipe for fresh ideas

2008-09-03T13:24:08-08:00

IDEO's work for Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana, is featured in this Wall Street Journal article.

Press: IDEO’s Ted Howes serves on the 2008 SparkAwards jury

2008-09-02T20:23:02-08:00

IDEO’s Ted Howes juries for the SparkAwards — the world’s first multi-level design competition whose goal is to encourage design to meet the goals of a better world.

Press: IDEO lends a hand in the Android Developer Challenge

2008-08-29T22:55:08-08:00

IDEO's Kristian Simsarian was a juror for the Android Developer Challenge, to which Google awarded $5M in prizes.

Events: Ted Howes at the CleanTech Forum

2008-08-29T22:31:45-08:00

8/15–17, Washington D.C.: Ted Howes will participate in the Cleantech Forum in Washington D.C., addressing how design can help accelerate the adoption of cleantech offerings.

Press: ‘The Mind Map: Six Steps to Get Your Creativity Flowing’

2008-08-29T22:10:48-08:00

Tom Kelley talks about ways to get creatively un-stuck and bring ideas to life in this short article from Oprah Magazine, also available on www.oprah.com.

Events: PICNIC ’08

2008-08-18T17:04:09-08:00

9/24–9/26, Amsterdam: Bill Moggridge will present "Design As a Collaborative Process" at PICNIC '08, the third annual conference spotlighting cutting-edge products and services at the intersection of media, technology, arts, and entertainment.

Press: The Intangibles

2008-08-18T16:43:56-08:00

Seth Godin's insightful blog entry about pricing includes reference to IDEO.

Events: Slow Food Nation: Come to the table

2008-08-18T16:35:35-08:00

Closing six days of the largest celebration of food in the US, an eat-in in San Francisco's Dolores Park will bring together 250 students, farmers, cooks, artisans, activists, eaters, and designers. IDEO's Steve Kim and Adam Reineck have designed a hay-bale stage for participants to gather around to discuss the global youth food movement.

Press: ‘Designing the Future’

2008-08-12T23:53:51-08:00

"Designing the Future" on Design21sdn.com highlights IDEO's work in the social sector, including water issues with Acumen Fund, education in Bangladesh, and the MoneyMaker Deep Lift Pump for KickStart.

Press: New IDEO website launches

2008-08-12T22:10:26-08:00

Core 77 blogs about IDEO's newly launched website—the very one you're on!

Press: Objectify Me: Tim Brown on the Olivetti Valentine

2008-08-11T21:14:42-08:00

Tim Brown is the inaugural guest post on Gary Hustwit's new site, Objectifiedfilm.com, celebrating the forthcoming film of the same name.

Press: The new film: OBJECTIFIED

2008-08-11T21:11:13-08:00

IDEO's involvement in the next Gary Hustwit film is announced.

Press: In the Creative World, the Only Constant is Change

2008-08-11T20:23:04-08:00

Alice Rawsthorn looks at how design is responding to some of the world's largest change movements in this International Herald Tribune article.

Press: “The Crowd Will Save Us: How the green movement taps participatory networks to drive innovation”

2008-08-11T19:21:54-08:00

An article on Core77 featuring The Designers Accord, founded by Valerie Casey.

Press: Shimano’s Coasting Project Wins Gold IDEA Award for Design Excellence

2008-08-09T03:24:09-08:00

IDEO's award-winning work with Shimano is featured in Dexinger.

Press: “Different by Design”

2008-07-25T15:51:56-08:00

IDEO is one of the design firms featured in "Different by Design" on Time.com.

Events: Fortune Brainstorm: TECH

2008-07-25T06:39:11-08:00

July 21 - 23, 2008

Diego Rodriguez will participate in the Fortune Brainstorm: TECH, which will explore opportunities at the intersection of technology, society, and business.

Events: FlashForward 2008 Conference

2008-07-23T06:09:10-08:00

IDEO's Danny Stillion will present "Build to Think: Design Thinking and The Value of Prototyping" at the FlashForward 2008 Conference.

