Building apps and devices that can save lives isn't what you normally expect from a startup incubator, but at Rock Health, they're reimagining what health care can be.READ»
In the U.S. right now, seven out of every 10 pregnancies among unmarried women aged 18 to 29 are described--by women themselves--as unplanned. Those numbers are disheartening to Bill Albert, chief program officer of The National ...READ»
In terms of two-wheeled transportation, the e-bike has a reputation only slightly less lame than the three-wheeled motorcycle. But that didn’t stop IDEO and Paul Sadoff--well, it almost stopped Sadoff, who was less than enthusiastic ...READ»
Thinkers at IDEO are working with scientists to find a way to have E. coli bacteria form objects--like a coffee cup--when exposed to light. It's nature's version of 3D printing.READ»
Straight Talk On American Design By Fast Company Staff
We asked dozens of designers to critique U.S. design. They're not a bashful bunch.
In the past 15 years, the U.S. market has ...READ»
At the Designer Fund’s first Designer Fair, IDEO’s Elle Luna explains how brands are increasingly seeking to gain customers and build loyalty by showing their human side.READ»
A community about to build or rehab a school often creates checklists of best practices, looks for furniture that matches its mascot, and orders shiny new lockers to line its corridors. These are all fine steps, but the process of ...READ»
As cinema goes, watching designers talk about their work is boring enough. But watching designers talk about how they think? Suffice it to say, it’s no Die Hard. Nevertheless, a handful of filmmakers wants to mount a documentary on ...READ»
Metropolis magazine has a good feature this month about IDEO’s Tet Offensive against Washington bureaucracy. Peter Hall reports that the feds, inspired by President Obama’s push to demystify big government, have tapped the ...READ»
Bill Moggridge, cofounder of Ideo and director of Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum, has a suggestion for anyone designing a phone:
"Put on a thick pair of gloves and try to operate the cell phone. If you
can successfully do ...READ»
Design thinking is a process of empathizing with the end user. Its principal guru is David Kelley, founder of IDEO and the Stanford design school, who takes a similar approach to managing people.READ»
This is the next piece in our PATTERNS series, written by IDEO. Read more from the series here.
Social networks can breathe new life into old brands by enabling companies to build collaborative relationships with consumers like ...READ»
You’re in tall cotton when business is so good you need to launch a non-profit to keep up with it. That’s the word from Palo Alto powerhouse IDEO, which announced today that it would spin off a genuine 501c3 corporation to handle ...READ»
One key to David's success is that, before he starts talking to the person in front of him, he actually listens carefully and takes in their body language before offering a comment or opinion -- it is a rare talent, and one of many signs of his magnificent empathy. READ»
In most companies, there's a profound tension between the right-brainers (for lack of a better term) espousing design, design thinking and user-centered approaches to innovation and the left-brained, more spreadsheet-minded among us. ...READ»
The home energy market is going to be more utilitarian than chic, if Tendril's recent decision to nix its IDEO-designed home energy dashboard is anything to go by.READ»
