Innovation & Design

Material Innovation

Permapave

Permapave, manufactured in Australia, is a water-permeable exterior paving slab that drains like grass and can help prevent floods

About Material Innovation

Viewpoint: Marty Neumeier

Designing the Future of Business

Forget total quality. Forget top-down strategy. Design is the engine that can transform a company into a powerhouse of nonstop innovation

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IDEA Design Award Winners 2008

I'm fascinated with how Lenovo is marketing itself at the Olympics. Lenovo is trying to build its brand on innovation, quality, value-for-money, and usefulness. But it's not there yet. And these ads don't help its cause.

—Steve Hamm, GlobeSpotting

Podcast: Innovation of the Week

Just as new world records are set at the Beijing Olympics, the race to construct the world's tallest building continues. Lead designer William Pedersen discusses the opening of the "super-skyscraper," the Shanghai World Financial Center

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: TROUBLE BREWING AT STARBUCKS

Reader Michael C. Writes:

"I try to support indie coffee shops, much like Starbucks was back in the day, even if it means going out of my way."

Tell Us: Are You Losing Your Local Starbucks?

Inside Innovation

The misadventures of One Laptop Per Child
Narrated Slideshow: the XO in Peru
Emerson Electric's Innovation Metrics
The Cutting Edge of Health Care
Doblin's Larry Keeley on Health Care Innovation
Herman Miller's Clinical Trials

Design Directory

BW Innovation Job Board

Hundreds of job openings with design-driven companies.

Design Director - for NEW SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE of Established Firm
ChaseDesign | San Francisco, California
Posted: Aug 20
Director, Business Development
RitaSue Siegel Resources | San Francisco, California
Posted: Aug 19
Project Manager for global design consultancy
Smart Design BCN | BCN, Spain
Posted: Aug 19

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