Press: “Dressing Rooms of the Future”

2008-07-23T05:59:22-08:00

This Forbes story includes a quote from Fred Dust and a brief look at IDEO's work for Prada.

Press: 2008 IDEA Design Awards

2008-07-18T19:51:53-08:00

The Best Global Design of 2008: The IDEA Design Awards

Events: Digging Deeper 2008: Building Blocks for Sustainable Design conference

2008-07-10T06:29:58-08:00

July 22, 2008

IDEO's Ted Howes will moderate the "Digging Deeper 2008: Building Blocks for Sustainable Design" conference, presented by IDSA-SF.

Events: ifest 2008

2008-07-08T06:33:52-08:00

July 10, 2008

Tom Kelley and others from IDEO will participate in ifest '08 in Barcelona.

Press: “Are We Green Yet?”

2008-07-04T06:28:58-08:00

Valerie Casey, Bruce Mau et al. weigh in on the design community's move towards sustainable frameworks in "Are We Green Yet?".

Press: “Where Do We Start Being Green?”

2008-07-02T07:01:57-08:00

Steve Bishop's latest Green Business article on HBR.com.

Press: “The Designers Accord”

2008-06-29T12:27:32-08:00

Valerie Casey talks to GOOD Magazine about The Designers Accord.

Press: “Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign”

2008-06-26T21:13:38-08:00

IDEO Eyes Open guide books are featured in "Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign."

Press: Bruce Nussbaum blogs on Tim Brown’s “Design Thinking”

2008-06-26T12:31:13-08:00

Tim Brown's recent "Design Thinking" article for Harvard Business Review gets blogged about on Nussbaum On Design.

Awards: IDSA and BusinessWeek Magazine’s 2008 IDEA Awards

2008-06-24T17:48:01-08:00

In 2008, IDEO topped the list of IDSA award winners, with seven IDEA awards. Winning designs ranged from sports equipment to packaging to industrial design.

Press: “Design for Social Impact: What Does It Mean and Why Should We Care?”

2008-06-24T07:04:25-08:00

Jocelyn Wyatt blogs about IDEO's work with the Rockefeller Foundation on acumenfund.org.

Press: “Steelcase’s Future, Collaboration-friendly Chairs”

2008-06-18T07:06:45-08:00

IDEO's i2i Chair for Steelcase featured on BusinessWeek.com.

Press: Social Entrepreneurship podcast

2008-06-17T07:08:15-08:00

In this Global Business podcast from the BBC, Peter Day speaks with Tim Brown and other participants from the 2008 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.

Events: Wee Generation Diaper Bag, Now Available

2008-06-11T07:10:17-08:00

A new Cradle to Cradle-certifiable diaper bag, designed by IDEO, William McDonough, Seventh Generation, et al., is now available, with 100% of profits benefiting Healthy Child Healthy World.

Awards: 2008 NeoCon Gold award for media:scape

2008-06-10T16:45:44-08:00

IDEO's Media:Scape system of tech-enabled workspace furniture won a 2008 NeoCon Gold Award.

Press: ‘Design Thinking’

2008-06-02T02:37:55-08:00

By Tim Brown

Thinking like a designer can transform the way you develop products, services, processes—and even strategy.

Press: “Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups”

2008-05-30T15:27:24-08:00

Portfolio.com features an abridged version of the Harvard Business Review article.

Press: Weil gutes Design den Unterschied zeigt

2008-05-29T15:28:25-08:00

Designers from IDEO's Munich office are mentioned here in an article about the launch of a new notebook computer for Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

Press: Aligned for Sustainable Design: An A-B-C-D Approach to Making Better Products

2008-05-28T15:31:37-08:00

A joint report by IDEO and Business for Social Responsibility.

Press: “HBR Finally Runs Their Design Thinking Article”

2008-05-28T15:30:59-08:00

Tim Brown's "Design Thinking" article in the Harvard Business Review was blogged about on Noise Between Stations.

