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IDEO
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IDEO () is a design and consulting firm with offices in the U.S., England, and China. It was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1991. The company's 500 staff uses a design thinking approach to design products, services, environments, brands, and digital experiences.
Key facts
- Company.name
- IDEO
- Company.logo
- IDEO 2021 logo.svg
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.foundation
- 1991, with the merging of David Kelley Design (est 1978), Moggridge Associates (est 1969), ID Two (est 1979), and Matrix Product Design (est 1983).
- Company.founders
- David KelleyBill Moggridge Mike Nuttall
- Company.location
- San Francisco, California
- Company.num_employees
- 500+ (2023)
- Company.industry
- Design firm
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1991
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Also known as
- international design and consulting firm
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Field of work
- design
- Founded by
- David M. Kelley
- Official website
- www.ideo.com
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- inception
- 1991-00-00
- Commons category
- IDEO
- has works in the collection
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- ''The Deep Dive''
- Acquisitions and partnerships
- Organizational culture
- Products and services
- OpenIDEO
- Design education
- Notes
- References
IDEO () is a design and consulting firm with offices in the U.S., England, and China. It was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1991. The company's 500 staff uses a design thinking approach to design products, services, environments, brands, and digital experiences.
In 1996, Steelcase took a majority ownership stake in the firm, which continued to operate independently. By the early 2000s, the company had expanded into management consulting and organizational design. In 2016, Japanese holding company Kyu Collective purchased a minority stake in the firm, and as of 2025 Steelcase does not continue to have any ownership in the firm.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “IDEO” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.