Today Jeremy, Jerry, and I had the awesome privilege of meeting some of the team at IDEO in Palo Alto, CA. Dennis Boyle, one of the first employees and General Partner gave us the tour along with Charles and Kevin.
I was first introduced to IDEO when I saw the Nightline special on their company about 10 years ago where the team was followed as they created a new and improved shopping cart (pictured below). Since that time I have continued to follow IDEO through their website and excellent books. Following are a small number of pictures from our visit.
The infamous shopping cart featured in the Nightline special
Perfecting a bike for the average rider
The evolution of the Nerf football as created in their toy lab
A manual water pump developed for 3rd world countries
The prototype shop
Early prototypes of the computer mouse
Rethinking the common beer bottle
The evolution of the Palm
A practical joke becomes a permanent office / meeting room
Lots of personalization in work areas
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The experimentation station