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Design In Tech Report 2016

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John Maeda
John Maeda

A lot has changed since publishing my inaugural Design in Tech Tech report at SXSW last year. In this year's report, we dive deeper into analyzing some broader themes ranging from the record amounts of funding flowing into design-led startups to questioning how design will continue to evolve as a good business practice. Below are some takeaways from the report: -Design isn’t just about beauty; it’s about market relevance and meaningful results. -M&A activity continues in the design space, and it’s increased. -Increasing the designers needed in the tech industry requires rethinking education. -The adoption of design by public companies is only growing. -Designers bring needed critical thinking/making in the economic case for inclusion. -Work in the research labs from decades ago drives today’s startups. Be aware.

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Design Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers March 14, 2016 DESIGN INTECH REPORT KPCB Team // Jackie Xu, Aviv Gilboa, Justin Sayarath With Special Thanks to // Michael Abbott, Juliet de Baubigny, Scott Ryles, Lynne Chou, Christina Lee, Andy Chen, Muzzammil Zaveri, Arielle Zuckerberg Designed By // Luna Chen 陈清源, Danqing Wang 王丹青 // China Design 中国设计 2 0 1 6 1 John Maeda
Design isn’t just about beauty; it’s about market relevance and meaningful results. M&A activity continues in the design space, and it’s increased. Increasing the designers needed in the tech industry requires rethinking education. The adoption of design by public companies is only growing. Designers bring needed critical thinking/making in the economic case for inclusion. Work in the research labs from decades ago drives today’s startups. Be aware. 2 0 1 6 2
Reports from Gartner, Accenture, Deloitte, Temkin all indicate that experience matters. Linda Holliday calls the new kind of design as “multi- dimensional” — it crosses social science, computer science, into something new and necessary. all day long and whenever they can EXPERIENCEMatters A Lot, Because We Experience Digital Products A Lot “89% “81% “90% “6Xof companies believes that customer experience will be their primary basis for competition by 2016, versus 36% four years ago.” — Gartner of executives surveyed place the personalized customer experience in their top three priorities for their organization, with 39% reporting it as her top priority.” — Accenture of executives surveyed agreed that customer experience and engagement are objectives of their corporation's digital strategy.” — MIT Sloan / Deloitte more likely to buy with a positive emotional experience, 12x more likely to recommend the company, and 5x more likely to forgive a mistake.” — Temkin Group early desktop users checked their computers today mobile users check their smartphones Once in the morning Once in the evening Ouch! “ Ouch! “ Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @Gartner_inc @AccentureDigi @mitsmr @DeloitteDigital @TemkinGroup experiencematters.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/15-customer-experience-factoids-from-2015-infographic/ sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/strategy-drives-digital-transformation accenture.com/us-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/Conversion-Assets/Microsites/Documents11/Accenture-Technology- Vision-2015.pdf blogs.gartner.com/jake-sorofman/gartner- surveys-confirm-customer-experience-new-battlefield/ blogs.gartner.com/jake-sorofman/gartner-surveys-confirm-customer-experience-new-battlefield/ 3
The inaugural 2015 #DesignInTech Report received way more views than we initially projected at 50K in the first year. We also received a helpful re-design from our new friends in Canada. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @slideshare @stinsondesign slideshare.net/stinsondesign/kpcb-design-in-tech-report-2015-simplified-and-redesigned THE 1ST DESIGN INTECH REPORT Beat Expectations, with Room for Improvement 875K and 1 redesign… Simplified & Redesigned cumulative views across all English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese editions 4
Fortunately, 100% of last year’s report’s predictions have come true. So that means we need new ones. #DesignInTech PREDICTIONSFrom Last Year’s Report M&A activity of designer-led businesses will likely grow. 1 Older user experiences will improve. Designer-led startups will have increased access to capital. 2 Designers will grow as executives. Design in VC is not about pretty — it’s about relevance. 3 Design’s business value will evolve. DESIGN DE$IGN experience Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design 5
2The New Kind of Designer is TBD SECTIONS 4Design Quality is to Caring 1#DesignInTech By The Numbers 3Public Company Trends 5Final Thoughts 6
Design firm acquisitions continue: 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004, ~50% of which have been acquired in the last year alone. Designer co-founded companies exhibit funding success: 36% of top 25 funded startups are co-founded by designers, up from 20% in 2015. Designers in venture capital have increased: More designers entered VC in the last two years than the previous four years combined. 1 #DesignInTech By The Numbers 7
Timeline of #DesignInTech M&A Activity | Version2.0 2013 2015 20162004 – 2012 2014 ■ FLEXTRONICS +acq. Frog Design 2004 ■ MONITOR +acq. DOBLIN 2007 ■ RIM +acq. TAT 2010 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Sofa 2011 ■ GLOBALLOGIC +acq. Method 2011 ■ ONE KING’S LANE +acq. Helicopter 2011 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Mike & Maaike 2012 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Bolt Peters 2012 ■ SQUARE +acq. 80/20 2012 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Cuban Council 2012 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Hot Studio 2013 ■ ACCENTURE +acq. Fjord 2013 ■ SHOPIFY +acq. Jet Cooper 2013 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Banyan Branch 2013 ■ INFOR +acq. Hook & Loop 2013 ■ GOOGLE +acq. 17FEET 2013 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Hattery 2013 ■ OCULUS / FACEBOOK +acq. Carbon Design 2014 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Gecko Design 2014 ■ CAPITAL ONE +acq. Adaptive Path 2014 ■ ACCENTURE +acq. Reactive 2014 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Flow Interactive 2014 ■ PWC +acq. Optimal Experience 2014 ■ KPMG +acq. Cynergy Systems 2014 ■ BCG +acq. S&C 2014 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Teehan+Lax 2015 ■ BBVA +acq. Spring Studio 2015 ■ MCKINSEY +acq. Lunar Design 2015 ■ CAPITAL ONE +acq. Monsoon 2015 ■ WIPRO +acq. DesignIt 2015 ■ ERNST & YOUNG +acq. Seren 2015 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Mobiento 2015 ■ AIRBNB +acq. lapka 2015 ■ COOPER *consolidation +acq. Catalyst 2015 ■ SALESFORCE +acq. Akta 2015 ■ ACCENTURE +acq. Chaotic Moon 2015 +acq. PacificLink 2015 ■ FLEX *medical design +acq. Farm Design 2015 ■ PIVOTAL +acq. Slice of Lime 2016 ■ IBM +acq. Resource/Ammirati 2016 +acq. ecx.io 2016 +acq. Aperto 2016 ■ KYU COLLECTIVE *minority +min. IDEO 2016 ■ CAPGEMINI +acq. Fahrenheit 212 2016 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Heat 2016 Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @mbuzzard 8 A total of 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. ~50% of which have been acquired within the last year with Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Google, and Facebook as the most acquisitive.
Timeline of #DesignInTech M&A ACTIVITY ■ MONITOR ■ FACEBOOK ■ RIM 2013 2015 2016 1st Quarter2012 201420112004 – 2010 ■ FACEBOOK ■ GLOBALLOGIC ■ ONE KING’S LANE ■ GOOGLE ■ GOOGLE ■ FACEBOOK ■ SQUARE ■ ACCENTURE ■ DELOITTE ■ INFOR ■ GOOGLE ■ GOOGLE ■ FACEBOOK ■ SHOPIFY ■ CAPITAL ONE ■ PWC ■ KPMG ■ ACCENTURE ■ DELOITTE ■ BCG ■ FACEBOOK ■ GOOGLE ■ BBVA ■ CAPITAL ONE ■ MCKINSEY ■ ACCENTURE ■ ACCENTURE ■ ERNST&YOUNG ■ DELOITTE ■ WIPRO ■ COOPER ■ AIRBNB ■ SALESFORCE ■ FACEBOOK ■ FLEX ■ KYU COLLECTIVE *min ■ CAPGEMINI ■ DELOITTE ■ IBM ■ IBM ■ IBM ■ PIVOTAL Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @mbuzzard TECH SERVICES BANKS A total of 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. ~50% of which have been acquired within the last year with Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Google, and Facebook as the most acquisitive. 9
Successful Startups Co-Founded by Designers Are Not Uncommon Last year 20% (5 out of 25) of the top venture-backed startups had designer co-founders. We check one year later and that number moves to 36% (9 out of 25). Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @justinsayarath @cbinsights 36% 21%of the 25 startups with a recent fundraise in CB Insight’s “Internet Sector” category are designer co-founded of the so-called global “unicorn” startups across all sectors have co-founders who have embraced design or come from a design, arts, or human-centered background including architecture, design, music, visualization, fine arts, media arts. 23andMe, ActiFio, Adyen, African Internet Group, AirBnB, Aiwujiwu, Anaplan, AppDirect AppDynamics, AppNexus, Apttus, Apus Group, Atlassian, Auto1 Group, Automattic, Avant, AVAST Software, Avito, BeiBei, Beijing LaKala Billing Services, BlaBlaCar, Bloom Energy, Blue Apron, Buzzfeed, Carbon3D, China Rapid Finance, CJ Games, Cloudera, CloudFlare, ContextLogic/Wish, Coupa Software, Coupang, Credit Karma, Dada, Datto, Decolar, Deem, Delivery Hero, Dianping, Didi Kuaidi, DJI Innovations, Docker, DocuSign, Domo Technologies, DraftKings, Dropbox, Ele.me, Eventbrite, Evernote, Fanatics, FanDuel, Fanli, FarFetch, Flipkart, Forescout, Funding Circle, Gilt Groupe, GitHub, Global Fashion Group, GrabTaxi, Greensky, Guahao Technology Co., Gusto, HelloFresh, Home24, Hootsuite, Houzz, Illumio, Infinidat, InMobi, InsideSales.com, Instacart, Intarcia Therapeutics, IronSource, Jasper Technologies, Jawbone, jet.com, Jiuxian, JustFab, Kabam, Kabbage, Kik Interactive, Klarna, Koudai Gouwu, Lazada, Legendary Entertainment, Lookout, Lufax, Lyft, Magic Leap, MarkLogic, Medallia, Meituan, Mercari, MindMaze, Moderna, Mogujie, MongoDB, Mozido, Mu Sigma, MuleSoft, NantHealth, Nextdoor, Nutanix, Okta, Olacabs, One97 Communications, Oscar Health Insurance Co., Palantir Technologies, Panshi, Pinterest, Pluralsight, Powa Technologies, Prosper Marketplace, Proteus Digital Health, Pure Storage, Qualtrics, Quikr, Razer, Rong360, Shazam, SimpliVity, Skyscanner, Slack Technologies, Snapchat, Snapdeal, Social Finance, Souq, SpaceX, Spotify, Sprinklr, Square, Stemcentrx, Stripe, SurveyMonkey, TangoMe, Tanium, The Honest Company, Theranos, Thumbtack, TransferWise, Trendy Group International, TuJia Online Information Technology, TutorGroup, Twilio, Uber, Udacity, Ucar Group, Uptake, VANCL, Vice Media, Vox Media, Warby Parker, WeWork, Xiaomi, Xuanyuxia, Yello Mobile, Zenefits, Zeta Interactive, Zhangyue, ZocDoc, Zomato Media, Zscaler 2014 2015 $3B Social Finance Upstart Flatiron Health Slack GitHub 2016 Airbnb Pinterest Fanduel Fab.com CUMULATIVEFUNDING RECENCY OF LATEST ROUND OF FUNDING via CB Insights, “Since January 1 2013 to February 29, 2016, in the U.S. Internet-Only category top 25 recently funded VC-backed companies.” cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies via CBInsights, “Private VC-Backed Companies with Valuations Over $1B” 10
Where do Designers Live in the VENTURE CAPITAL ECOSYSTEM? Designers are working at VC firms in a variety of capacities: from operating support roles to investing roles to founding their own venture capital funds. A key factor in their growth has been GPs who understand the need for design. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design 2014 Sequoia Capital James Buckhouse Khosla Ventures Irene Au pioneering UX leader Google Ventures Tom Hulme first GP in marquee fund 2010 2012 Google Ventures Jake Knapp Designer Fund Enrique Allen Google Ventures John Zeratsky Y-Combinator Kevin Hale 2011 2013 Andreessen Horowitz Elizabeth Weil co-founders of fund Google Ventures Braden Kowitz 1st design partner 2009 Bessemer Ventures Jason Putorti 1st designer in residence Y-Combinator Garry Tan 1st YC partner as designer Felicis Ventures Nick Baum 2nd designer in residence co-founders of fund 2015 Expa Bruno Bergher Accel Partners Jason Mayden True Ventures Jeffrey Veen New Enterprise Associates Albert Lee Expa Anshu Agarwal 2016 Benchmark Scott Belsky GP Rivet Ventures Christina Brodbeck co-founder of fund KEY VC CATALYSTS Slow Ventures Dave Morin co-founders of fund Ben Blumenfeld co-founders of fund Kyle Doherty co-founders of fund Aaron Sittig Michael Margolis 1st researcher Daniel Burka KPCB John Maeda Greylock Bobby Goodlatte Sutter Hill Ventures Andrei Herasimchuk KPCB Design Council Google Ventures Jake Knapp New book “Sprint” with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz early advocate for design in startups Khosla Ventures
 Vinod Khosla 2013 created NEA Design Studio New Enterprise Associates
 Dayna Grayson 2011 created GigaOm Roadmap Conference True Ventures
 Om Malik 2014 created Accel Design Conference Accel Partners
 Vas Natarajan early advocate for design in startups 500 Startups
 Dave McClure early advocate for design in startups Bloomberg Beta
 James Cham 2012 created KPCB Design Council Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
 Michael Abbott Note that some of these folks have left to join companies, or to start them. 11 Andrew Braccia 2014 created Accel Design Conference early advocate for design in startups Y-Combinator
 Paul Graham Jessica Livingston early advocate for design in startups
