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fastcompany: Vibram vice president of product design Peter Von...

dewitahs — Sun, 26 May 2013 21:45:03 -0400

Vibram vice president of product design Peter Von Conta met resistance during every step of the process while launching the FiveFingers running shoe, a product that nearly everyone in the shoe business thought was destined for failure. As the critiques got louder, Vibram dug in its heels and launched one of the most successful products ever created in its 75-year history.

The Takeaway: The best advice is often when people tell you not to do something.

The case of collaborative consumption. An old trend that is new...

dewitahs — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:25:00 -0400

The case of collaborative consumption.

An old trend that is new again.

Rachel made it clear that interaction via collaborative consumption moves so fast because it’s not inventing anything new – it’s just re-inventing what we’ve always done. “Sharing assets is prehistoric, innate behaviour. This is what we’ve been doing for thousands of years. When people say ‘why is this happening so fast?’, it’s partly because technology is enabling something very innate to us. It’s not something we have to learn or be convinced by, we just have to have the technology to make it easy.”

New Lexus GS Hybrid, Bamboo steering wheel.

dewitahs — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:55:24 -0500

New Lexus GS Hybrid, Bamboo steering wheel.

Nano, nano. Power Felt, generates electricity from heat.

dewitahs — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:37:06 -0500

Nano, nano. Power Felt, generates electricity from heat.

Innovating Philantrophy: Pay-as-You-Can...

dewitahs — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:01:45 -0500

Innovating Philantrophy: Pay-as-You-Can Cafes.

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It’s a great concept of making a difference, it’s about shared responsibility. If more big brands step up the plate, the world will be a better place..

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies

dewitahs — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:29:58 -0500

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies

“Why sharing the wealth is good business.” THE...

dewitahs — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:16:00 -0500

“Why sharing the wealth is good business.”

THE SHIFT. This is the driver for social innovation.

designmeaning: RSA Animate - The Divided Brain....

dewitahs — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:58:46 -0500

designmeaning:

RSA Animate - The Divided Brain. #designthinking

Lytro, camera of the future. — Breakthrough in camera...

dewitahs — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:35:00 -0400

Lytro, camera of the future.

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Breakthrough in camera technology. Awesome!

How Lytro’s Weird Design Tells A Story About Revolutionary Tech.

“Globality: Why companies are competing with everyone from...

dewitahs — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:52:00 -0400

“Globality: Why companies are competing with everyone from everywhere for everything.”

“Little Bets and Your Next Big Ideas,” with Peter...

dewitahs — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:31:00 -0400

“Little Bets and Your Next Big Ideas,” with Peter Sims.

I had the opportunity to chat with Peter Sims, author of “Little Bets” and co-founder of a social enterprise called Fuse Corps. Some of the things we talked about how Chris Rock go through the process and the Onion (yup, that newspaper) find their best headlines!

How you can find your next big ideas.

archdaily: Tianjin West Railway Station by gmp architekten...

dewitahs — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:36:08 -0400

archdaily:

Tianjin West Railway Station by gmp architekten (via ArchDaily)

Infographic: Anatomy of the Digital Consumer

dewitahs — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:27:42 -0400

Infographic: Anatomy of the Digital Consumer:

mothernaturenetwork: Lytro camera lets people shoot photos...

dewitahs — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:11:35 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

Lytro camera lets people shoot photos first, focus later
The camera is the first that captures the entire light field in a scene, which lets people adjust the focus on photos after they take them.

PV systems on Japanese highways. — Great idea! Install PV...

dewitahs — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:50:17 -0400

PV systems on Japanese highways.

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Great idea! Install PV systems along highways. This PV systems installed by Kyocera for Japanese highways will be the largest PV systems installed on their highways. The systems can supply power to approximately 460 homes annually and 40% of energy generated for highways’ consumption.

Kyocera Supplies 2 MW of PV Modules to Expressway

Creativity is about connecting things. - Steve Jobs

dewitahs — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:29:53 -0400

Creativity is about connecting things. - Steve Jobs

Very cool. springwise: Touch-screen tram stop ad lets...

dewitahs — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:24:04 -0400

Very cool.

springwise:

Touch-screen tram stop ad lets restaurant patrons reserve a table

If Chicago bus stops can be used to serve up warm soup samples on cold winter days, then why shouldn’t a busy tram stop in Helsinki let passers-by make a reservation at a nearby restaurant? That, indeed, is now the case thanks to an interactive installation by Finnish ad agency HeyDay for local restaurant Ravintola Lämpö. READ MORE…

9 Steps to creative problem solving...

dewitahs — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:18:54 -0400

9 Steps to creative problem solving (infographics).

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Let’s do it.

New bioplastic cap. — The new bioplastic caps for Nestle...

dewitahs — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:09:00 -0400

New bioplastic cap.

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The new bioplastic caps for Nestle popular milk brands in Brazil, Ninho and Molico, is made of sugar-cane based plastic.

Nestle launches bioplastic caps for milk brands.

Design Thinking for Social Inclusion

dewitahs — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:22:00 -0400

Design Thinking for Social Inclusion:

In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jocelyn Wyatt, social innovation lead at the award-winning consultancy IDEO, describes her organization’s efforts in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to use design thinking, a problem-solving system that is grounded in a client’s or costumer’s needs.

Listen.