Articles / Posted: March 31 2009
Gentry Underwood and Doug Solomon at Web 2.0
April 3, 2009
At Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Doug Solomon and Gentry Underwood will present “Collaboration at Scale: Why Technology Alone Doesn’t Work.”
Articles / Posted: March 25 2009
IDEO’s John Rehm Takes Part in Spark09, an Ideas Conference in Shanghai
March 28, 2009
At the World Financial Center in Pudong, John Rehm will ask, "Is there truth in the saying that constraint is the mother of creativity and innovation?" His talk will illustrate through two case studies how constraints brought about business results and life-changing impact. For more information about Spark09, click here.
Articles / Posted: March 23 2009
The PSFK Conference New York in Battery Park Considers What’s Driving Design
April 2, 2009
IDEO’s Ryan Jacoby joins a PSFK panel discussion on how sustainable, economic, and social conscience are driving the design of new products and services.
For more information about the event, click here.
Watch a video of the event here.
Articles / Posted: March 19 2009
GOOD Magazine Taps IDEO for a Design Challenge with CEOs for Cities
March 18-20, 2009
CEOs for Cities and the University of California San Diego are hosting a strategy session titled “The Upside of Down.” As part of the event, GOOD magazine is leading a design challenge in which three top designers, including IDEO’s Valerie Casey, will present their solutions to three big civic challenges.
To read more about IDEO’s contribution, click here; for more on the event, go here.
Articles / Posted: March 16 2009
A Conversation About the San Francisco Chronicle, as a Window into the Future of News
March 17, 2009
The Society of Professional Journalists tapped 15 distinguished panelists to meet with the public for “A Conversation About the Chronicle.” The forum included IDEO’s Owen Rogers and offers a window into other conversations happening across the country.
Click here to watch a video of the event.
Articles / Posted: March 11 2009
Valerie Casey Joins the Glass House Conversation About “Breaking the Rules”
March 12-13, 2009
IDEO’s Valerie Casey participates in the Glass House conversation “Breaking the Rules,” moderated by Jeff Gordinier, editor-at-large, Details magazine. The discussion examines what the phrase “breaking the rules” means in this day and age. The panel considers how radical innovation and enterprise might create a new pathway forward and how innovation and enterprise only occur when and where people are free to break the rules.
Articles / Posted: March 30 2009
Roshi Givechi Offers Six Ways to Conserve Energy
Fast Company’s Alissa Walker reports on Roshi Givechi’s approach to inspiring people to alter their behavior.
Read the article, click here.
Articles / Posted: March 24 2009
Metropolis Interviews IDEO’s Tim Brown About Designing Products for a New Age
Reporter Ken Shulman talks with Tim Brown about how industrial design can tackle some of the world’s most vexing problems. Specifically, Tim talks about how to pair design firms with nonprofit agencies. “It’s the aid piece of the equation that’s the problem,” Tim explains, “...somehow we need to generate an engagement that builds the economy and sustains wealth.”
Read the article here.
To learn more about Tim’s take on design thinking, read his blog.
Articles / Posted: March 20 2009
Jocelyn Wyatt Presents at the Skoll World Forum
March 25, 2009
Join what The Observer called “the Davos of social entrepreneurship”—the Skoll World Forum, held in Oxford, England. At the event, nearly 800 delegates from more than 60 countries come together to consider some of the world's most pressing social issues. IDEO’s Jocelyn Wyatt will discussing designing partnerships.
For more on the event, click here.
Articles / Posted: March 16 2009
Watch Toy Lab’s Experiments in Designing iPhone Apps That Enrich Family Interactions
As a part of IDEO, Toy Lab believes that design needs to stem from real people, real needs, and real desires. Because of this, the team constantly talks to kids and parents, keeping their eyes open for what’s new and important in the lives of families. Recently, Toy Lab couldn’t help but notice a new phenomenon in play: the iPhone. The crew found it compelling that adults weren’t the only ones loving this new toy. So, we've embarked on a series of experiments. Our latest is Balloonimals, an iPhone app designed to engage the whole family. Blow into the microphone on your iPhone, and watch balloon animals spring to life.
Articles / Posted: March 12 2009
‘We Have Been Objectified: Identity, Consumerism, and the Future of Designed Objects’
March 15, 2009
At SXSW, IDEO’s Tim Brown joins a panel discussion with design experts about our relationship with the objects that surround us. The panel follows the premiere of Objectified, a film by Gary Hustwit examining the role of industrial design in culture.
For more about the event, click here.
To learn about Objectified, go here.
Articles / Posted: March 1 2009
The World’s Most Innovative Companies
Each year, the Fast Company 50 looks for enterprises that will redefine the future and point the way to a better tomorrow. IDEO ranks number 10 in the list, which runs the gamut, from politics to technology, energy, and transportation, on through to retail, health care, and design. Additionally, IDEO topped the list for Most Innovative Companies in Design.
Read the story here.
For the magazine’s profile on IDEO, click here.
For a slideshow highlighting the entire list, click here.
Read about the Most Innovative Companies in Design here.