Major corporations are investing in design as a core competency through M&A activity, designer co-founded startups continue to raise billions of dollars in capital, and VCs increasingly see the importance of design. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design #DesignInTech by the NUMBERS 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. Roughly half of which have been acquired within the last year. 1We’re reaching a peak. 9 of the 25 top VC-funded startups have designer co-founders. Up from 5 in 2015. 2Designer co-founded companies are here to stay. More designers entered VC in the last 2 years than the previous 4 years combined. 3There are many at accelerators as well. 12
Since last year’s predictions happened too early, we set our sights out much further … Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design #DESIGNINTECH PREDICTIONS Further Out (5 Year Prediction) The large influx of designers into top services companies through M&A activity will reboot the design industry. 1Fueled by greater access to the board room. We will see more designers becoming investing partners at VC firms, and eventually starting their own funds. 2Many designers in tech are active angels. The general word “design” will come to mean less as we will start to qualify the specific kind of design we mean. 3Classical Design vs Design Thinking vs Computational Design 13
Currently design education lags the technology industry’s needs for data- oriented, coding-enabled graduates with business acumen. Many resources are available on the internet to supplement formal education in design. Becoming a skilled self-learner is a critical skill for the new designer. Coding and testing are table stakes knowledge for designers today. Designing systems and designing culture are strategic skills for designers. 2 The New Kind of Designer is TBD 14
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @mags @tedtalks @avivgilboa @johnmaeda @medialab ted.com/talks/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too?language=en Computational design has been around since the 70s and grew from collaborations between architects and computer graphics folks. In 1996, I founded the MIT Media Lab Aesthetics and Computation Group to further the frontier. #DesignInTech is Related, Yet RADICALLY DIFFERENT From Classical Design Interior Design What surrounds us up close Landscape Architecture What surrounds our buildings Architecture The bigger built environment Fashion Design What we wear Communication Design What we see Industrial Design What products we buy Design of digital experiences change all the time and live inside your pocket… Design of systems that are so big that their scale can be hard to comprehend.” — Margaret Stewart @TED 2014 LIVING SYSTEMS LIKE FACEBOOK ARE NEVER FINISHEDCLASSICAL DESIGN DISCIPLINES 15 “
VS Number of Active Users Time Needed to Deploy Completed Product “Perfection” is Achievable Designer’s Level of Confidence Few to Millions Few to Hundreds of Millions Weeks to Months through Distribution Channels Instantaneously Delivered Over the Net Yes There’s a final state. No It’s always evolving. Absolute, and Self-Validating Generally High, but Open to Analyzing Testing/Research The notion of making something perfect, as classical designers want to achieve, runs counter to how computational systems exist. The instinct and inclination to pursue perfection is a good one, but its definition has had to evolve. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @avivgilboa kpcb.com/design 16 Classical Design Principles vs. #DesignInTech Principles CLASSICAL DESIGN DESIGN IN TECH
For #DesignInTech to scale today, a fundamental challenge lies in the difference between the kind of talent produced by engineering programs vs design programs. New engineers are ready for tech; new designers are less so. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @jshoee @ellenchisa @kaleighyang @johnmaeda Should You Send Your Kid To DESIGN SCHOOL? YES — And Encourage Internships CHALLENGE #1 BUSINESS AND FINANCES AREN’T PRIORITIZED Current design education biases: Which of these attitudes are pillars of your design curriculum? 1. Communicating and/or articulating your design 2. Using empathy to design 3. Rationalizing and/or defending your design 4. Using research and analytics to design 5. Leadership and teamwork 6. Understanding business and finances via a KPCB study of 329 current and former design students CHALLENGE #2/ RESEARCH AND ANALYTICS NEED PRIORITIZATION Desired biases by past design graduates: Which of these attitudes do you wish were pillars of your design curriculum? 1. Understanding business and finances 2. Using research and analytics to design 3. Leadership and teamwork 4. Communicating and/or articulating your design 5. Using empathy to design 6. Rationalizing and/or defending your design via a KPCB study of 329 current and former design students When working on a project in school, the final step was always prototypes, but we didn't have time to test the project before moving on to another one. Once I was in the KPCB fellows program and working at a startup, I saw how the testing phase was invaluable. — Kaleigh Yang / 2015 Design Fellow at Spruce Health 86% 66% 63% 61% 51% 21% 68% 60% 53% 47% 47% 38% queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2683579 medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/how-to-work-with-designers-6c975dede146#.2qih40qzq 17 Internship Example
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @alistapart @nancyduarte @oreillymedia @creativemornings @mgiudice @lyndaweinman @enterpriseux How Does One Go About LEARNING This New Kind of Design? 86% of current design students surveyed said that they learned their digital skills from resources outside their coursework. Barry Katz of Stanford and CCA has written a concise history of #DesignInTech abookapart.com lynda.com creativemornings.com duarte.com generateconf.com www.generateconf.com 2016.enterpriseux.net designdisruptors.com uxherocomics.com From Lynda’s complete collection of videos, to O’Reilly books on design, to the incomparable A Book Apart library, to events all around the world, to a comic book, to a full-length documentary film by InVision—there’s lots to learn. 18
ISCODING Necessary as A Designer In Tech? of 370 designer respondents were overall in favor of coding 93.5% “Coding skills aren't important.” “Coding skills can be useful.” “Coding skills are absolutely essential.” + – “Coding skills are unnecessary.” Being literate in code is important, but being an expert is not necessarily in your favor. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @rochelleking @mgiudice @daviddatnguyen @thesash @johnmaeda Wikipedia: List of Programming Languages eecs.mit.edu/docs/ug/6-3.pdf “You need to be curious about AND have a basic understanding of the technology that is being used to build your design.” — Rochelle King / Spotify “Skills you need: learn to code, deep knowledge of interaction design, and basics of visual design.” — Maria Giudice / Autodesk “Learn how to write good code. Don't take just one or two classes, take a lot of classes so that you can think like a programmer.” — David Dat Nguyen / Gusto “Make sure to learn to code. Design is becoming more and more complex with each technological cycle.” — Sash Catanzarite / Tradesy z 19 Junior Mid Senior
Examples of Design Innovations in Everyday DIGITAL TOOLS Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda google.com Key design concept: Hide complexity behind a simple door. Longstanding discipline by Google to keep the homepage limited to a single search box has been key to maintaining its simplicity. Once a search term is typed into Google, it gets complex really quickly — but you don’t notice it at first. Analogy: The Motorola Startac phone introduced a clamshell design that hid all the complexity — to be revealed only when used. Key design concept: Start with the activity to bias towards. Most imaging applications asked to turn on the camera, whereas SnapChat began the interaction in live camera mode. The invitation to snap a photo was immediate; and the secretive, self-destruct feature completed the addictive loop. Analogy: A hammer’s handle invites you to grasp it. In the design world thats called an objects ‘affordance’ — it primes how you might use it. GOOGLE SEARCH SNAPCHAT 20
Source // @kpcb @graphiq @chadgoldberg1 @thesash @saila51 @moyicat @alexdeanwilson @ibercovich @designerfund @daviddatnguyen designerfund.com/bridge/insights-from-designing-for-financial-services/ graphiqeng.com/post/136837072818/why-read-one-when-you-could-read-two Design at the feature level is in isolation, but can be measured. Design at the system level is bolder and holistic, but harder to measure. Common Q: How Much Difference Can Design Make? It Depends. Example: Gusto designed a more discoverable employee self-onboarding process for businesses which made the employee experience more delightful and increased use of the tool by 10X. -6.5% -6.5% 12%0% 1000% MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES WILL USUALLY IMPACT USAGE BEHAVIOR, SOMETIMES DRAMATICALLY Simple Example: Graphiq conducted 3 product design tests for ad placements that led to one clear winner with a 12% increase in user engagement. “We design and manage all user experiences through a heavily tested quantitative and qualitative validation process.” —@graphiq 21
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @HealthCareGov @android @daviddatnguyen medium.com/@bchesky/dont-fuck-up-the-culture-597cde9ee9d4#.bwdgjrx1s forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/11/05/android-material-design-reduce-ui-fragmentation/#28f31e8e4984 playbook.cio.gov/designstandards/getting-started/ theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/the-secret-startup-saved-healthcare-gov-the-worst-website-in- america/397784 medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/10-lessons-for-building-a-design-team-from-scratch-13c2b9a9d58#.aci9b6398 Designing reusable systems is an old technique for achieving scale — it is still effective. How Do Bigger Changes Happen With Design? By DESIGNING SYSTEMS. Guidelines enable all kinds of people to create better designs on their own. This kind of “meta design” has been around since the age of corporate identity manuals. Think of brand manuals and repositories as the most basic instance of this kind of design for repeatability. of users completed the sign up process for healthcare.gov 1.0 with 76 pages using these repeatable standards with consistency of users completed the sign up process for healthcare.gov 1.0 with 16 pages Unified Look For Apps Created better consistency Premium Experience Raised to modern standards Made Design A Priority Design as a conscious act // Do more with less. DESIGNING SYSTEMS EXAMPLE: HEALTHCARE.GOV AND USDS WEB DESIGN STANDARDS EXAMPLE: ANDROID MATERIAL DESIGN LANGUAGE 55% 85% 22 // Consistency leads to less confusion
How Do Bigger Changes Happen With Design? By DESIGNING CULTURE. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @justinsayarath @philgilbertsr @daviddatnguyen medium.com/@bchesky/dont-fuck-up-the-culture-597cde9ee9d4#.bwdgjrx1s forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/11/05/android-material-design-reduce-ui-fragmentation/#28f31e8e4984 airbnbopen.com/ gensler.com/projects/airbnb blog.airbnb.com/airbnb-open-day-1-welcome-home medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/10-lessons-for- building-a-design-team-from-scratch-13c2b9a9d58#.aci9b6398 Products are products of a company’s culture, and not just some magical switch where “design” gets turned on inside a company. It’s a conscious effort on behalf of the CEO and their executive team to make design matter. Principles enable a company’s culture to understand how design can be used the most effectively, but most importantly, enable them to work from a common playbook. Brian Chesky’s memo to the Airbnb team says it all … IBM Design thinking at ambitious scale SAP Longtime leader in design thinking The Airbnb logo was less used as a traditional corporate symbol, and more as a narrative element to bind their hosts together as a community. They later designed an event series called Airbnb Open that spread their values at scale to their hosts. Space Design as Culture Design • Conference rooms modeled after Airbnb listings • Community photo gallery with photos of hosts and guests Architect: @GenslerOnCities DESIGNING CULTURE DON’T **** UP THE CULTURE AIRBNB USES DESIGN TO GROUND ITS CULTURE 23
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @AskWonder @jshoee askwonder.com/q/i-need-to-figure-out-if-these-business-schools-have-student-organizations-or-organized-clubs-56dcc373272ea059009f06df In last year’s report, we noted 7 of the top 10 business schools as having Design/Innovation Clubs that are organized by students. This year 100% of the top business schools have student-led design organization. WILL BUSINESS SCHOOLS Be The Next Largest Producer of Designers? Last year, both BusinessWeek and Harvard Business Review had cover issues on Design MAY 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 1 Stanford Graduate School of Business 2 Harvard Business School 3 University of Pennsylvania Wharton 4 University of Chicago Booth 5 MIT Sloan 6 Northwestern University Kellogg 7 UC Berkeley Haas 8 Columbia University 9 Dartmouth Tuck 10 University of Virginia Darden US News & World Report 2015 Top 10 Business Schools 100% of the top 10 business schools have student-led design/innovation clubs 78% of design, engineering, and product leaders say that at their company, the stakeholder that drives ultimate product decisions is Product. In 2nd place was Engineering at 16%. 6-7% of the 2015 graduating class of Harvard Business School took product management jobs. 24
SAP was one of the earliest stakeholders in the design-thinking world. 
