IDEO is a design and innovation consultancy based in Palo Alto, California, United States with other offices in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Munich and Shanghai. The company helps design products, services, environments, and digital experiences. Additionally, the company has become increasingly involved in management consulting.
IDEO was formed in 1991 by a merger of three established design firms: David Kelley Design (founde...
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IDEO is a design and innovation consultancy based in Palo Alto, California, United States with other offices in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Munich and Shanghai. The company helps design products, services, environments, and digital experiences. Additionally, the company has become increasingly involved in management consulting.
IDEO was formed in 1991 by a merger of three established design firms: David Kelley Design (founded by David Kelley, who is also a professor at Stanford University), ID Two (founded by Britain's Bill Moggridge), and Matrix Product Design (founded by Mike Nuttall). Office-furniture maker Steelcase used to own a majority stake in the firm, but is spinning out the subsidiary through a five-year management buy-back program that started in 2007. The founders of the predecessor companies are still involved in the firm. The current CEO is Tim Brown.
The firm employs approximately 550 people in the disciplines of Human factors, Mechanical,...
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