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2008 News & Events

 

Q&A with Harry West

Harry West talks with Rotman's Stephen Watt about what it takes to increase 'design capital' in business. > More
 

Think Like a Designer

Dan Buchner is interviewed by the Center for Creative Leadership on how using a designer's mindset is crucial to today's business thinking. > More
 

Industry-Hopping CFOs

Continuum CFO, Jim Ahern, is interviewed by CFO Magazine on the benefits of working in different industries. > More
 

Continuum on 7th Floor

An interview to Fabio Di Liberto and Valentina Ziliani on the italian magazine "7th floor" about the Amplifon Experience project. > More
 
 

Herman Miller's Nala Takes Silver at NeoCon

 

Herman Miller's Clinical Trials

 

Martin Broen Keynote Speaker

Martin Broen from our Milan studio delivers the keynote speach at the DIMe conference in Mexico. > More
 

When Is a Chair Not Just Seating?

 

Elle Decor portraits Continuum

Bruce Fifield and the work of Continuum was featured in Elle Decor (Milano, Salone del Mobile 2008 issue) > More
 

The Deluxe Chains Want to Be Chic, Too

 

Roger Martin Book Signing

Roger Martin will be in our studio on April 30th launching his new book, "The Opposable Mind." > More
 

Aaron Oppenheimer to speak at Forrester Research Conference

 

Continuum at the Business Innovation Factory

 

Harry West At MIT

West to share his thoughts on design strategy with the MIT community > More
 

Design: From Everyday to Extraordinary

Popular New England program "Chronicle" realizes the importance of good design in making an everyday product become an extraordinary one. And so do many folks working in the design field around Greater Boston. > More
 

Colorblind Project

How do you see it? > More
 

A New Model for Green Design

A radical document, supported by industry organizations, major designers and leading consultancies, aims to set a new standard for sustainability in design. Grant Kristofek, Continuum's sustainability champion, lends his thoughts to the piece. > More
 

Masters of Collaboration

The 21st century design environment trades individual stars for teamwork. BusinessWeek considers the value of this collaboration and Continuum's role. > More
 

Richard Sapper: Fifty Years at the Drawing Board

Gianfranco Zaccai lends his thoughts on the value of the collaborative design process > More
 

More Corporations Embracing Innovation

As BusinessWeek says, "demand from corporate clients for help in executing innovation is surging" and companies like ours are in the spotlight. > More
 

Continuum Signs The Designers Accord

The Designers Accord is a coalition of design and innovation firms focused on working together to create positive environmental and social impact. > More
 

2007 News & Events

 

Gianfranco Zaccai Awarded Honorary Doctorate

North Carolina State Recognizes Zaccai's Career in Design and Innovation > More
 

Wrap up of Green Design Event

A wrap up of our recent event on green design and sustainability > More
 

OLPC: Give one, Get one

One Laptop Per Child is a project with the goal of providing laptops to children all over the world. The new program, "give one, get one" is making great strides towards making this dream a reality. Click to find out more. > More
 

Design for the Real World

Organized on occasion of Continuum Italia's twenty year anniversary, the session examined the state of contemporary design from an unusual perspective, focusing on a broad approach that is sensitive to new problems in design and enterprise culture, and society in general. During a period of profound transformation, it has become increasingly necessary to take an innovative yet practical look at a series of aspects and attitudes that have radically changed our daily lives. Discussions ranged from the impact of new technologies on attitudes, to emerging questions on sustainability, usability and social design. > More
 

Office Invasion

The Boston Globe makes a visit to our studio--and takes a look inside our world > More
 

Bruce Fifield speak

An audience of executives and designers from the Russian furniture industry was interested to understand how Continuum Italy, based in Milan approaches innovation in this growing industry sector. > More
 

Continuum retrospective

Gianfranco Zaccai and the work of Continuum featured in Panorama Economy magazine. Download the story. > More
 

Bruce Nussbaum on our design education initiative

The search for talent, and how to hone it, is considered in BusinessWeek's recent design education coverage > More
 

Gianfranco Zaccai on the Future of Design

Continuum Founder and CEO to present at DMI's "The Changing Role of Design and Design Management in Business" > More
 

Dan Buchner on Impacting Global Issues By Design

Some of the world’s most significant problems can’t be solved with products alone, no matter how well designed they may be. > More
 

Designing for Diabetics

Innovative design is helping diabetics live better lives. Our award winning design on Insulet's Omnipod system is featured. > More
 

