Paddy Harrington

Paddy Harrington is the founder of Frontier, a creative exploration company consisting of a magazine, ventures group and design studio based in Toronto, Canada. He was formerly the SVP Design Innovation and Digital Creative Director at Indigo Books and, prior to that, the Executive Creative Director at Bruce Mau Design. He has degrees in literature and architecture and has worked in research, architecture, advertising, and design. His clients have included The New York Jets and Giants, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Unilever, the Holy City of Mecca, Li-Ning, and the Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland. He is an award winning writer and filmmaker and has spoken at several design conferences as well as at Brown, Harvard, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

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Innovation By Design

Why Designers Must Put Invention First

Innovation By Design

3 Critical Insights Into Creativity From Jonah Lehrer’s “Imagine”

Here’s why the book is a must-read for designers searching for the next breakthrough.

Innovation By Design

Wanna Figure Out If Your Product Is Any Good? Think Like A News Editor

Determining whether an idea is newsworthy helps you formulate the story you want to tell from the outset, writes Paddy Harrington of Bruce Mau Design.

Innovation By Design

For Your Company To Last, The “Brand” Must Die. But Stories Should Survive

Three keys for moving beyond branding, and into storytelling.

Co.Design

Bruce Mau Design: 3 Conditions That Set The Stage For Blinding Insight