Archives: July 2008

Clay Shirky is Brilliant--We Have A Cognitive Surplus!

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 31

Read this: http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html And thanks to Seth Godin for pointing this out....

Business Model Innovation: Best Buy, P&G and Apple Get it. Starbucks Doesn't Get It.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 31

An economic crisis can be a crucible that forges new innovations in business operations or they can lead companies to make dumb mistakes that destroy them as they rush blindly...

Apple iPhone Apps For Education.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 25

In the deluge of new applications for the iPhone in recent days, a number of apps for education are worth considering. There are lots of folks who think the cell...

5 Ways To Make Starbucks A Better Experience From Pentagram.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 25

Starbucks needs some innovation and not just a makeover. It needs serious business model innovation as well as a significant redesign of its space. Pentagram's Jim Biber has a terrific...

IBM Gets Innovation.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 23

You won't find the words "design" or "design thinking" in any of IBM's smart Stop--Start ads but look at what they pitch and preach. Stop: Selling What You Have Start:...

Ask The Innovation Guru.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 23

We're trying something new. I'm buying a Flip camcorder and will video myself (I know this sounds weird) answering questions you throw at me about innovation, design thinking, business model...

LG Is Opening A Design Lab In New York City.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 21

I hear on good authority that Korea's LG is opening a new design lab in New York in August. It's the latest evidence of New York reemerging as a design...

Best Design From Brazil.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 21

In 2008, the Industrial Designers Society of America ran a new contest in Brazil and some of the winners were included in this year's Top International Design Excellence Awards. Amazing...

Human Fat Powers Fastest Boat.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 21

A New Zealander has built a super-fast, nasty-looking boat powered by his own fat. I wrote about it in December. Earthrace, as it is called, the first trans-ocean biodiesel trimaran...

2008 Top Designs in The World: International Design Excellence Awards.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 18

We have the winners of the International Design Excellence Awards online and in print and they are awesome. There are great videos as well. The Webster video (he's from IDEO)...

What Laura Bush Told Me At The White House.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 16

http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2008/I had brunch at the White House on Monday, thanks to being a Finalist for a National Design Award, given by the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (yep, it's...

Did Innovation Trigger This Financial Meltdown With Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac And Cause A Recession?

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 16

I've been sitting on the beach pondering what one senior European banker told me in January in Davos at the World Economic Forum--"you always talk about the benefits of innovation...

General Motors Sheds Brands--Buying Brands From Chrysler Is Unlikely.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on July 07

Well, I've have better ideas than that of GM buying the one or two Chrysler brands that might survive this downturn. Turns out that GM is looking to sell several...