 IBM’s new design-thinking efforts are comprehensive and noteworthy. Google has risen in its perception for design quality due to a series of actions that have been ongoing over the last decade. Fortune 100 companies are elevating design as a priority at the executive level. The many new design-enabled services firms will certainly help too. 3 Public Company Trends 25
SAP and P&G were a few of the early executive adopters of “Design Thinking,” but looking back in time, CEOs of companies like GM and IBM took strong interest in design as a competitive advantage as far back as the 1950s. Source // @kpcb @philgilbertsr @ibmdesign @frogdesign @ideo @stanfordschool @harvardbiz @proctorgamble @nytimes @rogerlmartin @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-07-28/p-and-g-changes-its-gamebusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice -03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/gooddesign/ “Good design is good business.” Has Been, And Will Continue Evolving Time Birth of Traditional Design for Large Corporations Corporate Identity+Image and Product Styling 1950s / GM GM’s CEO makes the first executive position in design with Harley Earl elevated to VP. Memo to IBM employees by CEO TJ Watson Jr. about the emerging importance of design to the company. Birth of Modern Product Design Firms From Traditional Design, to Design of Systems+Services Birth of “Design Thinking” and Design Strategy Harnessing the Creative Problem Solving Skills of Designers “Design Thinking” Mainstreams as Whole Business Strategy Re-contextualizing Design, Making B- Schools into D-Schools 1966 / IBM 1969 From 1982 Apple’s design language begins to form with Hartmut Esslinger’s direction. 1991 David Kelley, Bill Moggridge, Mike Nutall join forces and change the course of design by co-founding IDEO. Hasso Plattner = Co-Founder of SAP Roger L. Martin describes design thinking at the CEO level with P&G’s AG Laffley and his book on The Design of Business. Phil Gilbert leads IBM’s $100M bet to bring design back to IBM. 2005 Tim Brown and Roger L. Martin open the introductory issue for HBR on “The Evolution of Design Thinking.” 2008 - 2009 2015 2015 26
But with the many acquisitions of design firms into the client services sector, it’s not impossible to imagine that design will enter these organizations now through the board room. 1 Walmart, 2 Exxon Mobil, 3 Chevron, 4 Berkshire Hathaway, 5 Apple, 6 General Motors, 7 Phillips 66, 8 General Electric, 9 Ford Motor, 10 CVS Health, 11 McKesson, 12 AT&T, 13 Valero Energy, 14 UnitedHealth Group, 15 Verizon, 16 AmerisourceBergen, 17 Fannie Mae, 18 Costco, 19 HP, 20 Kroger, 21 JP Morgan Chase, 22 Express Scripts Holding, 23 Bank of America Corp., 24 IBM, 25 Marathon Petroleum, 26 Cardinal Health, 27 Boeing, 28 Citigroup, 29 Amazon.com, 30 Wells Fargo, 31 Microsoft, 32 Proctor & Gamble, 33 Home Depot, 34 Archer Daniels Midland, 35 Walgreens, 36 Target, 37 Johnson & Johnson, 38 Anthem, 39 MetLife, 40 Alphabet, 41 State Farm Insurance Cos., 42 Freddie Mac, 43 Comcast, 44 PepsiCo, 45 United Technologies, 46 AIG, 47 UPS, 48 Dow Chemical, 49 Aetna, 50 Lowe’s, 51 ConocoPhillips, 52 Intel, 53 Energy Transfer Equity, 54 Caterpillar, 55 Prudential Financial, 56 Pfizer, 57 Walt Disney, 58 Humana, 59 Enterprise Products Partners, 60 Cisco Systems, 61 Sysco, 62 Ingram Micro, 63 Coca-Cola, 64 Lockheed Martin, 65 FedEx, 66 Johnson Controls, 67 Plains GP Holdings, 68 World Fuel Services, 69 CHS, 70 American Airlines Group, 71 Merck, 72 Best Buy, 73 Delta Air Lines, 74 Honeywell International, 75 HCA Holdings, 76 Goldman Sachs Group, 77 Tesoro, 78 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, 79 United Continental Holdings, 80 New York Life Insurance, 81 Oracle, 82 Morgan Stanley, 83 Tyson Foods, 84 Safeway, 85 Nationwide, 86 Deere, 87 Dupont, 88 American Express, 89 Allstate, 90 Cigna, 91 Mondelez International, 92 TIAA- CREF, 93 INTL FCStone, 94 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, 95 DirecTV, 96 Halliburton, 97 Twenty-First Century Fox, 98 3M, 99 Sears Holdings, 100 General Dynamics 101 Publix Super Markets, 102 Philip Morris International, 103 TJX, 104 Time Warner, 105 Macy’s, 110 Nike, 107 Tech Data, 108 Avnet, 109 Northwestern Mutual, 110 McDonald’s, 111 Exelon, 112 Travelers Cos, 113 Qualcomm, 114 International Paper, 115 Occidental Petroleum, 116 Duke Energy, 117 Rite Aid, 118 Gilead Sciences, 119 Baker Hughes, 120 Emerson Electric, 121 EMC, 122 USAA, 123 Union Pacific, 124 Northrup Grumman, 125 Alcoa, 126 Capital One Financial, 127 National Oilwell Varco, 128 US Foods, 129 Raytheon, 130 Time Warner Cable, 131 Arrow Electronics, 132 Aflac, 133 Staples, 134 Abbott Laboratories, 135 Community Health Systems, 136 Fluor, 137 Freeport-McMoRan, 138 U.S. Bancorp, 139 Nucor, 140 Kimberly-Clark, 141 Hess, 142 Chesapeake Energy, 143 Xerox, 144 ManpowerGroup, 145 Amgen, 146 AbbVie, 147 Danaher, 148 Whirlpool, 149 PBF Energy, 150 HollyFrontier, 151 Eli Lilly, 152 Devon Energy, 153 Progressive, 154 Cummins, 155 Icahn Enterprises, 156 AutoNation, 110 Kohl’s, 158 Paccar, 159 Dollar General, 160 Hartford Financial Services Group, 161 Southwest Airlines, 162 Anadarko Petroleum, 163 Southern, 164 Supervalu, 165 Kraft Foods Group, 166 Goodyear Tire & Rubber, 167 EOG Resources, 168 CenturyLink, 169 Altria Group, 170 Tenet Healthcare, 171 General Mills, 172 eBay, 173 ConAgra Foods, 174 Lear, 175 TRW Automotive Holdings, 176 United States Steel, 177 Penske Automotive Group, 178 AES, 179 Colgate-Palmolive, 180 Global Partners, 181 Thermo Fisher Scientific, 182 PG&E Corp, 183 NextEra Energy, 184 American Electric Power, 185 Baxter International, 186 Centene, 187 Starbucks, 188 Gap, 189 Bank of America New York Mellon Corp., 190 Micron Technology, 191 Jail Circuit, 192 PNC Financial Services Group, 193 Kinder Morgan, 194 Office Depot, 195 Bristol-Myers Squibb, 196 NRG Energy, 197 Monsanto, 198 PPG Industries, 199 Genuine Parts, 200 Omnicom Group Of the 2015 Fortune 100, Over 10% Place Design as an Executive Priority Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @fortune @johnmaeda @danharrelson dmi.org/?page=designdrivesvalue 27
In two separate studies we ran, Apple is always the outlier with regards to strong perception around product design quality. However, when asked which companies are improving in design (vs needs improvement), Google shows up. GOOGLE’S PRODUCTSAre Perceived as Improving the Most in Design 9% 33% 17% 34% 28% 24% 26% 52% 64% 40% 33% 20% 21% 22% 19% 8% “Which of these company’s products are in significant need of improvement in design?” “Which of these company’s products have seen a marked, recent improvement in design?” ? How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name For years, Apple followed user- centered design principles. Then something went wrong. Don Norman And Bruce Tognazzini Top two reasons cited as the best ways to improve the design of a company’s products: 1. Have a CEO who makes product design a priority. 2. Have an executive team that makes product design a priority. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @jnd1er @asktog @fastcompany @johnmaeda Data // Percentage of 545 responses to fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name 28
When listing Google’s efforts in the design arena, the range is impressive: from the Material design language, to the design leadership at Google Ventures, to Google Creative Labs’ and Google ATAP’ technocreative wizardry. WHY IS GOOGLE Succeeding at Design? LARRY PAGE’S FOCUS ON DESIGN IS LARGELY CREDITED Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @googledesign @matiasduarte @gvdesignteam @jakek @gvteam @googleatap @projectara google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html design.google.com projectara.com DESIGN.GOOGLE.COM CELEBRATES ITS DESIGN CULTURE GOOGLE VENTURES DESIGN TEAM PIONEERED DESIGN IN VC MATERIAL DESIGN LANGUAGE’S IMPACT IS HUGE GOOGLE CREATIVE LABS / CHROME EXPERIMENTS / 30 WEEKSGOOGLE ATAP PROJECT ARA “Significant investment in design in the last few years. With examples like Material Design and Inbox, they appear to be taking a solid stab at solving old problems with innovative design.” “The shift from design as an afterthought to design as a central driving force has unbelievably fast and seems to have touched just about all of their products.” — via KPCB Design, Product, Engineering Leader Study 29
We surveyed over 50 design, engineering and product leaders. They were asked to list two public companies that valued design. Other companies that came up include Nike, Virgin, Porsche, Target, Disney. Factors that Contribute to Perception of Great Design Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @jshoee Talent Willing to Invest Exec/Board Support Innovation Strategic Known to attract rockstar design talent. Design is seen as a profit center. CEO, executive team and board value design. Design is a central driving force for product strategy; not an afterthought. Design drives innovation. FACEBOOK GOOGLE APPLE GOOGLE FACEBOOK IBM NETFLIX SQUARE TESLA APPLE GOOGLE FACEBOOK SQUARE APPLE GOOGLE TESLA APPLE GOOGLE FACEBOOK SQUARE TESLA 30
Thinking critically about design means considering the broader human impact of a product and service that goes beyond profitability. The next generations of designers aspire to design a world that reimagines the status quo with empathy for their fellow human beings. Instead of seeing diversity as a problem that needs solving, designing for inclusion is both an economic opportunity and cultural responsibility. 4 Design Quality is to Caring 31
Artists and designers have a history of copying each other (think evolution and gene mutations), but given the Apple vs Samsung (2012) case, the value of the appearance of a product/service is increasing. Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery. But When is Copying Okay? Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @kildall @BryanJCera @thefashionlaw @museummodernart @DIESEL @USPTO polyvore.com/diesel_tharia_repeat_print_logo/thing?id=1927688 fortune.com/2015/08/19/apple-patents-rounded-corners/ kildall.com/project/chess-with-mustaches/ thefashionlaw.com/home/herms-awarded-design-patent-for-sneakers moma.org/collection/artists/30299 uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/statistics usa.hermes.com/man/ shoes/sneakers/lions/configurable-product-z-menshoes-lions-79621.html 0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Design Utility An Innocent Homage to a great artist … brilliantly becomes “Chess with Mustaches” as a parody art by Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera as available to anyone on Thingiverse to 3D print. An idea I had twenty years ago has been used twice by Diesel, as in this newer Diesel Thalia Repeat Print Logo T-Shirt via Polyvore 3-year Rolling Average of Percentage of Change in Number of Design Patents vs Utility Patents Filed Design Patent application files have been increasing faster than utility patent applications. But utility patents generally outnumber design patents by eight times. In fashion, design patents have been common. Just take a look at the law case where Louboutin won and you can know the stakes are high. US Patent D618,677 laid a claim on the famous “rounded corners” matter in a design patent dispute in 2012 between Apple and Samsung, winning Apple a nearly $1B jury award. CHESS WITH MUSTACHES AND PARODY / KILDALL + CERA DESIGN PATENTS SAMSUNG V APPLE PATENT DISPUTE 32 USPTO D746029 Hermès Lions sneakers awarded December 29, 2015 via @thefashionlaw
