Innovation & Design

Material Innovation

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Translucent Stone Veneers

German company Luccon slices ultra-thin slivers from stone blocks that result in bendable sheets that can be used to cover complex curved surfaces

 

Viewpoint: Irving Wladawsky-Berger

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The Challenges of Innovation

Indifference, hostility, and isolation are among the major obstacles to a healthy innovation environment

 

Featured Blog

Verdant Power is set to restart its groundbreaking renewable energy project in New York's East River. The news suggests that this and other cities are emerging as centers of green energy innovation.

Adam Aston, Green Business

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Debate Room

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Scrabulous, Facebook, Hasbro: A Bad Breakup

Hasbro should have just let the beloved Scrabble-like online game remain on Facebook. Pro or con?

 

IN YOUR FACE: SPARKING INNOVATION

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Reader Adam Writes:

"Big corporations benefit from being continually refreshed through sustaining innovations, but they generally do not require disruptive innovation. VCs, on the other hand, exist to disrupt."

 

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Top Stories

How Great Design Makes People Love Your Company

A new book explains how companies such as Apple, BMW, Ikea, and Target use design to establish lasting (and lucrative) relationships with consumers

$92,500 for Rolling Stones Tongue Logo

The V&A Museum just bought the original Rolling Stones logo artwork. Here, we talk to its creator, John Pasche

Antenna Design: Bridging Art and Commerce

This year's National Design Award product design winners have found a solution-seeking work ethic to be the best approach

Innovation Index

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S&P/BusinessWeek Global Innovation Index

Track the daily performance of 25 of the world's most innovative public companies. And keep up with BusinessWeek's Innovation Guru

 

Architecture

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JetBlue's Comfy New Place to While Away the Hours

The airline's $743 million Terminal 5 at JFK is designed to provide passengers a stress-free and stylish experience, even if they're stuck there

 

Auto Design

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How BRP Hatched Its Spyder Trike

The Spyder offers all the zoom of a motorbike, but its eye-catching three-wheel design makes it easier to master

 

Brand Equity

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How Heinz is Spicing Up Sales

Ketchup remains a money-spinner, but the company is piling up hits—like ABC soy sauce—overseas

 

Game Room

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Spore: Create a Universe to Play In

The long-awaited, all-in-one action, strategy, and role-playing game from Sims designer Will Wright delivers on its promise of a "universe in a box"