Categories: Product Innovation

New from Kraft Foods: Vending Machines

Posted by: Michael Arndt on October 05

For years Kraft Foods has been supplying cookies, crackers, and other snacks to vending machine operators. Now the food company is getting into the business directly, with its own network...

I'm a PC, and I'm...Cool?

Posted by: Reena Jana on September 21

In the last week, both Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo announced new PCs that featured eye-catching elements that could possibly make design fans rethink the nerdy PC image exemplified in those ubiquitous...

Hewlett-Packard Taps Fashion for R & D: A long-term innovation strategy?

Posted by: Reena Jana on September 14

This weekend, Hewlett-Packard proved that it is committed to tapping the design world as a rich resource for technical innovation, and not merely aesthetics. On Saturday night in New York,...

Jonathan Ive on The Key to Apple's Success

Posted by: Helen Walters on July 08

Jonathan Ive isn't prone to making wild proclamations about design, his boss, Steve Jobs, or Apple, the company at which he's led the design team since 1996. Indeed, he's not...

Knoll's New "Generation" Chair: Stylish Engineering and Comfort

Posted by: Reena Jana on May 29

The Generation by Knoll chair, which will debut at the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair in Chicago in mid-June, is as comfortable an office seat as it is eye-catching. I’ve been...

Stroke of Genius

Posted by: Jessie Scanlon on May 14

Tis the season of student design projects, as my colleague Bruce Nussbaum has pointed out. As students across the country publicly display their work, it’s a chance for potential employers...