" The 1920s “purchase funnel” model persists with two differences: 1. the immediacy with which a purchase can be made from a smartphone 2. the ease by which a recurring purchase can be setup as a subscription. There’s a line. Ethical Questions Are Embedded in How We Design For ADDICTION Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @harrybr @marcmiquel @jeremy74 @joffley ethnographymatters.net/blog/2015/02/09/the-addiction-algorithm/ marketing-made-simple.com/articles/purchase-funnel.htm http://darkpatterns.org/ “A Dark Pattern is an interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.” darkpattern.org • Bait and Switch • Misdirection • Trick Questions • Disguised Ads • Faraway Bill • Forced Continuity • Hidden Costs It’s a little unrealistic to ask designers to not lead with the products and experiences that increase the bottom line and retain attention the best.” - Natasha Dow Schull The Holy Grail: Subscription Purchasing • Sneak into Basket • Forced Disclosure • Friend Spam • Road Block • Roach Motel ... AWARENESS OPINION CONSIDERATION PREFERENCE PURCHASE ADDICTION BY DESIGN Machine Gambling in Las Vegas Natasha Dow Schüll Princeton University Press, September 2012 Winner, Sharon Stephens Prize, American Ethnological Association 33 “
Mango Health uses gamification techniques to make the routine of taking your medication more fun and interesting, ultimately affecting standard engagement, adherence to drug regimens, and clinical outcomes over time. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @avivgilboa @mangohealth @michelleskimo @joberfest @FastCompany Lynne Chou fastcoexist.com/1681727/mango-healths-quest-to-turn-taking-your-pills-into-a-game/1 twitter.com/johnmaeda/status/589071088832749568 However, in the Health-Tech Arena, Some Addiction Is Good. By Design. In the U.S., 75% of adults don’t take medications as prescribed. The result is a $300 billion burden on the health care system. Mango Health’s app aims to change that.” —Ariel Schwartz @fastcompany Mango Health’s first hire was a designer. Points and Leveling. 93% of users said they were likely to keep using the app. Spontaneous Rewards. Users rack up points that can unlock the chance to win rewards (i.e. a giftcard from Target). Social Comparison. 84% said they are likely to recommend the app to friends and family. 34 “ “CEO’s first hire”
The groundbreaking work of the UK’s GDS team and the rescue of healthcare.gov have spurred a movement to build a 21st century digital government in the U.S. This has led to similar efforts in Australia and New Zealand. PUBLIC SECTOR Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @justinsayarath @johnmaeda @benterrett @gdsteam @usds @latimes @18f gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/10/23/how-digital-and-technology-transformation-saved-1-7bn-last-year/ gds.blog.gov.uk/about/ whitehouse.gov/digital/united-states-digital-service latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-mn-obama-pushes-for-tech-at-sxsw-20160311-story.html 18f.gsa.gov/ whitehouse.gov/digital/ united-states-digital-service “The reason I’m here is to recruit all of you. We can start coming up with new platforms across disciplines and across skill sets to solve some of the big problems we’re facing today.” — President Barack Obama / SXSW 2016 Savings generated by one year of work by the UK’s GDS at a cost of £58 million as reported in 2015. That’s an impressive ROI of 27.3X. Adding in the two years prior, GDS has achieved a savings of £3.56 billion for the UK government by bringing the science and art of digital service design to the government and citizens. 18F, the U.S Federal Govt’s Digital Consultancy Launched draft of U.S. Web Design Standards - open source UI components and visual style guides to create consistent and beautiful UX across government websites. USDS, product teams embedded in the Govt Actively recruiting product designers and engineers to transform the way government works. Teams tackle big problems in healthcare, student loans, veteran affairs, etc. Design Is Being Put to Use In The £1.7billion 35
5 other design-focused security startups in addition to Area1 include Better Cloud, Ionic Security, ProtectWise, Red Canary, SentinelOne according to security experts. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @airbnb @jgebbia @area1security @orenfalkowitz @helloalfred @MsSapone @patrickmankins @johnmaeda @bjorn fastcodesign.com/3047500/can-we-design-trust-between-humans-and-artificial-intelligence august.com/ google.com/selfdrivingcar/ nest.com/ ted.com/talks/joe_gebbia_how_airbnb_designs_for_trust YO … If the purpose of smart systems is to make sophisticated subtle decisions so people don’t have to, it is pointless if people can’t trust them to do so. This means that crafting the relationship between people and the technology we use becomes as critical as building faster processors.” — Patrick Mankins / Fast Company Design is much more than objects. It’s the whole experience. Could we use design to create trust?” — Joe Gebbia / Co-Founder / Airbnb HOST ACCEPTANCE VS MESSAGE LENGTH BIASING TOWARDS VALUABLE RATINGS AND REVIEWS Design’s Fundamental Impact Rests In The Ability to ENGENDER TRUST Security is messy. With design we’re able to transform chaos into insight and change outcomes. It's how we change our angle of vision on a vastly complicated problem.” — Oren Falkowitz / Co-Founder & CEO / Area 1 @ KP Security Salon Alfreds are in your home. So we had to design a brand that you really ****ing trust.” — Marcela Sapone / Co-Founder & CEO / Alfred @ SXSW 2016 BIASING TOWARDS CLEARER CYBERSECURITY REPORTING BIASING TOWARDS THE FIRST IMPRESSION AS WHAT MATTERS 36 “ “ “ “
The younger generation tends to brings us back to the sense of hope that we all need for the future, but with a critical eye. And a willingness to do the hard work to make the world a better place by design. Source // @kpcb @EdelmanPR @soengle @siranachronist @uxdiogenes @nicksantos @kat__ely @designuxui @microsoftdesign @kpcbfellows medium.com/hh-design/introducing-blind-by-design-520d9890809e#.rm3fq83fv kpcbfellows.com/challenges edelman.com/insights/intellectual-property/2015-edelman-trust-barometer/global-results/ edelman.com/insights/intellectual-property/2016-edelman-trust-barometer/global-results/ medium.com/medium-eng/five-goofy-things-medium- did-that-break-accessibility-3bc804ae818d#.yxwmejg6r medium.com/hh-design/the-world-is-designed-for-men-d06640654491#.xfgr8p0vv medium.com/tragic-design/how-bad-ux-killed-jenny-ef915419879e#.kkndtoh7y microsoft.com/en-us/design Designers Seek The Truth Through Broadened Discourse EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER 2015 / 2016 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS ROUNDUP BY STEPHANIE ENGLE AND CHEN YE #BUILDFORGOOD @KPCBFELLOWS In 2015, the KPCB Fellows Program launched #BuildforGood challenges are posed at collegiate hackathons across the country, the hope is to inspire and help promote hacking/building things that make an impact and that matter. 50% 39% 36% 59% 45% 40% 37 Q330-331 “For which of the following reasons, if any, has your trust in each institution decreased over the past year?” 1 Fails to contribute to the greater good 2 Lacks economic growth 3 No public service Q328-329 “For which of the following reasons, if any, has your trust in each institution increased over the past year? 1 Produce economic growth 2 Contributes to the greater good 3 Allows me to be a productive member of society Q353 “From the list below, what do you believe are the top three drivers of change in business and industry?” 1 Technology 2 Business Growth Targets 3 Greed / Money 4 Personal Ambition 5 Improve People’s Lives 6 Make the World a Better Place 70% 66% 54% 35% 30% 24%
In the kids games category, Toca is the leader with significantly higher revenue within the past year and more than 5x downloads at peak than traditionally “gendered” games Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes and Sweet Shop by American Girl. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @alicerawsthorn @aigadesign @tocaboca @justinsayarath eyeondesign.aiga.org/can-design-be-genderless/ tocaboca.com/app/toca-hair-salon-2/ TOP PERFORMERS IN PAID APPS FOR KIDS Products Designed With More Inclusive Biases Can Be More Profitable AIGA NEWS iOS App Highest Peak Download Day via AppAnnie TOCA CHARACTERS ARE GENDERLESS “Design has to find new ways of enabling individuals to express an increasingly fluid and nuanced multiplicity of gender identities, not just in fashion and graphics, but in objects, spaces, software, and so on.” — @alicerawsthorn JA N 2015 A PR 2015 JU L 2015 O C T 2015 50K 25K 0K iOS App Store Revenue per month in USD net of platform commission via AppAnnie 14689downloads on peak day 2581 1159 *V1 launched 11/30/12 *V1 launched 6/19/13 *V1 launched 12/19/14 38 downloads on peak day downloads on peak day
Underserved markets aren’t necessarily small markets. Some of the best designers in the world are taking on these challenges. Trust *can* exist in a world where money is made and social transformation happens at the same time. It is possible. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @cbinsights @bevel @tristanwalker @littleBits @ayahbdier@grindr @progyny @justinsayarath @johnmaeda techcrunch.com/2014/10/02/glow-gets-17-million-in-series-b-funding-from-formation-8-founders-fund-and-andreesen-horowitz/ fortune.com/2015/08/05/uber-of-fertility/ usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/09/28/tristan-walker-bevel-funding-target-stores-magic-johnson-andre-iguodala-walker-company-brands/72838894/ bothsidesofthetable.com/ 2016/02/09/the-one-video-every-silicon-valley-investor-should-watch/#.VsO7K04CFfQ.facebook google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=mitu%20fundraise newsroom.uber.com/us-illinois/uberaccess-expanding-transportation-options/ An Inclusive PERSPECTIVE Enables Reimagining The Startup Ecosystem GENDERLESS STEM TOYS Toolkit for electronic construction that carries no gender biases, as designed by MIT-trained CEO Ayah Bdeir and her LittleBits team. Raised 59 million as of 2016 GAY SOCIAL NETWORK The world’s largest gay social network allowing for a community that is often “invisible” to connect with each other. Top paid app in social networking category led by Joel Simkhai. Kunlun bought 60% stake for $93M in 2016 ELDERLY CARE Care service and platform allowing for the elderly community to age gracefully and comfortably in their own homes led by CEO Seth Sternberg. Raised 20 million as of 2016 SKINCARE NEEDS Shaving system for people with coarse or curly hair, with recent addition of an electric trimmer with an elegant design, led by CEO Tristan Walker and Walker & Co Team. Raised 33 million as of 2016 EGG FREEZING First company to provide access to high quality fertility doctors, fertility health digital platform and plans for elective egg freezing, IVF treatment and tests led by CEO Gina Bartasi. Raised 34 million as of 2016 39
Much of what we see in the #DesignInTech space was born in the research community over multiple decades. What’s being built by the startup ecosystem and large corporations today strongly indicates the balance of power has shifted away from academia. We must consciously invest in education to develop a more hybrid perspective on creativity in the 21st century: Technology x Business x Design. President Obama’s signing of ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) into law in 2015 is a positive sign: by turning STEM into STEAM (adding Art) in K-12 education as a US priority. 5 Final Thoughts 40
