David Kelley
David, founder and chairman of IDEO, is a California-based entrepreneur, educator, designer, and venture capitalist. He is recognized as one of America’s leading design innovators, in part thanks to his membership in the National Academy of Engineering and his receiving of numerous awards. David serves as the Donald W. Whittier professor in the Product Design program at Stanford University, where he also established the school’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also known as the d.school. Preparing the design thinkers of tomorrow earned David the Sir Misha Black Medal for his “distinguished contribution to design education.” He has also won the Edison Achievement Award for Innovation, as well as the Chrysler Design Award and National Design Award in Product Design from the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Topics David speaks on:
- Design Thinking
- Education
- Human-Centered Design
Speaking engagements:
May 2009, "Innovating Toward Excellence: Education Entrepreneurs and the Transformation of Public Education," New Schools Venture Fund Summit, keynote (download the full event report here)
March 2007, Intel Core Processor Challenge, juror
August 2006, “Design and Innovation,” ZeroOne San Jose Festival
July 2005, AO Innovation Summit, keynote
May 2005, presentation about Stanford d. School, PARC
October 2004, The Power of Play, Stanford University’s 5th annual Engineering Day, host
Published works:
February 2009, "A Designer Takes On His Biggest Challenge Ever," Fast Company
June 2007, “Bright Ideas,” The San Francisco Chronicle
May 2007, David Kelley: The future of design is human-centered, TedTalks
September 2006, “The Deans of Design,” US News
September 2006, “A Mind Map from IDEO’s David Kelley,” BusinessWeek
2005, Sir Misha Black Medal recipient
July 2005, Q&A, BusinessWeek
March 2005, “School of Bright Ideas,” Time magazine
May 2004, “The Power of Design,” BusinessWeek