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The evolution of the world’s thinnest watch, the CST-01

Dave Vondle — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:56:14 +0000

In January, Jerry O’Leary and I launched a Kickstarter campaign (currently <3 days to go) for the world’s thinnest watch, the CST-01. This is a watch we have worked on outside of project work while here at IDEO. On IDEO Labs, our aim is to share our process and give our readers an “under-the-hood” look at some [...]

Designing with Bacteria

Rodrigo Martinez — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:07:42 +0000

At IDEO, “What if we…?” is a phrase you hear a lot. This “What if?” mindset, plus our love of playing around with new ideas, can lead to some fun experiments. A few months ago, for example, we used agar as a design medium to grow and biohack an electrical circuit. It all started on a [...]

Enabled by #Designathon

lhowland — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:07:28 +0000

In November 2012, a crowd of over 100 designers, engineers, facilitators, technologists, policymakers, health and social care professionals, and people with first-hand experience of issues with independent living, all gathered for the inaugural Enabled by #Designathon at Ravensbourne College in London, UK. The brainchild of the folks at Enabled by Design, and supported by IDEO, The Technology [...]

Happy 25th Birthday, GIF!

David Boardman — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:18:25 +0000

Happy 25th birthday, GIF! And WOW, you have come a long way in this quarter of a century. Since 1987, you have witnessed many historical events: you saw the birth of the Web, the rise and decline of Geocities, you survived the dot.com bubble, and, when Web 2.0 came and your time seemed to have [...]

CUBE: IDEO Office-in-a-Box

Matt DeChant — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:42:36 +0000

Years ago, IDEO projects were primarily completed inside our studios. No longer. These days, more and more IDEO designers are embedded with client teams around the globe and prototyping in the field. This initially created some technology and infrastructure challenges. Things like storage (a file server), connectivity (the Internet, a wired and wireless local area [...]