The Untold Story Of How The Aeron Chair Was Born

Almost everyone knows the Aeron chair as a high-tech design classic. But few people know that its true origins lie in a 10-year effort to create furniture for the elderly.

The 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

In interviewing some of the biggest innovation experts, including Clayton Christensen and Eric Ries, Warren Berger found that asking the right questions can be more challenging than finding answers.

How To Think About Turning Your Products Into Services

Watch: Yves Béhar Overhauls Nivea’s Brand

Poptip Rethinks Real-Time Twitter Polling

A question posed to Twitter can receive thousands of responses in moments. Poptip explains how a redesign gets to the bottom of that data.

Focus Groups Are Dangerous. Know When To Use Them

Plair: A Dongle For Streaming Videos From Your Phone To TV

4 Secrets For Doing Gonzo User Research

Fast, cheap, and out-of-control insights can help you to outsmart the competition. Here’s how to gather them.

Designing Packaging Isn’t Easy. Here’s All The Innovation You Don’t See

It takes years to design and produce a novel packaging idea. Here’s how your company can save time and money in the process.

The Secret Yardstick Driving Innovation At AOL, Beats, And Microsoft

What does innovation look like? For one thing: It should be discernible at 15 feet away.

3 Principles For The Future Of Gaming, From A Google Game Designer

John Hanke, the man at the helm of Google’s experimental game, Ingress, charts the course for the future of mobile gaming.

Why Focus Groups Kill Innovation, From The Designer Behind Swiffer

6 Ways To Build Digital Products That Spark Creativity And Drive

11 Tricks For Battling Creative Blocks, From Leading Creatives

4 Innovation Strategies From Big Companies That Act Like Startups

Established companies have a reputation for being way too bureaucratic to be innovative. But taking a page from startup culture, some have figured out how to become agile and fast-moving despite their size, Soren Kaplan writes.

Kickstarting: A 3-D Printer For Designers, By Designers

A Radical Police Rebranding That Starts With A Superb Website

The New Airbnb Focuses On Pretty Pics Rather Than Searches

The move reflects a growing trend in web design these days: What you’re searching for isn’t nearly as important as what tastemakers and friends have already found.

A Crash Course In Creative Breakthroughs

Tina Seelig, author of “InGenius,” talks with Fast Company about how most employees and bosses unknowingly stifle their creativity–and how to free it.