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What we do
Who we are
Big Questions
How can we design a better food system for everyone?
Building the products, solutions, and organizations we need for the future of food
Redesigning food and food systems is a responsibility and an opportunity.
We partner with committed leaders and organizations, and help them create values-driven, value-returning solutions to the toughest problems in food.
Vivian BaradPartner and Executive Director, Food & Beverage Portfolio, IDEO San Francisco
How IDEO Approaches Our Work in Food
ArticleBloombergA Conversation About the Future of Food Retail
PodcastFood x DesignMeet the People Designing the Food Systems We’ll Need in the Future
Building a Brand for a New, More Nutritious Rice
Collaboration is critical to building new and innovative solutions.
It’s about going very deep, very quickly: we use collaborative design and iterative prototyping to unearth root causes of big problems and find innovative, viable ways forward.
Rebecca ChesneyDirector, IDEO San Francisco
Designing Waste Out of the Food System
ChallengeOpenIDEOEnvisioning Regenerative and Nourishing Food Futures for 2050
ArticleFast CompanyStarbucks and McDonald’s Are Testing These Radical Cups of the Future
The creativity and expertise of people is central to the future of food.
Our clients need creativity and resilience to meet the challenges that face the food system. We work collaboratively to set an ambitious vision for the future and build the capabilities they need to make that vision real. To transform organizations, we roll our sleeves up and do the work together, while also building the organizational scaffolding to support those new mindsets and behaviors in the long term.
Maggie HowekampExecutive Director, IDEO San Francisco
A Leading Food Company’s Human-Centered Transformation Spurs Rapid Growth
Revitalizing Japan’s Food Industry Through Design and Software
Building a New Venture to Restore Trust in China’s Food System
The Food System Can’t Survive This Crisis, but a Better System Can Be Built
Designing the Future of Urban Farming
Designing the Future Kitchen
A Student-Centered Cafeteria Experience
Right now, the opportunities to reimagine food are both exciting and overwhelming. Design can help: it’s a way to make the right choices, and to create the products, services, and food experiences that people, business, and society need.
Lynda DeakinPartner and Managing Director, IDEO San Francisco
What Electric Cars Can Tell Us About Redesigning the Food System
