Nathan Waterhouse co-leads OpenIDEO, a website that enables design collaboration crowd-sourcing. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Nathan develops and explores the potential of open innovation as it grows and matures as a business, designing new concepts and offerings for IDEO clientele in the US market.
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Nathan Waterhouse co-leads OpenIDEO, a website that enables design collaboration crowd-sourcing. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Nathan develops and explores the potential of open innovation as it grows and matures as a business, designing new concepts and offerings for IDEO clientele in the US market.
Learn more at http://www.compostmodern.org
Heather is CEO and co-founder of Catapult Design, a product strategy and development firm that serves emerging markets. Catapult’s clients are companies and organizations working in impoverished communities with technology needs – including rural electrification, water purification and transport, food security, and health. Before Catapult, Heather worked for several years as a product design consultant in Silicon Valley, designing products for a diverse…
Kierstin is the key research + strategic mind at Ci. She is an expert and pioneer on the relationship between sustainability, people and brands, how to uncover relevant insights and then translate this insight into business and innovation opportunities for leading brands and organizations. In 2003, after a stint in fashion and 10 years on Madison Ave, she founded Ci, a leading sustainability brand & research consultancy.
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Janine James is a pioneer in the field of experiential branding and culture building. An early leader of environmental innovation, she founded the New York City-based firm The Moderns in 1992 as a brand strategy and multidisciplinary design think tank. The Moderns’ work has brought success to some of the world’s most influential and most environmentally sustainable brands.
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Jonah's pioneering communications work as the creative director at Free Range Studios has helped hundreds of social-mission organizations break through the media din with strategic, inspiring messages. His company’s visionary use of viral marketing has been featured in dozens of top TV networks, radio outlets and newspapers. Recently, Jonah has been a lead writer, along with Annie Leonard, on the iconic The Story of Stuff series. Viewed by more than…
Julie is the Director of Communications at (RED), a brand created to engage business and consumer power in the fight against AIDS in Africa. Julie joined (RED) prior to its launch and was part of the start up team that shaped the business model, introduced the brand in the US and developed the initial brand partnerships. Over the past four years, she has led the companies' communications efforts and helped establish (RED) as one of the most successful…
Dara O’Rourke is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the co-founder and Chairman of GoodGuide, Inc. He has recently applied this research to a social venture startup – GoodGuide – which has built a suite of tools that provide information about the environmental, social, and health performance of products and companies to consumers at the point of purchase (through web and mobile applications), and that empower people…
Award winning designer, historian and design researcher Nitzan Waisberg is the co-creator of Sustainable Abundance, a radically human-centered approach to sustainability. While important technological innovations aid in creating a sustainable future, Nitzan believes equal emphasis needs to be placed on the perceptions, constructs and social worlds that afford sustainable abundance. At the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school) at Stanford,…
Compostmodern is fertile ground for designing a sustainable future.
Our vision is to transform products, industries and lives through sustainable design choices. Compostmodern engages designers, sustainability professionals, artists and entrepreneurs to collaborate in realizing a more environmentally, culturally and economically sustainable world. Join us for an inspiring line-up of speakers and opportunities to meet, network,
Compostmodern is fertile ground for designing a sustainable future.
Our vision is to transform products, industries and lives through sustainable design choices. Compostmodern engages designers, sustainability professionals, artists and entrepreneurs to collaborate in realizing a more environmentally, culturally and economically sustainable world. Join us for an inspiring line-up of speakers and opportunities to meet, network, and collaborate with colleagues in the field.
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