“How do we select the right design partner?” “Where can I find evidence that design really works?” “Can design have any impact beyond products?” These are real questions that we’ve been asked by our ...

The redesigned mobile app for 'The New York Times' is a winner of Fast Company’s 2025 Innovation by Design Awards. Tennessee turned its tourism site into a masterclass on accessibility Sound Sites, a ...

We’re excited to announce the judges of the 2025 Innovation by Design Awards. Innovation by Design honors the best projects and ideas across the design spectrum, as represented by our stellar group of ...

Most organizations can point to a moment when a bold idea broke through, but far fewer can explain how that kind of thinking happens consistently. Sustained innovation usually depends less on bursts ...

Parsons Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab is an action research laboratory founded in 2009 at The New School in New York City. DESIS Lab works at the intersection of ...

Ten years ago, SSIR published a seminal article on using design thinking in social innovation. The concepts it outlined went on to become a major component of strategic changemaking by civil society ...

This story originally appeared in Yale Engineering magazine. When the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID) officially launched in 2012 — 10 years ago! — it opened a whole new world of ...

Innovation is the transformation of discoveries and ideas into societal or economic value. The process begins with an idea for a new product, process, or service, but is not complete until an end-user ...

Coined by Steve Blank, the term innovation theater has been gaining traction lately. As with all popular terms, we may be reaching the peak of inflated expectations on the hype cycle, with a lot more ...