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Ideo's David Kelley on "Design Thinking"

David Kelley, founder of the design firm Ideo and the Stanford d.school, was leading a charmed existence. Then he felt a lump.READ»

• Infographic: The K-12 Educational Experience
• Ideo's Newest Design Projects
• 17 Career Lessons from IDEO's David Kelley
• Why a Bowling Shirt Made Me Love David Kelley
• IDEO's David Kelley wins Edison Award for Innovation

Intercell’s Needle-Free Vaccines

Vaccines may soon be a lot less painful. A needle-free vaccination method is being developed by Intercell USA with help from design giant Ideo.READ»

• BMW Gina: Shape-Shifting Car

Building a Sustainable Design Community

Valerie Casey of Ideo is rallying the creative community to the Designers Accord, her version of a Kyoto treaty for designers -- and her peers are signing on in droves. Now comes the hard part.READ»

• 2008 Masters of Design
• Critical Mass
• 20 Coolest New Products from Top Design Shops
• Future Trends: What’s Hot and What’s Not

10 Rules of Effective Brainstorming

This is the traffic cop of the session, and should be an outsider. An insider brings baggage that can inhibit the free flow of ideas. HR consulting organizations are one possible resource; if you are working with a design firm like ...READ»

Liquid Brand Summit Session Preview: Co-Creation

Rod Swanson, senior director of the EA brand, overcame an odd, persistent buzzing sound in his hotel room to chat with me about the Liquid Brand session he'll moderate, "Co-Creation: What do customers know and why should brands ...READ»

Fast 50 2008: IDEO

The standard by which all other design firms are measured, Palo Alto-based IDEO had a great year, even against its own high bar. Unlike past years, where design firm innovation was often about a creating a new laptop or other ...READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies
• Slideshow: Meet the Googlers
• Slideshow: Tour the Googleplex
• AirAsia
• AKQA
• Baidu
• Boeing
• GE
• IBM
• Nintendo
• Omniture
• Prosper
• RealNetworks
• Target
• Timberland
• Whole Foods
• Douglas Merrill
• Marissa Mayer
• Marissa Mayer's 9 Principles of Innovation
• Bill Weihl
• Tim Armstrong
• Andy Rubin
• Josef Desimone
• David Glazer
• Jessica Ewing
• Matt Glotzbach
• Hal Varian
• T.V. Raman
• Irene Au
• Niniane Wang
• Anne Driscoll
• Shannon Maher
• Larry Brilliant
• John Hanke
• Discuss the list in the Fast 50 Group

Seven Secrets to Good Brainstorming

Generating rafts of good ideas is Ideo's business. Here's how this world-class product-development firm keeps the lightbulbs blazing bright.READ»

Six Surefire Ways to Kill a Brainstorm

Coming up with good ideas -- even in an ideal environment -- is hard work. But these tactics will guarantee failure.READ»