Continuum (design consultancy)
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | (1983) |
| Headquarters | West Newton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | Gianfranco Zaccai, Co-Founder & CEO Bruce Fifield, Co-Founder Youngmihn Kim, Co-Founder Jim Ahern, CFO Kory Kolligian, COO |
| Industry | Industrial Design Design Strategy Experience Design Environmental Design Software Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
| Employees | 200 (2008) |
| Website | www.dcontinuum.com/ |
Continuum is a design and innovation consultancy based in Newton, Massachusetts, with other offices in Milan and Seoul. The company’s core disciplines include Industrial Design, Design Strategy, Experience Design, Human Factors, Interaction Design, Environmental Design, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering.[1]
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[edit] History
The company, founded in Boston as Design Continuum, has been in business since 1983.[2] The founders, Gianfranco Zaccai and Jerry Zindler merged the functions of their two companies, an industrial design firm and mechanical engineering consultancy respectively, into a single entity. The new operation offered an integrated approach to the product development and market introduction process, a “Design Continuum."
[edit] Today
The firm now employs approximately 200 people across its 3 offices. [3] The company has worked with clients in industries including: medical, consumer, computer, automotive, hospitality, and financial services. Project work includes the Swiffer for Procter & Gamble. [4] , the Reebok Pump [5] , and the initial design direction for the for the MIT Media Lab's $100 laptop[6] .
[edit] Media
In 2005, the company was featured on NBC News and The Today Show on the "The Idea Business." [7]
Practitioners at the company were also been featured in the book A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink. [8]
During the summer of 2007, the company hosted the finale of PBS series, “Design Squad,” a show that encourages kids to explore design and engineering as a career path. [9]
In January 2008, the company was featured in a BusinessWeek article entitled, “Masters of Collaboration.”[10]
The company has won 14 IDSA/BusinessWeek International Design Excellence Awards since 2003. [11]
[edit] References
- ^ Continuum fact sheet
- ^ Continuum Private Company info
- ^ Hamm, Steve; Walters, Helen. "Masters of Collaboration", Business Week, 2008-1-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
- ^ Nussbaum, Bruce. "The Power of Design", Business Week, 2004-05-17. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
- ^ Reebok Pump. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
- ^ One Laptop per Chid Progress. OLPC. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
- ^ http://www.dcontinuum.com/content/show.php?id=6 The Idea Business [TV-News Program]. Newton, MA: NBC.
- ^ Pink, Dan (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York: Riverhead Books, 97.
- ^ http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ [TV]. Boston: PBS.
- ^ Hamm, Steve; Walters, Helen. "Masters of Collaboration", Business Week, 2008-1-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
- ^ Winners Over The Past Five Years. IDSA. BusinessWeek (2007-07-30). Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