Substance: Diverse Practices from the Periphery

The Center for Visual Art at the Metropolitan State College of Denver partners with IDSA to showcase design that offers cause, method and impact. Three of our designs are featured. Kenneth Jewell speaks on OLPC at the exhibit's opening. > More
 

Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum: Design for the Other 90%

Designers, engineers, students and professors, architects, and social entrepreneurs from all over the globe are devising cost-effective ways to increase access to food and water, energy, education, healthcare, revenue-generating activities, and affordable transportation for those who most need them. Continuum's role in all that is featured in the newest exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt. > More
 

Landing The Design Job

The three things every job hunting designer needs to know. > More
 

Got a gallon? Next stop — 200 miles

“The goal is still to energize America’s youth into kind of the next great space race,” only for energy and climate change, Continuum engineer Gaurav Rohatgi said. “The challenge of a car or [form of] transportation that doesn’t ruin the environment an achievable goal.” > More
 

Dan Buchner on 'Radical Innovation' at the INDEX award conference

Buchner considers innovation on both a conscious and strategic level > More
 

Sustainability and Green Design

Continuum talked with sustainability expert and author Bob Willard on the realities and misconceptions around designing green, working towards sustainability and the effect on the bottom line. Willard tackles the myths and sheds light on the possibilities. Read the interview > More
 

Watch the Design Squad Finale!

We were proud to play a large role in the finale of PBS's new reality series, Design Squad. The final episode had the teams working here in our studio for client L.L.Bean..check it out! > More
 

Dan Buchner at the International Design Forum in Dubai

What industrial areas will contribute to the innovations of the future? What design disciplines are most likely to create innovative products? What opportunities does industrial design open to business leaders? Who decides what is next for industrial products? Dan Buchner and a group of international design luminaries group try and find out. > More
 

Matt Carlson on Design By Collective

Principal brand strategist Carlson looks a the phenomenon of designing by collective--and its influence and effect on the professional design world > More
 

Continuum Hosts Design Squad Finale

Popular Kids' Reality Competition on Design and Engineering Wraps Up on Location in Our Studio > More
 

The Soul of a New Laptop

I takes a village. The One Laptop Per Child project involved many of the world's top thinkers. Continuum's role is documented in this special 90th anniversary edition of Forbes Magazine. > More
 

The Evolution of Design at MIT Innovation Club

Design Strategist Theresa Chiueh on the evolution of design culture > More
 

Design Awards: Hall of Frame

Exhibitor magazine gives a nod to Cervelo: the brand of choice for cycling aficionados > More
 

AIGA: Branding the Next Brand

Dean Whitney moderates an evening of presentation and discussion on what the landscape of the world's next big brands might look like--and how we will get there > More
 

Can a Company Be Run as a Democracy?

Equality and collaboration in the workplace stimulate creativity > More
 

Design Thinking: Envisioning the Solution

Design Strategists Kristen Heist and Theresa Chiueh shared outlook and process at IDSA Southern District Conference Workshop > More
 

Going Green: Earning Green

Making a profit through socially conscious investing, with Kevin Young, Continuum head of the profitable sustainability group and CNBC's Melissa Francis > More
 

Harry West and Dan Buchner at the Rotman School

Bruce Nussbaum recently wrote in BusinessWeek Online, "Managers who want to 'get' the new innovation paradigm should check out [Rotman's] MBA and exec-ed programs." West and Buchner will share with students the ins and outs of design thinking. > More
 

World's 11 Coolest New Products

Beauty is more than skin-deep. The winners of Business 2.0's 3rd annual Bottom Line Design Awards are also versatile, elegant, eco-friendly, and--most important--successful. > More
 

Democratic principles making businesses more transparent

The creativity and empowerment spawned by the Information Age is bringing democracy to work. > More
 

Continuum's Jung Tak Designs The Future for PC Magazine

Ubicycle will do for bikes what Zipcar did for cars--only it's far more efficient. See why. > More
 

Continuum named as one of the 34 Most Democratic Companies in the World

Unique and collaborative corporate culture named as key attributes to winning > More
 

Design Squad Premieres On PBS

Continuum provided the design and engineering consultation for the new nationally televised program > More
 

Dan Buchner to Speak at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art

Uncover Thursdays at the ICA Addresses the Notions of Seeing Through the Eyes of a Designer > More
 

Gianfranco Zaccai speaking at the CDC Edition of the Future of Healthcare Technology

Continuum founder and CEO to speak on how technology and design can create better experiences for the medical consumer. > More
 