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @carnegiemellon @bradamyers @theatlantic @mit cs.cmu.edu/~amulet/papers/uihistory.tr.html theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ “Consider a future device for individual use, … a sort of mechanized private file and library … in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, … consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility.” — Vannervar Bush 1945 @MIT 44. Sutherland, I.E. "SketchPad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System," 08. Engelbart, D. and English, W., "A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect." 52. Williams, G., "The Apple Macintosh Computer." Byte 49. van Dam, A., et al. "A Hypertext Editing System for the 360," 05. Buxton, W., et al. "Towards a Comprehensive User Interface Management System," 04. Bush, V., "As We May Think." The Atlantic Monthly If You’re Looking For Ideas, Just Look Back A Decade or Four or Five. 1945 1983 1994 /1968 1963 1969 1984 41
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @carnegiemellon @bradamyers @medialab @ITP_NYU cs.cmu.edu/~amulet/papers/uihistory.tr.html theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ And Look A Bit Harder. You’ll Find Some Truly Interesting People Along The Way If I may add a few of my favorites … Nicholas Negroponte The Architecture Machine 1973 Brenda Laurel Computer as Theatre 1991 Donald Norman The Psychology of Everyday Things 1988 Richard Saul Wurman Technology Entertainment Design 1984 Muriel Cooper MIT Media Lab Visible Language Workshop Red Burns NYU Tisch School Interactive Telecommunication Program Gillian Crampton-Smith Royal College of Art Computer-Related Design and Ivrea Institute Joy Mountford Apple Human Interface Group Interval, Yahoo!, Akamai MORE SEMINAL BOOKS/FIGURES WRT #DESIGNINTECH A FEW KEY #DESIGNINTECH PIONEERS 42
The Startup Ecosystem Feels A Lot Like The New Graduate School Paul Graham / YCAnthoy Frasier Buildup.VC KPCB Ventured Founders Collective Carpool.VC Hallway Chat First Round Capital Muzzammil Zaveri + Arielle Zuckerberg WHY TEXT-BASED INTERFACES? Zero (or minimal) front-end design Consistent/up-to-date experience across all platforms Users don’t have to download/install another app Onboarding is easy Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech All links are inline. 43
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @medialab @oculus @creativemornings web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED1-06.html But Everything We Only Believed Had Happened, Is Finally Happening 25years 23years ARTS TECH MOBILE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INTERNET OF THINGS ON DEMAND DRONES SHARING ECONOMY VIRTUAL REALITY BITCOIN Message: 6 Date: 11.1.93 From: Nicholas Negroponte To: WIRED Subject: Virtual Reality: Oxymoron or Pleonasm? VR Then and Now Neophytes have a mistaken sense that VR is very new because the press just learned about it. It is not. Almost 25 years ago, Ivan Sutherland developed, with support from ARPA, the first surprisingly advanced VR system. … BECAUSE ART IS HOW WE CAN SEE/FEEL THE FUTURE THE MIT MEDIA LAB BLURRED ART AND TECHNOLOGY Oculus Bi-Molecule, 1.0 44
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @medialab @mit_ishii @googleatap vimeo.com/79179138 web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED1-06.html What To Look Forward To? What Is Coming? Atoms Will Behave Like Bits. MIT MEDIA LAB / HIROSHI ISHII / TANGIBLE MEDIA GOOGLE ATAP / IVAN POUPYREV / PROJECT SOLI: EXPANDING INTERACTION VOLUME 45
Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @americans4thearts @naea @johnmaeda @sunilmahotra @danharrelson ed.gov/essa?src=rn Technology, Business, Design is About Hybridity = Always New Possibilities ON DEC 10, 2015, STEM OFFICIALLY BECOMES STEAM (ADDING ART TO STEM EDUCATION) “Arts and music education are specified as eligible uses for new, state-administered ‘Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants’ including support for the arts in STEM education.” —@naea, December 10, 2015 ARTS TECH Bi-Molecule, 1.0 BECAUSE ART IS HOW WE CAN SEE/FEEL THE FUTURE AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS CAN USE A LITTLE MAGIC AND HE(ART) DESIGN TECH BUSINESS Tri-Molecule, 2.0 is To Be Determined … 46
The two growing categories of “designers” are those coming from Business and Technology. The three categories above are co-dependent — you must embrace at least two of these categories in order to win in this century. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design There Are Three Kinds of Design At Play. We Need To Be Specific. Scale DESIGN CLASSICAL DESIGN there’s a right way to make what is perfect, crafted, and complete Driver / the Industrial Revolution, and prior to that at least a few millennia of ferment. BUSINESS DESIGN THINKING because execution has outpaced innovation, and experience matters TECHNOLOGY COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN designing for billions of people and in realtime, is at scale and TBD Driver / the need to innovate in relation to individual customer needs requires empathy. Driver / the impact of Moore’s Law, mobile computing, and the latest tech paradigms. 47 (individual)
Source //@kpcb #DesignInTech Engineers are efficient problem solvers. Business people think short term. Designers want things to be elegant and beautiful. All three need to create collaboration and harmony, and honor the value each other brings. There needs to be a new kind of ‘multi-dimensional’ approach to design that is yet to be invented.” —Linda Holliday / @lmholliday 2016 Design, Product and Engineering Leaders Surveyed // Alex Schleifer, Alok Damireddy, Amir Pirnia, Brandon Velestuk, Catherine Courage, Cap Watkins, Ciara Peter, David Nguyen, Ding Zhou, Frank Yoo, Ivan Bercovich, Jackie Goldberg, Jason Fischl, Jennifer Etter, Jesse Harding, Jim Fulker, Joe Xavier, Joey Cordes, Jon Lax, Kara McCain, Josh Abrams, Kurt Varner, Larry Chen, Louise Briguglio, Marcus Hanson, Mark Bauer, Maria Latushkin, Margret Schmidt, Maria Giudice, Matt MacQueen, Megs Fulton, Mike Kruzeniski, Moxie Wanderlust, Paco Vinoly, Raphael Grignani, Randy J. Hunt, Reshma Mehta, Raylene Yung, Rich Gioscia, Rochelle King, Rose Yao, Sash Catanzarite, Tara Larivee, Tim McCoy, Travis Roger, Vaibhav Nivargi, Wes Donohoe. 2016 #DesignInTech Survey Participants (updated March 6, 2016) // Diego Rodriguez, Roman Luba, jonah houston, John Cleere, Alok Jain, Steve Hoyt, Alan Joseph Williams, JB Chaykowsky, Dave Malouf, Reed Reibstein, Brian Fidler, Brandon E.B. Ward, Jill Imani, Keith, Victor Bercaru, Julia Stanescu, Knut Graf, Bryan Ku, Christina Elder, John du Pre Gauntt, Jean-Paul Haire, Larissa Bemis, renée berry, Amanda Noonan, Heather King, 8 Inc., Nick Ellem, Dan Malarkey, Phil Johnston, Dolly Parikh, Jose Coronado, Imanzah Nurhidayat, Lin Wang, Nate Roberts, Justin Meyers, Michael K. Dawson, Chris Chiusano, Sean Warsaw, Tomáš Zeman, Christine Ying, Brian Rs Ward, Kermit Stevenson, Ahmed B. Arshad, Abbas Meerani, Jeffrey Tjendra, Luis M. Rodriguez, Ramin, Martini, Daniel Borg, Bradley Strong, Craig Frazier, Dale Morris, Satyam Kantamneni, Kara Pastour, Bill Bulman, Brandon J. Kim, Mariano SuarezBattan, Andy McDonald, Abby Oldham, Parag Patil, Scott Phelps, Riccie Janus, Leslie Muller, Gabriel Bertot, Tejas Bhalerao, Caswell Saunders, Karen Donoghue, Jin Ah Lee, Arianna Orland, Glen Barry, gerry blakney, Scott Poole, Bryan Sattler, Gene Moy, Hervé Collignon, Jamie Cabaccang, Rowena Westphalen, Test, German Fernandez, Henry Hyunrok Sung, Ivan Bercovich, Helmut Ramsauer, Paolo Villacarlos, Jeff Lin, Eric Park, Hans von Franz, Venky Ramachandran, Laurie Iwami, Geneviève, Pål Heick, Bobby March, yoon ho choi, Aaron Gleen, Linn Shuo-Ling Huang, Nick Lee, Harrison Telyan, Damian Borchok, Terry Tucker, Zishan Mohammad, Annie M Hayward, Wilbert Baan, Amal Tiwari, Jan GLAS, Maria, Roland Sailer, Kapil, May O. Caballero, Volker, Sofia Castelli, Giovanni Luperti, Gianfranco Fagotto, Diogo Henriques, Mateo Singapore, Kleber Oliveira, Dimitrios Niavis, Malte Nuhn, Jeroen Frumau, Julian Koschwitz, Guillaume Abel, Sumana behara, Dean Kakridas, Keri Borkowicz, Karoline K, Theophilus Thomas, Samujjal Purkayastha, Ceasar McDowell, Alberto Villarreal, Micah Walter, Jamila Breese, Massimo Curatella, Luis F Rios, James Nash, Daniel Bok-Man Ng, Matt Deming, Jeff Eckman, Jeff Rubingh, Gisele Kirtley, Bill Tarbell, Jason Armstrong, Aleconfa, Daniel André Groh, AJ Kotval, Jennifer Milne, Marlen Promann, Jason Scott, Reem Gamil, John Bagby, Atin Mittra, Christianne Molina, Davide Barni, Meeta Mathur, Amit wadhe, Adam Williams, Bob Baxley, Andy VanSolkema, Charles Stromeyer Jr, Giulia Biamino, Mart Maasik, Victor Baroli, Andri Kristinsson, Jenn Kuca, Marin Licina, Emily Chong (frog), Giulia Nicolosi, Brian Hauch, Sarah Lance, Vineet Gupta, Diana Blair, Tino Klaehne, Nelson Wah, f.milanesio, Sally D'Angelo, Vijay Balijaypalli, Nunix Wini Frentyna, Robert Gallerani, Pierre Granier, Benjamin Fels, Imran Maskatia, Andrea Osti, Amanda Marx, Jay Fichialos, Hunter Marshall, Kirk Cornelius, Yang Dan, Olympia Datta, Michael Tinstman, Neal Osotio, Jan Sauer, Christian Talmage, Umair Khan, uzair, Andrea Trninic, Paresh Ladd, Damien Newman, Prakaash Selvaraj, Matt MacQueen, Eric Li, Sanny, Vikram Rajagopalan, Aditya, Chen Ye, Connor Lin, Cecilia Bodin, Josh Lee, Stephanie Engle, Helen C, Kathy Li, Joan DiMicco, Jennifer Cardello, Bic, Andres, Jason Sack, Toni Sokura, Kevin Bethune, Benedikt Lehnert, Eric Johnson, Mario Delgado, Peter Cho, Chuck Liu, Don Lindsay, Daniel Chaparro, Susana R de T, ds, Tak Okamoto, Inês Bravo, Peter, RISD, Seattle, Fayssal Loussaief, Priscilla Leung, James Nash, Gianfranco, martand, Patañjali Chary, Federico Carlini, Bryan Ku, vandy meares, lin wang, Ramin, Giovanni Magnani, Andreas Andreopoulos, Aniruddha Kadam, Jose Coronado, Edward J. Achtner, Fayaz Ashraf, Cristobal Alvarez, Sandi Harrison, BC Krishna, lgalli, Genesse Rosal, Tao, Addy, Jose Fernandez, Marco Huerta, jeffrey m., Caswell Saunders, Kartik Poria, SK, David Mountain, Jason Prunty, Anonymous, Cuco Vega, Federico Hernandez-R, Ryan MacLean, Michelle Arrieta, Hrag Nassanian, Ángel Romero, Shawn Berven, Nick Lee, Matt MacQueen, Justin Meyers, Chris Baier, Roberto Manzari, Humberto Sacco, Roland Sailer, alex, Michael Mallari, Samira Rahimi, KC Chan-Herur, Dr Aseel Bin Sawad, Ali Sarwat Hussain, Alberto Escarlate, J.B. Chaykowsky, Dave Schlafman, Elizabeth Eadie, Kovacs LLC, F.F, Stuart Griffiths, Annu, Michael Flynn, Nathaniel Axios, Simon O', Alma Hoffmann, Leslie Muller, Todd Wood, Boy, Jake Mendel, Jonathan Arena, Xinzhi Jiao, Pete, Pjog, mehdizare, Enrique Von Rohr, Vinay Rao, Ryan Mather, annymous, Ayan, Vivek Mohan, AJ Kotval, Emma Crowe, Richard Stewart, Guy, german fernandez, Vincent Hiroz, May O. Caballero, Lara Hanlon, Hamidreza YADEGARI, Sara, Dano, Shweta Chaudhary, Shu Lai, Pénélope RM, Miraze, Marita Sorsamäki, Tim Heiler, Troels Nørlem, Prasanna Reddy, Michele, John Cleere, outsa, Goril, Stefan Liute, Radu Dandu, Giuseppe Magnani, İrem Küçükali, Bi, Ali Khan, Ning, Alfonso Tambunan, Rie Norregaard, Agnese I, Anthony D'Ugo, Vincent Garcia, Tom Berno, Daniel Braun, Koichiro Eto, Nicolas, Kristen Spilman, @chadengle, George Arriola, Van Rais, Srinivasan, Paul Pinard, guillaume, Missy Kelley, Moaaz, Josh Stein, Kel, @stooodley, Jenny Gyllander, Scott Phelps, Justin