IDEO Product Development is the world's most celebrated design firm. Its ultimate creation is the process of creativity itself. For founder David Kelley and his colleagues, work is play, brainstorming is a science, and the most important rule is to breakREAD»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
... the company talk show!" If you're looking for lessons to help your company compete or to put your career in gear, just sit down on the couch next to our genial host and learn how to talk your way to the top! And now, heeeeeere's the talk show!READ»
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»
"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»
No matter what you do for a living, design matters. Meet and learn from 20 visionary men and women who are using design to create not just new products, but new ways of working, leading, and seeing.READ»
