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From 2008-2018, designthinking.ideo.com was the home of IDEO's design thinking blog, written by our former CEO and current Executive Chair of IDEO, Tim Brown. This is an archive of his thoughts. You can read Tim's more current work on his LinkedIn page. You can also visit IDEO's Blog, The Octopus, here.

The REFRACT House

May 19, 2009

An interdisciplinary team from CCA (California College of Arts) and the University of Santa Clara have been working on a project for the 2009 Solar Decathlon.

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Visualizing Smart Cars

May 12, 2009

I couldn't resist posting this link pointed out to me by my colleague Gabe Trionfi.

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How might we design a participatory system?

May 2, 2009

This is the fifth, and last, of a series of pieces originally posted at Fast Company.Those who have stuck with me all week, know that I believe that participation is key to the next big wave of innovation in business and society.

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Participating in health care

May 2, 2009

This is the fourth of a series of pieces originally posted at Fast Company.In the U.K.

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Why we need economic dashboards

May 2, 2009

This is the third of a series of pieces originally posted at Fast Company.A significant difference between those of us fortunate to be living above the poverty line and those unfortunate enough to be at the "bottom of the pyramid" is that the 'wealthy' can afford to consume.

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Learning to measure participation

May 2, 2009

This is the second of a series of pieces originally posted at Fast Company.

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Ripple Effect

May 1, 2009

A team at IDEO is running an experiment in collaborative design.

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Visualizing the grid

April 30, 2009

NPR has posted a great visualization of the US power grid.

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I'm blogging at Fast Company this week

April 27, 2009

I'll be spending this week guest blogging for Fast Company.

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Change By Design

April 20, 2009

It is finally time to announce the title and publication date for my book about design thinking.It is called "Change By Design - how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation".

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