Calles, Raghav, Michael Owens, Andrea, Vijay Patel, Charles Windlin, Linda R. Moss, Paul Yarin, Ryan Phillips, mark, Jim Hanley, Ian, your mom, Zoe, Vikram Rajagopalan, George, Valeska O'Leary, Carissa Chan, DOPESAUCE, Jasper Liu, Justin Gignac, Dennis Rosenfeld, interesting survey, Satyam Kantamneni, David Kong, Mariano SuarezBattan, Henry Mbayen, Lorenzo Wood, Marek Pawlowski, Iñaki Remiro, Anders Hansen, AYSENAZ, Nijomi, Jeremy Johnson, Jarquin Miguel, Chris R, Angelia, Dorelle Rabinowitz, james ennis, Juan Carlos Gavino, KG, Robson P. Mendonça, vivia liu, Kharis O'Connell, K. Andras, Akriti Vora, Jeff Groves, linlin pan, Ben Smith, Brian Beaver, Stefano Boscutti, Jae Um, Ben Bird, Imran, Rivo, Samujjal Purkayastha, Michele Salmi, Inés Peláez, Amit Richard, Tulus, Tim P. McCollum, Bryan Sattler, Eric Whewell, Jorge, MV, ticaro, Youngkwang Cho, Reiko Morrison, Shane Morgenstern, Asis Panda, Isaac, Ikky, Juan wendeus, Allen Smith, Jorge jimenez, Charles Jok, Gardenia Flores, ande la monica, Richard Morin, yara khoury, consumer 143,362,977, Ashish Sharma, Bruno Duarte, ok, alexandra araujo, Elio Cicala, John W. Hart, John Scheers, Casey, Charles H Warren, Velda Foster, Aaron Powers, Christopher tumaghap, Mei, Frances Soong, Ryan Stacy, Lisa Aufox, Jennifer Wibowo, Shirley Wu, Sanny, Sarah Wohl, John Ferrigan, Mikael Kristianslund, Hi, Nick Shank, Brandon Brown, Mitchell Bernstein, Ingrid Lange, RISD, Benjamin Vimont, Fran Motta, Nikia Hill, Cory Maryott, Linn Shuo-Ling Huang, Burin Asavesna, Matt C, Greg More, Ty Hatch, Terry Tucker, Adam Chaloeicheep, Maria Matveeva, Nick Wittwer, Carlos Muñoz, Mayank Khanna, Kurt Pelzer, Marina Kong, Alexander Tran, Vanika Nain, Kemal Akbay, anonymous, Joel Aguero, Andy Lin, Julian 2o5 Keefe, Nathan Garvie, T, Paul Bouisset, Kit Grose, Adarsh Moda, Ben Ginger, Nate Navasca, Marten Kuipers, Rebecca Torbochkin, Jocelyn Lui, Emanuele Bianchi, Gloria Chua, Orlando, Aj, Maheen Sohail, Stefania, Luis Frias, Dani Nordin, Mohit, Alberto Moro, Xanat Vargas Meza, Chris LaRoche, Msr, Chuck Ruud, Kebei Li, Johanna Evans, Julia Solano, Aaron Brako, Esben Gimbel, Michael Brooks, Andrea, Fust, Alison Austin, John von Buelow, Martin Lopez Diaz, Jr., John Bagby, Juliette Weiss, Connor Lin, Scott McManigal, Jye, Matt Safian, Swapnil, Vedashree Bankar, Fazal Ahmed, Anshul Singh, Stacy Chiou (RISD), Sarah Wedge, Michele Clarke, Jerry 2015 Design Leaders Surveyed // Clare Corthell, Deena Rosen, Parul Vora, Analia Ibargoyen, Jennifer Etter, Sarah Alpern, Kaaren Hanson, Fernanda Viegas, Kristy Tillman, Valerie Casey, Angel Steger, Karin Fong, Dawn Danby, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Jules Pieri, Sally Carson, Megs Fulton, Kegan Schouwenburg, Maria Giudice, Lindsay Mindler, Sarah M Oppelt, Candice Tse, Catherine Courage, Juliana Rotich, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Margret Schmidt, Helen Walters, Jeniece Primus, Nancy Duarte, Rochelle King, Cat Noone, Scott Dadich, John Maeda, David Schultz, Matias Duarte, Morgan Knutson, Alex Tam, Diogenes Brito, Dave Evans, Etan Lightstone, Peter Cho, Gentry Underwood, Dave Young, Johnnie Manzari, Marcos Ojeda, Ian Storm Taylor, Dan Harrelson, Tad Toulis, Max Gunawan, Doug VanderMolen, Chris Robinson, Randy J. Hunt, Dantley Davis, Chris Moeller, Jason Mayden, Joe Gebbia, Brian Schmitt, Mark Bauer, Damian Madray, Sean McLeary, Darren Chan, Jesse Harding, John Cary, Ethan Bodnar, Harold Hambrose, Wesley Yun, Rich Gioscia, Randall Hom, Uday Gajendar, Matthew Beebe, Dave Lippman, Jesse Pollak, Martin Wattenberg, Ronald Ro, Phil Gilbert, Andrew Hessel, David Dat Nguyen, Moses Ting, Jonathan Chen, Ivan Bercovich, Harper Reed, Kelly Sutton, Alessandro Sabatelli, Raphael Schaad, Donnie Dinch, Tim McCoy, Sash Catanzarite, Matt MacQueen, Marcos Weskamp, Ethan Trask, Bob Baxley, Justin Maxwell, Jonathan Lieberman, Mark Kawano, Tyler Murphy, Cap Watkins, Gilles Poupardin, Dominique Leca, Mike Davidson, Osandi, Scott Belsky, Michael Owens, Andrew Crow, Doug Evans, Sahil Lavingia, Brian C. McDonald, Stefan Klocek, Koen Bok, Raghava KK, Brandon Velestuk 48 “
Sand Hill Road Headquarter Sand Hill Road DISCLOSURE This presentation has been compiled for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a solicitation or an offer to buy or sell securities in any entity. The presentation relies on data and insights from a wide range of sources, including public and private companies, market research firms, and industry professionals. We cite specific sources where data are public; the presentation is also informed by non-public information and insights. This is the second publication of the Design In Tech report. We will post any updates revisions or clarifications on the KPCB website. KPCB is a venture capital firm that owns significant equity positions in certain of the companies referenced in the presentation, including those at kpcb.com/companies. 49

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  • 1. Design Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers March 14, 2016 DESIGN INTECH REPORT KPCB Team // Jackie Xu, Aviv Gilboa, Justin Sayarath With Special Thanks to // Michael Abbott, Juliet de Baubigny, Scott Ryles, Lynne Chou, Christina Lee, Andy Chen, Muzzammil Zaveri, Arielle Zuckerberg Designed By // Luna Chen 陈清源, Danqing Wang 王丹青 // China Design 中国设计 2 0 1 6 1 John Maeda
  • 2. Design isn’t just about beauty; it’s about market relevance and meaningful results. M&A activity continues in the design space, and it’s increased. Increasing the designers needed in the tech industry requires rethinking education. The adoption of design by public companies is only growing. Designers bring needed critical thinking/making in the economic case for inclusion. Work in the research labs from decades ago drives today’s startups. Be aware. 2 0 1 6 2
  • 3. Reports from Gartner, Accenture, Deloitte, Temkin all indicate that experience matters. Linda Holliday calls the new kind of design as “multi- dimensional” — it crosses social science, computer science, into something new and necessary. all day long and whenever they can EXPERIENCEMatters A Lot, Because We Experience Digital Products A Lot “89% “81% “90% “6Xof companies believes that customer experience will be their primary basis for competition by 2016, versus 36% four years ago.” — Gartner of executives surveyed place the personalized customer experience in their top three priorities for their organization, with 39% reporting it as her top priority.” — Accenture of executives surveyed agreed that customer experience and engagement are objectives of their corporation's digital strategy.” — MIT Sloan / Deloitte more likely to buy with a positive emotional experience, 12x more likely to recommend the company, and 5x more likely to forgive a mistake.” — Temkin Group early desktop users checked their computers today mobile users check their smartphones Once in the morning Once in the evening Ouch! “ Ouch! “ Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @Gartner_inc @AccentureDigi @mitsmr @DeloitteDigital @TemkinGroup experiencematters.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/15-customer-experience-factoids-from-2015-infographic/ sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/strategy-drives-digital-transformation accenture.com/us-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/Conversion-Assets/Microsites/Documents11/Accenture-Technology- Vision-2015.pdf blogs.gartner.com/jake-sorofman/gartner- surveys-confirm-customer-experience-new-battlefield/ blogs.gartner.com/jake-sorofman/gartner-surveys-confirm-customer-experience-new-battlefield/ 3
  • 4. The inaugural 2015 #DesignInTech Report received way more views than we initially projected at 50K in the first year. We also received a helpful re-design from our new friends in Canada. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @slideshare @stinsondesign slideshare.net/stinsondesign/kpcb-design-in-tech-report-2015-simplified-and-redesigned THE 1ST DESIGN INTECH REPORT Beat Expectations, with Room for Improvement 875K and 1 redesign… Simplified & Redesigned cumulative views across all English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese editions 4
  • 5. Fortunately, 100% of last year’s report’s predictions have come true. So that means we need new ones. #DesignInTech PREDICTIONSFrom Last Year’s Report M&A activity of designer-led businesses will likely grow. 1 Older user experiences will improve. Designer-led startups will have increased access to capital. 2 Designers will grow as executives. Design in VC is not about pretty — it’s about relevance. 3 Design’s business value will evolve. DESIGN DE$IGN experience Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design 5
  • 6. 2The New Kind of Designer is TBD SECTIONS 4Design Quality is to Caring 1#DesignInTech By The Numbers 3Public Company Trends 5Final Thoughts 6
  • 7. Design firm acquisitions continue: 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004, ~50% of which have been acquired in the last year alone. Designer co-founded companies exhibit funding success: 36% of top 25 funded startups are co-founded by designers, up from 20% in 2015. Designers in venture capital have increased: More designers entered VC in the last two years than the previous four years combined. 1 #DesignInTech By The Numbers 7
  • 8. Timeline of #DesignInTech M&A Activity | Version2.0 2013 2015 20162004 – 2012 2014 ■ FLEXTRONICS +acq. Frog Design 2004 ■ MONITOR +acq. DOBLIN 2007 ■ RIM +acq. TAT 2010 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Sofa 2011 ■ GLOBALLOGIC +acq. Method 2011 ■ ONE KING’S LANE +acq. Helicopter 2011 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Mike & Maaike 2012 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Bolt Peters 2012 ■ SQUARE +acq. 80/20 2012 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Cuban Council 2012 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Hot Studio 2013 ■ ACCENTURE +acq. Fjord 2013 ■ SHOPIFY +acq. Jet Cooper 2013 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Banyan Branch 2013 ■ INFOR +acq. Hook & Loop 2013 ■ GOOGLE +acq. 17FEET 2013 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Hattery 2013 ■ OCULUS / FACEBOOK +acq. Carbon Design 2014 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Gecko Design 2014 ■ CAPITAL ONE +acq. Adaptive Path 2014 ■ ACCENTURE +acq. Reactive 2014 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Flow Interactive 2014 ■ PWC +acq. Optimal Experience 2014 ■ KPMG +acq. Cynergy Systems 2014 ■ BCG +acq. S&C 2014 ■ FACEBOOK +acq. Teehan+Lax 2015 ■ BBVA +acq. Spring Studio 2015 ■ MCKINSEY +acq. Lunar Design 2015 ■ CAPITAL ONE +acq. Monsoon 2015 ■ WIPRO +acq. DesignIt 2015 ■ ERNST & YOUNG +acq. Seren 2015 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Mobiento 2015 ■ AIRBNB +acq. lapka 2015 ■ COOPER *consolidation +acq. Catalyst 2015 ■ SALESFORCE +acq. Akta 2015 ■ ACCENTURE +acq. Chaotic Moon 2015 +acq. PacificLink 2015 ■ FLEX *medical design +acq. Farm Design 2015 ■ PIVOTAL +acq. Slice of Lime 2016 ■ IBM +acq. Resource/Ammirati 2016 +acq. ecx.io 2016 +acq. Aperto 2016 ■ KYU COLLECTIVE *minority +min. IDEO 2016 ■ CAPGEMINI +acq. Fahrenheit 212 2016 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Heat 2016 Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @mbuzzard 8 A total of 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. ~50% of which have been acquired within the last year with Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Google, and Facebook as the most acquisitive.
