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Archive for the ‘Innovation’ Category
After Steve Jobs: What we can learn from the Nest thermostat
October 28th, 2011
The central question about Apple these days is what it will become without Steve Jobs’s passionate conviction and daily direction in the design of the company’s products and services. (more…)
Catalyst Award for iconic Oral-B toothbrush goes to LUNAR
September 30th, 2011
LUNAR was honored with IDSA’s 2011 Catalyst Award this year at the design industry’s annual conference in New Orleans earlier this month for our work on the Oral-B Crossaction toothbrush. Arguably the most ergonomically designed toothbrush ever, the product has been a business success story for more than 10 years. (more…)
Regulations = competitive advantage for Green Toys
September 27th, 2011
LUNAR client Green Toys turned the tables on conventional anti-regulation thinking when co-founder Robert Von Goeben was interviewed on Fox Business’ “Making It In America.” (more…)
In Chicago? Explore career paths for successful designers with LUNAR’s Mark Dziersk this Friday
August 24th, 2011
LUNAR Chicago’s Managing Director Mark Dziersk shares his insights into the career paths of successful designers at a meet-up at 750 North Franklin #201 in Chicago this Friday, 6:30 pm. (more…)
LUNAR client Switch lights up the cover of WIRED
August 19th, 2011
We love working with leaders in their markets, and when they’re standing out by doing something really important, all the better. WIRED in its September 2011 issue proclaims Switch’s 60-watt equivalent LED as the green bulb for design nerds. Awesome. (more…)
Failure is always an option
March 21st, 2011
At LUNAR we solve difficult problems every single day. Nobody ever comes to us saying, “Hi, we have this really easy thing for you to do. It is totally straight forward and should be really simple.” As a result, we are constantly faced with challenges that nobody anywhere has ever surmounted. We often solve problems like these with prototyping, which in my opinion is by far the most important thing we do at LUNAR. (more…)
The Windowfarms Project
March 7th, 2011
When I was living in Brooklyn, I had a neighbor with a crazy idea – to grow her own food in her apartment year round. I could see the vertical water bottles she used in her early attempt in her courtyard facing window whenever I took out the garbage. I thought to myself “Britta is crazy. That’s just not going to work.”
Shortly later, I realized that you should never underestimate Britta. (more…)
An ode to simple product design
March 3rd, 2011
As a product engineer, I often find myself delighted by the little things–an ingenious locking mechanism, a cleverly designed component, a silky smooth hinge – which is why the simplest of designs are sometimes the most fascinating. One everyday object that I find to be particularly (and deliciously) nifty is the McFlurry spoon.
GOOD DESIGN awards good design
January 11th, 2011
For 60 years the Chicago Athenaeum’s GOOD DESIGN program has been recognizing the best and most innovative industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world.
This year LUNAR was proud to take home three GOOD DESIGN awards for our work on the PASCO Scientific SPARK Scientific Learning System, the Intel Reader and the SanDisk Check Point Abra. 
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Packing for Mars
October 26th, 2010
Humans need a few basic things to survive – air, water, food, heat, shelter – but just surviving isn’t really enough. We also need familiarity, a little comfort, interaction, a small place of our own. (more…)
Gesture Remote
September 20th, 2010
As designers we often feel honored working at the forefront of design–using customer insights and new technologies to define products that pioneer new, exciting experiences. Gestural interaction technology is one of these game-changers. We see its ascent and are proud to be one of the lucky teams that will help shape the future of gesture controlled devices. (more…)
Thought for Food: LUNAR’s DIY Food Container Design Contest at the IDSA International Conference
July 26th, 2010
Calling all students attending the 2010 IDSA International Conference in Portland, OR: you’ve got a chance to win your very own fully loaded 64GB 3G iPad! Show us your creative chops. (more…)
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Connections and mutations in the network
April 27th, 2010
A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
The Internet is bringing about unprecedented growth in connections between people, with implications for how we address major social issues, everyday problems and design challenges. (more…)
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It’s a LUNAR New Year
February 11th, 2010
A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
In this special Lunar New Year edition of Icon-o-Cast, LUNAR kicks off the Year of the Tiger with perspectives on business and design trends for the coming year from Asia, Europe and the U.S. (more…)
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