Kelly Sherman, artist on exhibition at Continuum's studio, wins prestigious Foster Prize

“Kelly Sherman’s work is a captivating mix of the conceptual and the emotional,” ICA director Jill Medvedow said in a statement. “Like so many exceptional artists, she helps us to see the familiar in entirely new ways. > More
 

A Smaller, Sleeker Heart Pump

Less intrusive and better-designed devices are in the works—and analysts predict profits for the companies that make them > More
 

Emotional Design

Alexandre Hennen talks with ICON magazine on approaching design challenges with a blank slate, and creating emotional products and experiences that resonate with consumers. > More
 

Continuum Engages in Two New International Alliances

Smirnov Design and China Bridge International Help Continuum Augment Offering > More
 

2006 News & Events

 

Harry West at FutureDesign Days Festival 2006

FutureDesignDays 2006 focused on the power of sharing, Harry West shared his thoughts on the matter, and discussed how design strategy benefits. > More
 

The CII-NID Design Summit

Tom Burchard and Dan Buchner recently presented ideas on addressing the challenges and opportunities of designing with India at international conference in New Delhi > More
 

Gianfranco Zaccai Speaks at Guangzhou Design Week 2006

Zaccai presented his thoughts on designing across cultural and economic boundaries to an internationally renowned design audience > More
 

Shoppers' Brains Under Brand-Name Control

Tom Burchard, vp of brand experience, talks with ABC on a new study that considers the power brands have over our subconscious > More
 

Innovation and Speed To Market in Design Driven Industries

COO Kory Kolligian shares his insight on design thinking's role in traditional business environments > More
 

Targeting Succesful Product Design

Alexandre Hennen helps the Manufacturer look at the art of thoughtfully melding art and science with superior information from customers and suppliers > More
 

Great Design? Rajesh Bilimoria shares his thoughts

Bilimoria and design luminaries like Paola Antonelli and Faith Popcorn share their thoughts on products destined to be considered kitsch > More
 

Harnessing the Power of Video Games

BusinessWeek looks at the possibilities in medical design, with a focus on our innovative solution to delivering anesthetics to children > More
 

From Benchtop To Bedside

Continuum's award-winning OmniPod Insulin Management System is called one of the top 10 devices changing medicine today by BusinessWeek Online. > More
 

Get Out of That Rut and Into the Shower

Bill Taylor of the New York Times looks at new and better ways of doing research--and generating innovative results. Our work for Moen is featured. > More
 

Designed with learning in mind

Continuum sponsors Youth Design Boston in 2006, a Boston based design mentorship program > More
 

The New Baby-Gear Boom

Imprint Custom Nipple for Baby Bottle, by Continuum designer Ann Sullivan, is featured in slide show for the latest innovative products that through design and technology, aim to ensure the safety and comfort of infants and toddlers. > More
 

The Best Product Design Of 2006

BusinessWeek unveils this year's winners, which include a silver for the Hundred Dollar Laptop, designed for MIT, and a gold for designing Insulet's groundbreaking insulin delivery system > More
 

Laptop Impossible

MIT Media Lab wanted a cheap, sturdy - and really cool - computer for developing-world kids. Here's how they got that, and a prize too > More
 

The World According to TRIZ

BusinessWeek's innovation writer Reena Jane talks with Harry West, vice president of strategy and design, on the notion of creating formulas for innovation > More
 

ReDesigning the Customer Experience

VP of Strategy and Innovation Harry West led a day of learning in which participants developed skills to envision and develop products that make sense to the people who will use them > More
 

Keeping Up with the Jetsons; A fleet of concept designs that propel tech gear into tomorrow.

PC Magazine looks at "what's next" in industrial design, and highlights two recent concept projects, by industrial designers Mike Tracz and Mich Alvarez, as two of the best. > More
 

Innovate Forum Q & A With Harry West, Vice President of Strategy and Innovation

Innovate Forum Executive Editor Amy Rowell speaks with Harry West about innovation, design-centric business schools (D-schools), multi-disciplinary design, intellectual property and more. > More
 

What Will They Think Of Next?

Azure Magazine looks at North America's Best Industrial Design > More
 

The Making of the Hundred Dollar Laptop

form magazine takes a close look at the design process behind the world's most innovative laptop > More
 

What Ikea Could Teach Alitalia

Design Continuum CEO Gianfranco Zaccai imagines an airline that strives to provide an overwhelmingly positive customer experience > More