Innovation Insights

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

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

Great design means great products, which means great experiences for consumers, and great productivity for society. To maintain America’s lead in this field, it is critical that we continue to incentivize investment in great design by ensuring that our design protection laws remain strong. Source: America Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Its Innovative Designs

Innovation is difficult, messy and, in contrast with our 140 character-limit world, requires sustained attention.  Skipping serious learning is the equivalent of a new boat owner standing on the shore, jealously watching other vessels glide over the water, and asking, “Seems like a lot of effort to get our sail up, do we really need … [Read more…]

From Google to Hillary to Snoop Dogg’s pot candies, we look back on some of the year’s best branding. Source: A Look Back at the Year’s Freshest Logo Reboots | WIRED

To see what stood out this year, we polled some of our favorite designers, from the automotive world and beyond. Source: Behold the Best-Designed Cars of 2015