Topic: David Kelley

Encourage Wild Ideas

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»

Masters of Design: David Kelley

Founder and Chairman, IDEOREAD»

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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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»

They Have a Better Idea ... Do You?

Unit of OneREAD»

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»

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»

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»

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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... 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»

Social Design Gets Its Own Curator

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

Masters of Design: Bob Porter

Executive Vice President, SSM Health CareREAD»

Masters of Design: Maurice Cox

Mayor of Charlottesville, VirginiaREAD»

Masters of Design: Angela Shen-Hsieh

President and CEO, Visual i/oREAD»

Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

Masters of Design: Arnold Wasserman

Chairman, The Idea FactoryREAD»

Masters of Design: Marcia Lausen

Founding member, AIGA Design for DemocracyREAD»

Masters of Design: Kun-Hee Lee

Chairman and CEO, Samsung electronicsREAD»

Masters of Design

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»

Masters of Design: Geoff McFetridge

Founder, Champion GraphicsREAD»

Masters of Design: Tom Ford

Former Creative Director, Gucci and Yves Saint LaurentREAD»

Masters of Design: David Macaulay

Author and IllustratorREAD»

Masters of Design: Burt Rutan

Founder, President, and CEO, Scaled CompositesREAD»

'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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