Amazon’s new product innovation skunk-works, Lab126, will see a boost in funding and manpower over next five years. What can we expect to see from this company who is unafraid to be experimental and learn from their successes and failures. Source: Secretive Amazon Lab To Develop Wearables and Household Devices
Design is inextricably linked to innovation. Maybe you never thought about it this way, but designers touch and shape every single part of your day; they are a constant presence in your life. Source: Letter From the Editor: Why Design Matters More Now Than Ever Before | WIRED
We’re always scouring the world of products for the innovative, clever, and beautiful. Source: 21 Awesomely Well-Designed Products We’re Dying to Own | WIRED
Design Thinking is one of the more hyped (and frequently misunderstood) terms in business. Many companies have jumped on the Design Thinking bandwagon without really knowing what it means. Source: “Design Thinking” cartoon | Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has debuted a novel solution that allows users to create more complex items in a fraction of the time and cost by printing up to ten different materials simultaneously. Source: MIT’s newest 3D printer spouts 10 materials at a time
For successful innovation, you have to spread a culture of creativity throughout the organization. Creating a separate innovation lab doesn’t work. It’s just a trendy name for what used to be called the R&D group. We learned that didn’t work back in the 1970s and 1980s. Calling it an “innovation lab” doesn’t make any difference … [Read more…]
Here are 13 Apple products that for one reason or another, are no longer with us today. Source: 13 Apple Products You Probably Never Knew Existed | TechCrunch
Once known for entertaining millions by creating special effects for Hollywood, theme parks and Broadway, Applied Minds cofounder Bran Ferren now solves impossible tech challenges with previously unimaginable inventions. Bran Ferren: To create for the ages, let’s combine art and engineering | TED Talk | TED.com
A celebrated proprietor of innovation skunk-works Applied Minds, Bran Ferren, explains how companies can cultivate the rare people who create miracles. Ferren spoke with strategy+business at the Applied Minds rapid prototyping facility in Burbank, Calif. The conversation cut to the heart of a key aspiration for many business leaders: fostering greatness, in the form of … [Read more…]
Seven beautiful new books on design, from the home to storefront and packaging. Source: Seven Beautiful New Books on Design – Cool Hunting