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Join us in Munich on July 5th- 6th for a weekend of making

Vanessa Monogioudis — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:12:32 +0000

Ready to make a difference over the weekend? Join us for two fun and intense days of making, as we craft, hack, and build human-centered design solutions to real world challenges, working alongside IDEO designers from various disciplines. The theme for our Munich Make-a-thon is Good Morning, Good Evening, Good bye. We will tackle design [...]

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 [...]