◀︎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 Barad
Partner and Executive Director, Food & Beverage Portfolio
Our Beliefs
How IDEO Approaches Our Work in Food
CASE STUDYBetterer Foods (RightRice)
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 Chesney
IDEO Alum, IDEO San Francisco
CASE STUDYThe Rockefeller Foundation
Designing Waste Out of the Food System
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 Howekamp
Executive Director, IDEO San Francisco
CASE STUDYThe J.M. Smucker Company
A Leading Food Company’s Human-Centered Transformation Spurs Rapid Growth
CASE STUDYNippon Jimuki Co. Ltd.
Revitalizing Japan’s Food Industry Through Design and Software
CASE STUDYHunter Gatherer
Building a New Venture to Restore Trust in China’s Food System
JOURNALRebecca Chesney & Holly Bybee
The Food System Can’t Survive This Crisis, but a Better System Can Be Built
CASE STUDYINFARM
Designing the Future of Urban Farming
CASE STUDYIKEA
Designing the Future Kitchen
CASE STUDYSFUSD, SEWF
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.
BLOGLynda Deakin
What Electric Cars Can Tell Us About Redesigning the Food System
JOURNALVivian Barad