Continuum Hosts Participants from the International Development and Design Summit 2008

We reached Continuum at 630pm (slightly behind schedule, in keeping with the IDDS style) and were delighted to find a huge array of food had been prepared for us. We were graciously received by all the Continuum staff and they even had the courtesy of providing name badges for those of us who had forgotten […]

Wal-Mart drives sustainability, for real.

This past weekend, Continuum hosted a sustainable design training program for clients and colleagues. The training was delivered by Dr. Benjamin Linder of Olin College. Ben has been giving this training to Continuum staff, in chunks of 15-20 people. We ask a lot of him: take what you teach over 2 or 3 […]

Grass, skateboard ramps, foam pits, lobbies, and gumption.

We were really pleased to hear that our friends over at Design Squad were the recipients of a Peabody Award for last year’s season. We had a great time hosting the finale in our studio last Summer. Great job guys!
Here’s the press release.
Also check out this time lapse video of our shop […]

Continuum hosts Design Charrette At SCAD

I spent the earlier part of the week at SCAD at a design charrette we helped them host. Design for the other 90% was the theme. Some 200 or so industrial design students are spending 4 1/2 days working in groups of 5 or 6. The groups were assigned regions and topics - […]

PBS’s Design Squad category on Teen Jeopardy

PBS’s Design Squad, a reality show that exists to get kids to explore what it’s like to work in all types of engineering and design, was a category on Teen Jeopardy this week. Sadly, it was the last category the kids picked. Let’s change that. Design and engineering are fields to get psyched about […]