Meet Dan Harden, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2014

Cofounder, CEO, Whipsaw | San Jose, CA

For being design's secret weapon

Between a yoga studio and a pool hall in downtown San Jose sits a small office where Dan Harden quietly crafts some of the world's smartest products. Harden, a Frog Design veteran who has collaborated with Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs, has made his 36-person shop the go-to firm behind such landmark creations as Nike's FuelBand and Google's Chromecast device.

Co.Design

Dan Harden

Cofounder, CEO, Whipsaw | San Jose, CA

Stories about Dan Harden

This $2,995 home gym is like Peloton for weight-lifting

Can sleek design and engineering innovation make the home gym into a chic conversation piece?

A Designer’s Glimpse Of Steve Jobs In A “Good Old-Fashioned Rage”

Straight Talk On American Design | Part 3

Doing More With Less: Using the Down Economy as a Design Brief

The Great Disappearing Act of Good Design

First Look: Yubo, the Lunchbox That Lasts a Lifetime

Introducing Guest Blogger Dan Harden: In a Recession, Creativity Starts with How You Run Your Business

What I Learned From a Restroom Tête-à-Tête with George Nelson

Impact

New York City’s school buses will now be automatically routed and tracked using Via’s algorithm

These tiny magnetic springs melt microplastics into nothing

This tech company says offsets aren’t enough—it’s time to pay for negative emissions

Creativity

‘Matrix 4’: Everything we know so far (and what we’re dying to know)

The Museum of Ice Cream is returning to New York City with a permanent location

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

Co.Design

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

The cult scent brand Diptyque is reviving a centuries-old way of wearing perfume

Researchers confirm that your selfies make you look like an a**hole

Work Life

This ‘unproductive’ activity can actually help you get more done

500 interns later, here’s what I learned about transitioning them to employees

Why being nice isn’t always good for your career