Some of you may remember me writing about ideas around the participation economy back in Spring 2009. One of those articles was entitled “The Post Consumption Economy” . There hasn’...
The UK has long had an impressive track record of producing successful designers and engineers. Many credit that success to a focus on design within the education system. Significant investments were...
This seems an appropriate title under which to resume my commentary on design and design thinking. I do indeed apologize for the lack of posts over the last three months but this is not the primary r...
I have noticed a growing conversation recently concerning the relationship between design and science. Adam Bly, founder and editor of Seed magazine, did much to get this conversation started, aided ...
I was posting on the World Economic Forum blog at Davos last week. Here are the three pieces all in one place for those who are interested. Post 1 What are we sharing? I like the theme for this year’...
I was given the opportunity to contribute to the HBR Agenda 2011 and wrote a short piece on the idea of successful companies earning ‘permission to innovate’ from customers and stakehold...
In a conversation over breakfast this morning an architect friend was relaying a conversation she in turn had had the previous evening with someone influential in the world of economics. He was wonde...
I am off to Singapore in a week for my first visit. I have been invited by the government to give a talk on design thinking and meet with various government and business leaders to talk about the rol...
The first two OpenIDEO challenges have recently been completed and now the trick is spreading the best ideas with the goal to have some be implemented. The results of the the educational tools challe...
The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo. Some folks in the New York office of IDEO have been thinking about the future of the book and how it shows up as an experience on tablets. They would love ...
Design story: The Decanter from Landor Associates on Vimeo. For a wonderful “Mad Men” era video about design check out the decanter video from Landor. No doubt design was simpler back the...
We have been working on a project for a while now that we are very excited about. It is called Open IDEO and it is launching today. We are hoping that we can create a platform for you to work with us...
I don’t generally travel to rural Oxfordshire, the place in England where I grew up, for design inspiration. History, beauty, friends and family – yes, but design – no. That is at l...
I don’t usually write about things IDEO is directly involved in but I am making an exception here. Lars Hinrichs, founder of the social networking site for professionals XING, launched his next...
Having been trained as an Industrial Designer I have always seen design as a form giving process. Communications designers might see it differently, but I think of manipulating and organizing materia...
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