  • 9. Timeline of #DesignInTech M&A ACTIVITY ■ MONITOR ■ FACEBOOK ■ RIM 2013 2015 2016 1st Quarter2012 201420112004 – 2010 ■ FACEBOOK ■ GLOBALLOGIC ■ ONE KING’S LANE ■ GOOGLE ■ GOOGLE ■ FACEBOOK ■ SQUARE ■ ACCENTURE ■ DELOITTE ■ INFOR ■ GOOGLE ■ GOOGLE ■ FACEBOOK ■ SHOPIFY ■ CAPITAL ONE ■ PWC ■ KPMG ■ ACCENTURE ■ DELOITTE ■ BCG ■ FACEBOOK ■ GOOGLE ■ BBVA ■ CAPITAL ONE ■ MCKINSEY ■ ACCENTURE ■ ACCENTURE ■ ERNST&YOUNG ■ DELOITTE ■ WIPRO ■ COOPER ■ AIRBNB ■ SALESFORCE ■ FACEBOOK ■ FLEX ■ KYU COLLECTIVE *min ■ CAPGEMINI ■ DELOITTE ■ IBM ■ IBM ■ IBM ■ PIVOTAL Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @mbuzzard TECH SERVICES BANKS A total of 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. ~50% of which have been acquired within the last year with Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Google, and Facebook as the most acquisitive. 9
  • 10. Successful Startups Co-Founded by Designers Are Not Uncommon Last year 20% (5 out of 25) of the top venture-backed startups had designer co-founders. We check one year later and that number moves to 36% (9 out of 25). Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @justinsayarath @cbinsights 36% 21%of the 25 startups with a recent fundraise in CB Insight’s “Internet Sector” category are designer co-founded of the so-called global “unicorn” startups across all sectors have co-founders who have embraced design or come from a design, arts, or human-centered background including architecture, design, music, visualization, fine arts, media arts. 23andMe, ActiFio, Adyen, African Internet Group, AirBnB, Aiwujiwu, Anaplan, AppDirect AppDynamics, AppNexus, Apttus, Apus Group, Atlassian, Auto1 Group, Automattic, Avant, AVAST Software, Avito, BeiBei, Beijing LaKala Billing Services, BlaBlaCar, Bloom Energy, Blue Apron, Buzzfeed, Carbon3D, China Rapid Finance, CJ Games, Cloudera, CloudFlare, ContextLogic/Wish, Coupa Software, Coupang, Credit Karma, Dada, Datto, Decolar, Deem, Delivery Hero, Dianping, Didi Kuaidi, DJI Innovations, Docker, DocuSign, Domo Technologies, DraftKings, Dropbox, Ele.me, Eventbrite, Evernote, Fanatics, FanDuel, Fanli, FarFetch, Flipkart, Forescout, Funding Circle, Gilt Groupe, GitHub, Global Fashion Group, GrabTaxi, Greensky, Guahao Technology Co., Gusto, HelloFresh, Home24, Hootsuite, Houzz, Illumio, Infinidat, InMobi, InsideSales.com, Instacart, Intarcia Therapeutics, IronSource, Jasper Technologies, Jawbone, jet.com, Jiuxian, JustFab, Kabam, Kabbage, Kik Interactive, Klarna, Koudai Gouwu, Lazada, Legendary Entertainment, Lookout, Lufax, Lyft, Magic Leap, MarkLogic, Medallia, Meituan, Mercari, MindMaze, Moderna, Mogujie, MongoDB, Mozido, Mu Sigma, MuleSoft, NantHealth, Nextdoor, Nutanix, Okta, Olacabs, One97 Communications, Oscar Health Insurance Co., Palantir Technologies, Panshi, Pinterest, Pluralsight, Powa Technologies, Prosper Marketplace, Proteus Digital Health, Pure Storage, Qualtrics, Quikr, Razer, Rong360, Shazam, SimpliVity, Skyscanner, Slack Technologies, Snapchat, Snapdeal, Social Finance, Souq, SpaceX, Spotify, Sprinklr, Square, Stemcentrx, Stripe, SurveyMonkey, TangoMe, Tanium, The Honest Company, Theranos, Thumbtack, TransferWise, Trendy Group International, TuJia Online Information Technology, TutorGroup, Twilio, Uber, Udacity, Ucar Group, Uptake, VANCL, Vice Media, Vox Media, Warby Parker, WeWork, Xiaomi, Xuanyuxia, Yello Mobile, Zenefits, Zeta Interactive, Zhangyue, ZocDoc, Zomato Media, Zscaler 2014 2015 $3B Social Finance Upstart Flatiron Health Slack GitHub 2016 Airbnb Pinterest Fanduel Fab.com CUMULATIVEFUNDING RECENCY OF LATEST ROUND OF FUNDING via CB Insights, “Since January 1 2013 to February 29, 2016, in the U.S. Internet-Only category top 25 recently funded VC-backed companies.” cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies via CBInsights, “Private VC-Backed Companies with Valuations Over $1B” 10
  • 11. Where do Designers Live in the VENTURE CAPITAL ECOSYSTEM? Designers are working at VC firms in a variety of capacities: from operating support roles to investing roles to founding their own venture capital funds. A key factor in their growth has been GPs who understand the need for design. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design 2014 Sequoia Capital James Buckhouse Khosla Ventures Irene Au pioneering UX leader Google Ventures Tom Hulme first GP in marquee fund 2010 2012 Google Ventures Jake Knapp Designer Fund Enrique Allen Google Ventures John Zeratsky Y-Combinator Kevin Hale 2011 2013 Andreessen Horowitz Elizabeth Weil co-founders of fund Google Ventures Braden Kowitz 1st design partner 2009 Bessemer Ventures Jason Putorti 1st designer in residence Y-Combinator Garry Tan 1st YC partner as designer Felicis Ventures Nick Baum 2nd designer in residence co-founders of fund 2015 Expa Bruno Bergher Accel Partners Jason Mayden True Ventures Jeffrey Veen New Enterprise Associates Albert Lee Expa Anshu Agarwal 2016 Benchmark Scott Belsky GP Rivet Ventures Christina Brodbeck co-founder of fund KEY VC CATALYSTS Slow Ventures Dave Morin co-founders of fund Ben Blumenfeld co-founders of fund Kyle Doherty co-founders of fund Aaron Sittig Michael Margolis 1st researcher Daniel Burka KPCB John Maeda Greylock Bobby Goodlatte Sutter Hill Ventures Andrei Herasimchuk KPCB Design Council Google Ventures Jake Knapp New book “Sprint” with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz early advocate for design in startups Khosla Ventures
 Vinod Khosla 2013 created NEA Design Studio New Enterprise Associates
 Dayna Grayson 2011 created GigaOm Roadmap Conference True Ventures
 Om Malik 2014 created Accel Design Conference Accel Partners
 Vas Natarajan early advocate for design in startups 500 Startups
 Dave McClure early advocate for design in startups Bloomberg Beta
 James Cham 2012 created KPCB Design Council Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
 Michael Abbott Note that some of these folks have left to join companies, or to start them. 11 Andrew Braccia 2014 created Accel Design Conference early advocate for design in startups Y-Combinator
 Paul Graham Jessica Livingston early advocate for design in startups
  • 12. Major corporations are investing in design as a core competency through M&A activity, designer co-founded startups continue to raise billions of dollars in capital, and VCs increasingly see the importance of design. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design #DesignInTech by the NUMBERS 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. Roughly half of which have been acquired within the last year. 1We’re reaching a peak. 9 of the 25 top VC-funded startups have designer co-founders. Up from 5 in 2015. 2Designer co-founded companies are here to stay. More designers entered VC in the last 2 years than the previous 4 years combined. 3There are many at accelerators as well. 12
  • 13. Since last year’s predictions happened too early, we set our sights out much further … Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design #DESIGNINTECH PREDICTIONS Further Out (5 Year Prediction) The large influx of designers into top services companies through M&A activity will reboot the design industry. 1Fueled by greater access to the board room. We will see more designers becoming investing partners at VC firms, and eventually starting their own funds. 2Many designers in tech are active angels. The general word “design” will come to mean less as we will start to qualify the specific kind of design we mean. 3Classical Design vs Design Thinking vs Computational Design 13
  • 14. Currently design education lags the technology industry’s needs for data- oriented, coding-enabled graduates with business acumen. Many resources are available on the internet to supplement formal education in design. Becoming a skilled self-learner is a critical skill for the new designer. Coding and testing are table stakes knowledge for designers today. Designing systems and designing culture are strategic skills for designers. 2 The New Kind of Designer is TBD 14
  • 15. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @mags @tedtalks @avivgilboa @johnmaeda @medialab ted.com/talks/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too?language=en Computational design has been around since the 70s and grew from collaborations between architects and computer graphics folks. In 1996, I founded the MIT Media Lab Aesthetics and Computation Group to further the frontier. #DesignInTech is Related, Yet RADICALLY DIFFERENT From Classical Design Interior Design What surrounds us up close Landscape Architecture What surrounds our buildings Architecture The bigger built environment Fashion Design What we wear Communication Design What we see Industrial Design What products we buy Design of digital experiences change all the time and live inside your pocket… Design of systems that are so big that their scale can be hard to comprehend.” — Margaret Stewart @TED 2014 LIVING SYSTEMS LIKE FACEBOOK ARE NEVER FINISHEDCLASSICAL DESIGN DISCIPLINES 15 “
  • 16. VS Number of Active Users Time Needed to Deploy Completed Product “Perfection” is Achievable Designer’s Level of Confidence Few to Millions Few to Hundreds of Millions Weeks to Months through Distribution Channels Instantaneously Delivered Over the Net Yes There’s a final state. No It’s always evolving. Absolute, and Self-Validating Generally High, but Open to Analyzing Testing/Research The notion of making something perfect, as classical designers want to achieve, runs counter to how computational systems exist. The instinct and inclination to pursue perfection is a good one, but its definition has had to evolve. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @avivgilboa kpcb.com/design 16 Classical Design Principles vs. #DesignInTech Principles CLASSICAL DESIGN DESIGN IN TECH
  • 17. For #DesignInTech to scale today, a fundamental challenge lies in the difference between the kind of talent produced by engineering programs vs design programs. New engineers are ready for tech; new designers are less so. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @jshoee @ellenchisa @kaleighyang @johnmaeda Should You Send Your Kid To DESIGN SCHOOL? YES — And Encourage Internships CHALLENGE #1 BUSINESS AND FINANCES AREN’T PRIORITIZED Current design education biases: Which of these attitudes are pillars of your design curriculum? 1. Communicating and/or articulating your design 2. Using empathy to design 3. Rationalizing and/or defending your design 4. Using research and analytics to design 5. Leadership and teamwork 6. Understanding business and finances via a KPCB study of 329 current and former design students CHALLENGE #2/ RESEARCH AND ANALYTICS NEED PRIORITIZATION Desired biases by past design graduates: Which of these attitudes do you wish were pillars of your design curriculum? 1. Understanding business and finances 2. Using research and analytics to design 3. Leadership and teamwork 4. Communicating and/or articulating your design 5. Using empathy to design 6. Rationalizing and/or defending your design via a KPCB study of 329 current and former design students When working on a project in school, the final step was always prototypes, but we didn't have time to test the project before moving on to another one. Once I was in the KPCB fellows program and working at a startup, I saw how the testing phase was invaluable. — Kaleigh Yang / 2015 Design Fellow at Spruce Health 86% 66% 63% 61% 51% 21% 68% 60% 53% 47% 47% 38% queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2683579 medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/how-to-work-with-designers-6c975dede146#.2qih40qzq 17 Internship Example
  • 18. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @alistapart @nancyduarte @oreillymedia @creativemornings @mgiudice @lyndaweinman @enterpriseux How Does One Go About LEARNING This New Kind of Design? 86% of current design students surveyed said that they learned their digital skills from resources outside their coursework. Barry Katz of Stanford and CCA has written a concise history of #DesignInTech abookapart.com lynda.com creativemornings.com duarte.com generateconf.com www.generateconf.com 2016.enterpriseux.net designdisruptors.com uxherocomics.com From Lynda’s complete collection of videos, to O’Reilly books on design, to the incomparable A Book Apart library, to events all around the world, to a comic book, to a full-length documentary film by InVision—there’s lots to learn. 18
