Innovation & Design
Insight: Bill Buxton
A New Mantra for Creativity
Executives should apply the "Order of Magnitude" rule to any problem that demands a creative solution
Innovation on the Edge
Institutional Innovations
A Silicon Valley nonprofit fostered the development of a radical open-source platform for top-level health research
Featured Blog
—Bruce Nussbaum, Nussbaumondesign
Podcast: Innovation of the Week
How To Redesign Business Models
Jeneanne Rae of Peer Insight gives practical advice on how to redesign common business models using examples of transformations in companies from Amazon to IBM and Boeing
Material Innovation
PolyID
German chip printer PolyIC's flexible RFID tags are flexible transponder chips on polyester film. And they cost next to nothing
Debate Room
Internet Ads: Irritating, Ineffective
The advertisements that appear on Web sites are a nuisance for readers and a false economy poised to fall to Earth. Pro or con?
Inside Innovation
- The World's Most Innovative Companies
- Innovation Scoreboard: Interactive Table
- GE Creates A Portable Life-Saver
- HP Labs' Latest Experiment: Itself
- Bezos on Amazon's High-Stakes Innovation
- Hot Product: A Camcorder for the Masses
- The Hummer Mini? Interactive Tour
Design Directory
BW Innovation Job Board
Hundreds of job openings with design-driven companies.
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Leader for Interaction Design MA programme
Umeå University, Umeå Institute of Design | Umeå, Sweden
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Top Stories
Facebook's Big Facelift
The social networking site's coming redesign will be marked by a cleaner, more organized look to appeal to its vastly bigger, more diverse user base
Inside the Tata Nano Factory
The tale of the creation and design of the world's cheapest car is one of innovation and ingenuity, both inside and outside Ratan Tata's organization
Is U.S. Innovation Headed Offshore?
Apparently not, even though more research and development is joining manufacturing in the shift toward low-cost nations
Innovation Strategy
Braving Brazil's 'Airline Graveyard'
Delta-Northwest: Unlikely to Fly
How Google Fuels Its Idea Factory
HP Labs' Latest Experiment: Itself
Life on the Edge: Learning from Facebook
BlackBerry: Innovation Behind the Icon
Real World 2.0
Innovation Through Acquisition
Product Design
Pure Digital Flips the Script
Speedo: Innovation in the Aqua Lab
A Cell Phone Made of ...Tapioca?
Is It Worth It?
Walking While You Work
Learning from Tata's Nano
A Really Good Collapsible Bike
Apple: More Than a Pretty Face
The Bright Future of LEDs
A New Blueprint for Cisco
Service Innovation
Danone Innovates to Help Feed the Poor
A Ripe Time for Open Innovation
Giving the Poor a Means to Work
Billion Dollar Innovation
A Rural Health Clinic in a Box
Designing the 'Care' into Health Care
Gunning for Google
Seek the Magic with Service Prototypes
Cutting-Edge Designers
Art Museum as Research Lab
A Ferrari for the Skies
The Touchable Tasting Menu
Richard Sapper: Fifty Years at the Drawing Board
Design: A Strong Showing in Miami
Green Design
Bringing Green Mainstream
Using Nature as a Design Guide
America's Green Economy
A New Model for Green Design
Deconstructing the Energy Bill
How Green Is That Gizmo?
New Clout for Cradle to Cradle Design
A Debate over 'Greenwashing'
Innovation Index
The S&P/BusinessWeek Global Innovation Index tracks the performance of 25 of the world's most innovative public companies.
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Reader Poll: Special Issue
IN YOUR FACE: IS APPLE ONTO SOMETHING?
Reader Jodeo Writes:
"What Apple should fear most is a Microsoft takeover of a computer business like Dell or Microsoft expanding their own PC business, then optimizing their OS for their machines."
Read the Story and Tell Us What You Think
Architecture
Will China Welcome a Mid-Range Hotel?
Hotel Jen marries high design with smart business strategy as it targets an overlooked—and growing—sector of the hotel market
Auto Design
Inside the Tata Nano Factory
The tale of the creation and design of the world's cheapest car is one of innovation and ingenuity, both inside and outside Ratan Tata's organization
Brand Equity
McDonald's Specialty Coffee Kick
Jan Fields is the confident dynamo behind McDonald's push into specialty coffees. She says it's ready
Game Room
Spielberg's Wii "Block-buster"
The premise of the Hollywood director's first video game—tossing balls at stacked blocks—may be simple, but it's possibly the best Wii game to date
Featured Special Report
America's Green Policy Vacuum
Without a fully funded, federal alternative energy policy, the U.S. risks squandering its potential—and will continue to depend on foreign energy resources
Using Nature as a Design Guide
The Rise of the Carbon-Neutral City
Podcast: Putting Masdar on the Map
Cities: A Smart Alternative to Cars
"Gadgets" Can be Green
Green IT: Corporate Strategies
Slideshow: Material Innovation
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