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The Idea Lab: A Look at Stanford's d.school

The new home of Stanford University's d.school puts the institute's philosophy of creativity and collaboration into smart glass, steel, and concrete.READ»

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Next Design: The Idea Lab

The new home of Stanford University's d.school puts the institute's philosophy of creativity and collaboration into smart glass, steel, and concrete.READ»

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11 Ways You Can Make Your Space as Collaborative as the Stanford d.school

The Stanford d.school, which opens officially on May 7, is a space whose design has been refined over the course of six years to maximize the innovation process. Every wall, every nook, every connecting gizmo, every table, every ...READ»

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Stanford d.school Proves You Really Can Design a Space for Innovation

"Space matters." That's the mantra at the Stanford d.school, where students and staffers have spent six years figuring out how to tweak an environment to make it a more fertile breeding ground for ideas. Now they're going to find ...READ»

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Why "Tron Legacy" Will be Awesome: the Director's an Architect

Joseph Kosinski trained at the knee of IDEO's founder, and some of the most famous architects in the world. Will we now seen more architects making Hollywood films?READ»

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Cooper-Hewitt Names Laptop Inventor and IDEO founder as Chief

A grand-daddy of interaction design will lead the National Design Museum.READ»

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Well designed change will draw people in

There’s a reason Tim Brown, CEO of the design firm IDEO, titled his book, Change by Design. There’s a reason Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, titled his book, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is ...READ»

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Forget Design Thinking and Try Hybrid Thinking

The true secret to innovation can be found in "hybridity," the conscious blending of different and disperse fields of thought--which doesn't always have to include design.READ»

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The Invention of Jawbone Offers Essential Lessons for Tech Start-Ups

Jawbone's designer and the company's CEO rap about how design is as important as tech for Silicon Valley start-ups.READ»

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Avoiding Bad Hiring Decisions, for the Entrepreneur.

I recently watched a few excellent presentations from Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner, a couple of which had an interesting take on employee selection and the qualities of a great hire. In case you haven't seen the ...READ»

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Social Design Gets Its Own Curator

With the Cooper-Hewitt appointment, a design movement claims a more prominent place on the agenda.READ»

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'Objectified' Review: A Hurricane of Consumer Values

    There's a moment, at the beginning of the documentary Objectified, where Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, takes his iPhone out of his pocket and wipes it along the hem of his shirt to remove the ...READ»

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Ideo's David Kelley wins Edison Award for Innovation

On April 1, Ideo founder David Kelley will be awarded the Edison Achievement Award by the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University for his “pioneering contributions to the design of breakthrough products, services, and ...READ»

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Why a Bowling Shirt Made Me Love David Kelley

It was a Power Point slide of Ettore Sottsass in a bowling shirt that first made Jim Hackett, CEO of Steelcase, want to get to know David Kelley. Fifteen years ago, Hackett remembers, the Ideo founder had been summoned to ...READ»

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17 Career Lessons from Ideo's David Kelley

David Kelley is well-known for his astute application of design thinking to many of life's intractable problems. Less known is that he's also a veritable Dr. Phil of good advice about life, careers, and the importance of not being a ...READ»

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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»

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The Business of Design

In an economy where style is king, we all need to start thinking and acting more like design.READ»

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Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

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The Business of Design

In an economy where style is king, we all need to start thinking and acting more like design.READ»

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The Masters of Design

If you're leading a team or mapping out a strategy -- if you're trying to solve a problem -- you're engaging in design. And the creative folks featured in our second annual celebration of design's best and brightest have a lot to teach you.READ»

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Every Move You Make

Our new feature traces the key decisions in a leader's career. This month: design mavens and twins George and John Kembel.READ»

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Mentors to the Masters

Introducing the six-person, all-star jury -- drawn from academia, business, and design -- who helped select this year's masters.READ»

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Masters of Design: Arnold Wasserman

Chairman, The Idea FactoryREAD»

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Masters of Design: Yves Behar

Founder, fuseprojectREAD»

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Masters of Design: William McDonough

Principal and founder, William McDonough + PartnersREAD»