Events: Spark Design Awards 2008 Competition

2008-05-22T15:35:16-08:00

Ted Howes will be a juror for the Spark Design Awards 2008 Competition. Register online before August 1.

Events: Annual International Design & Culture Conference

2008-05-22T15:32:36-08:00

May 30 & 31, 2008

Bill Moggridge will present a paper, "Innovation through Design," and also speak on the topic of interaction design at the Annual International Design & Culture Conference in Seoul.

Press: Pascal Sobel quoted in Junge Karrier

2008-05-20T15:38:53-08:00

Pascal Sobel, from IDEO's Munich office, is quoted in Germany's Junge Karrier online magazine.

Events: Glass House Conversation

2008-05-20T15:36:59-08:00

IDEO's Diego Rodriguez was one of the lucky participants at John Maeda's recent Glass House Conversation.

Events: 3rd annual Dwell on Design Conference

2008-05-19T15:40:22-08:00

June 5-8, 2008

Valerie Casey, founder of The Designers Accord, will speak at the 3rd annual Dwell on Design Conference.

Events: The Konstfack Forum on Creativity 2008

2008-05-15T15:42:21-08:00

May 17-18, 2008

Designer Ingrid Baron will participate in a discussion about Creativity in Design and Innovation at The Konstfack Forum on Creativity 2008.

Press: Blog on Tim Brown’s Serious Play keynote

2008-05-08T15:43:41-08:00

Tim Brown's keynote presentation at Art Center's Serious Play design conference was blogged about at Core77.

Events: PICNIC Green Challenge 2008

2008-05-07T15:45:13-08:00

The PICNIC Green Challenge 2008 kicks off this month, with Bill Moggridge as a juror.

Events: Sustainable Brands 08 Conference

2008-05-05T15:46:59-08:00

June 2-5, 2008

Valerie Casey and Steve Bishop will both speak at the Sustainable Brands 08 Conference.

Events: 2008 Entrepreneurs Conference

2008-05-04T15:50:49-08:00

May 9, 2008

Brendan Boyle will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2008 Entrepreneurs Conference, themed "From Ideas to Innovation," hosted by UCLA's Anderson School of Business.

Events: MLab’s inaugural conference on management innovation

2008-04-30T15:55:20-08:00

May 28, 2008

Tim Brown will participate in MLab's inaugural conference on management innovation for the 21st century.

Press: “iDesign on inMotion Portable Speakers: The Altec Lansing/IDEO Interview”

2008-04-28T16:14:33-08:00

Read an interview with IDEO's designers of the Altec Lansing inMotion iM7 speaker system.

Awards: Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability

2008-04-28T16:11:49-08:00

Kickstart, maker of the IDEO-designed Deep Lift Pump, has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability.

Press: Adaptive Path’s MX conference

2008-04-23T16:18:27-08:00

Peter Coughlan's presentation at Adaptive Path's MX conference about extreme customer experiences is summed up on Businessweek.com.

Awards: Webby Award

2008-04-22T16:21:44-08:00

Bill Moggridge's Designing Interactions website has won a Webby Award in the Education category.

Events: 2008 Nantucket Conference

2008-04-21T16:24:18-08:00

May 1 & 2, 2008

Tim Brown, Devorah Klein, and Eric Saperstein to speak at the 2008 Nantucket Conference.

Press: Henning Asks Peter Coughlan About IDEO’s Transformation Practice

2008-04-10T16:26:36-08:00

Read about IDEO's Transformation practice in an interview with Partner and practice lead Peter Coughlan.

Press: “The Designers Accord” interview

2008-04-07T16:28:43-08:00

Valerie Casey talks about The Designers Accord with Allan Chochinov of Core77.

Events: IDSA RISD lecture

2008-04-07T16:27:10-08:00

April 10, 2008

Bill Moggridge will be the guest speaker at an IDSA RISD lecture.

Events: Serious Play

2008-04-01T16:35:26-08:00

May 7-9, 2008

Tim Brown will speak at the biennial Art Center Design Conference, Serious Play.