  • 19. ISCODING Necessary as A Designer In Tech? of 370 designer respondents were overall in favor of coding 93.5% “Coding skills aren't important.” “Coding skills can be useful.” “Coding skills are absolutely essential.” + – “Coding skills are unnecessary.” Being literate in code is important, but being an expert is not necessarily in your favor. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @rochelleking @mgiudice @daviddatnguyen @thesash @johnmaeda Wikipedia: List of Programming Languages eecs.mit.edu/docs/ug/6-3.pdf “You need to be curious about AND have a basic understanding of the technology that is being used to build your design.” — Rochelle King / Spotify “Skills you need: learn to code, deep knowledge of interaction design, and basics of visual design.” — Maria Giudice / Autodesk “Learn how to write good code. Don't take just one or two classes, take a lot of classes so that you can think like a programmer.” — David Dat Nguyen / Gusto “Make sure to learn to code. Design is becoming more and more complex with each technological cycle.” — Sash Catanzarite / Tradesy z 19 Junior Mid Senior
  • 20. Examples of Design Innovations in Everyday DIGITAL TOOLS Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda google.com Key design concept: Hide complexity behind a simple door. Longstanding discipline by Google to keep the homepage limited to a single search box has been key to maintaining its simplicity. Once a search term is typed into Google, it gets complex really quickly — but you don’t notice it at first. Analogy: The Motorola Startac phone introduced a clamshell design that hid all the complexity — to be revealed only when used. Key design concept: Start with the activity to bias towards. Most imaging applications asked to turn on the camera, whereas SnapChat began the interaction in live camera mode. The invitation to snap a photo was immediate; and the secretive, self-destruct feature completed the addictive loop. Analogy: A hammer’s handle invites you to grasp it. In the design world thats called an objects ‘affordance’ — it primes how you might use it. GOOGLE SEARCH SNAPCHAT 20
  • 21. Source // @kpcb @graphiq @chadgoldberg1 @thesash @saila51 @moyicat @alexdeanwilson @ibercovich @designerfund @daviddatnguyen designerfund.com/bridge/insights-from-designing-for-financial-services/ graphiqeng.com/post/136837072818/why-read-one-when-you-could-read-two Design at the feature level is in isolation, but can be measured. Design at the system level is bolder and holistic, but harder to measure. Common Q: How Much Difference Can Design Make? It Depends. Example: Gusto designed a more discoverable employee self-onboarding process for businesses which made the employee experience more delightful and increased use of the tool by 10X. -6.5% -6.5% 12%0% 1000% MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES WILL USUALLY IMPACT USAGE BEHAVIOR, SOMETIMES DRAMATICALLY Simple Example: Graphiq conducted 3 product design tests for ad placements that led to one clear winner with a 12% increase in user engagement. “We design and manage all user experiences through a heavily tested quantitative and qualitative validation process.” —@graphiq 21
  • 22. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @HealthCareGov @android @daviddatnguyen medium.com/@bchesky/dont-fuck-up-the-culture-597cde9ee9d4#.bwdgjrx1s forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/11/05/android-material-design-reduce-ui-fragmentation/#28f31e8e4984 playbook.cio.gov/designstandards/getting-started/ theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/the-secret-startup-saved-healthcare-gov-the-worst-website-in- america/397784 medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/10-lessons-for-building-a-design-team-from-scratch-13c2b9a9d58#.aci9b6398 Designing reusable systems is an old technique for achieving scale — it is still effective. How Do Bigger Changes Happen With Design? By DESIGNING SYSTEMS. Guidelines enable all kinds of people to create better designs on their own. This kind of “meta design” has been around since the age of corporate identity manuals. Think of brand manuals and repositories as the most basic instance of this kind of design for repeatability. of users completed the sign up process for healthcare.gov 1.0 with 76 pages using these repeatable standards with consistency of users completed the sign up process for healthcare.gov 1.0 with 16 pages Unified Look For Apps Created better consistency Premium Experience Raised to modern standards Made Design A Priority Design as a conscious act // Do more with less. DESIGNING SYSTEMS EXAMPLE: HEALTHCARE.GOV AND USDS WEB DESIGN STANDARDS EXAMPLE: ANDROID MATERIAL DESIGN LANGUAGE 55% 85% 22 // Consistency leads to less confusion
  • 23. How Do Bigger Changes Happen With Design? By DESIGNING CULTURE. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @justinsayarath @philgilbertsr @daviddatnguyen medium.com/@bchesky/dont-fuck-up-the-culture-597cde9ee9d4#.bwdgjrx1s forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/11/05/android-material-design-reduce-ui-fragmentation/#28f31e8e4984 airbnbopen.com/ gensler.com/projects/airbnb blog.airbnb.com/airbnb-open-day-1-welcome-home medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/10-lessons-for- building-a-design-team-from-scratch-13c2b9a9d58#.aci9b6398 Products are products of a company’s culture, and not just some magical switch where “design” gets turned on inside a company. It’s a conscious effort on behalf of the CEO and their executive team to make design matter. Principles enable a company’s culture to understand how design can be used the most effectively, but most importantly, enable them to work from a common playbook. Brian Chesky’s memo to the Airbnb team says it all … IBM Design thinking at ambitious scale SAP Longtime leader in design thinking The Airbnb logo was less used as a traditional corporate symbol, and more as a narrative element to bind their hosts together as a community. They later designed an event series called Airbnb Open that spread their values at scale to their hosts. Space Design as Culture Design • Conference rooms modeled after Airbnb listings • Community photo gallery with photos of hosts and guests Architect: @GenslerOnCities DESIGNING CULTURE DON’T **** UP THE CULTURE AIRBNB USES DESIGN TO GROUND ITS CULTURE 23
  • 24. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @AskWonder @jshoee askwonder.com/q/i-need-to-figure-out-if-these-business-schools-have-student-organizations-or-organized-clubs-56dcc373272ea059009f06df In last year’s report, we noted 7 of the top 10 business schools as having Design/Innovation Clubs that are organized by students. This year 100% of the top business schools have student-led design organization. WILL BUSINESS SCHOOLS Be The Next Largest Producer of Designers? Last year, both BusinessWeek and Harvard Business Review had cover issues on Design MAY 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 1 Stanford Graduate School of Business 2 Harvard Business School 3 University of Pennsylvania Wharton 4 University of Chicago Booth 5 MIT Sloan 6 Northwestern University Kellogg 7 UC Berkeley Haas 8 Columbia University 9 Dartmouth Tuck 10 University of Virginia Darden US News & World Report 2015 Top 10 Business Schools 100% of the top 10 business schools have student-led design/innovation clubs 78% of design, engineering, and product leaders say that at their company, the stakeholder that drives ultimate product decisions is Product. In 2nd place was Engineering at 16%. 6-7% of the 2015 graduating class of Harvard Business School took product management jobs. 24
  • 25. SAP was one of the earliest stakeholders in the design-thinking world. 
 IBM’s new design-thinking efforts are comprehensive and noteworthy. Google has risen in its perception for design quality due to a series of actions that have been ongoing over the last decade. Fortune 100 companies are elevating design as a priority at the executive level. The many new design-enabled services firms will certainly help too. 3 Public Company Trends 25
  • 26. SAP and P&G were a few of the early executive adopters of “Design Thinking,” but looking back in time, CEOs of companies like GM and IBM took strong interest in design as a competitive advantage as far back as the 1950s. Source // @kpcb @philgilbertsr @ibmdesign @frogdesign @ideo @stanfordschool @harvardbiz @proctorgamble @nytimes @rogerlmartin @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-07-28/p-and-g-changes-its-gamebusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice -03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/gooddesign/ “Good design is good business.” Has Been, And Will Continue Evolving Time Birth of Traditional Design for Large Corporations Corporate Identity+Image and Product Styling 1950s / GM GM’s CEO makes the first executive position in design with Harley Earl elevated to VP. Memo to IBM employees by CEO TJ Watson Jr. about the emerging importance of design to the company. Birth of Modern Product Design Firms From Traditional Design, to Design of Systems+Services Birth of “Design Thinking” and Design Strategy Harnessing the Creative Problem Solving Skills of Designers “Design Thinking” Mainstreams as Whole Business Strategy Re-contextualizing Design, Making B- Schools into D-Schools 1966 / IBM 1969 From 1982 Apple’s design language begins to form with Hartmut Esslinger’s direction. 1991 David Kelley, Bill Moggridge, Mike Nutall join forces and change the course of design by co-founding IDEO. Hasso Plattner = Co-Founder of SAP Roger L. Martin describes design thinking at the CEO level with P&G’s AG Laffley and his book on The Design of Business. Phil Gilbert leads IBM’s $100M bet to bring design back to IBM. 2005 Tim Brown and Roger L. Martin open the introductory issue for HBR on “The Evolution of Design Thinking.” 2008 - 2009 2015 2015 26
  • 27. But with the many acquisitions of design firms into the client services sector, it’s not impossible to imagine that design will enter these organizations now through the board room. 1 Walmart, 2 Exxon Mobil, 3 Chevron, 4 Berkshire Hathaway, 5 Apple, 6 General Motors, 7 Phillips 66, 8 General Electric, 9 Ford Motor, 10 CVS Health, 11 McKesson, 12 AT&T, 13 Valero Energy, 14 UnitedHealth Group, 15 Verizon, 16 AmerisourceBergen, 17 Fannie Mae, 18 Costco, 19 HP, 20 Kroger, 21 JP Morgan Chase, 22 Express Scripts Holding, 23 Bank of America Corp., 24 IBM, 25 Marathon Petroleum, 26 Cardinal Health, 27 Boeing, 28 Citigroup, 29 Amazon.com, 30 Wells Fargo, 31 Microsoft, 32 Proctor & Gamble, 33 Home Depot, 34 Archer Daniels Midland, 35 Walgreens, 36 Target, 37 Johnson & Johnson, 38 Anthem, 39 MetLife, 40 Alphabet, 41 State Farm Insurance Cos., 42 Freddie Mac, 43 Comcast, 44 PepsiCo, 45 United Technologies, 46 AIG, 47 UPS, 48 Dow Chemical, 49 Aetna, 50 Lowe’s, 51 ConocoPhillips, 52 Intel, 53 Energy Transfer Equity, 54 Caterpillar, 55 Prudential Financial, 56 Pfizer, 57 Walt Disney, 58 Humana, 59 Enterprise Products Partners, 60 Cisco Systems, 61 Sysco, 62 Ingram Micro, 63 Coca-Cola, 64 Lockheed Martin, 65 FedEx, 66 Johnson Controls, 67 Plains GP Holdings, 68 World Fuel Services, 69 CHS, 70 American Airlines Group, 71 Merck, 72 Best Buy, 73 Delta Air Lines, 74 Honeywell International, 75 HCA Holdings, 76 Goldman Sachs Group, 77 Tesoro, 78 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, 79 United Continental Holdings, 80 New York Life Insurance, 81 Oracle, 82 Morgan Stanley, 83 Tyson Foods, 84 Safeway, 85 Nationwide, 86 Deere, 87 Dupont, 88 American Express, 89 Allstate, 90 Cigna, 91 Mondelez International, 92 TIAA- CREF, 93 INTL FCStone, 94 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, 95 DirecTV, 96 Halliburton, 97 Twenty-First Century Fox, 98 3M, 99 Sears Holdings, 100 General Dynamics 101 Publix Super Markets, 102 Philip Morris International, 103 TJX, 104 Time Warner, 105 Macy’s, 110 Nike, 107 Tech Data, 108 Avnet, 109 Northwestern Mutual, 110 McDonald’s, 111 Exelon, 112 Travelers Cos, 113 Qualcomm, 114 International Paper, 115 Occidental Petroleum, 116 Duke Energy, 117 Rite Aid, 118 Gilead Sciences, 119 Baker Hughes, 120 Emerson Electric, 121 EMC, 122 USAA, 123 Union Pacific, 124 Northrup Grumman, 125 Alcoa, 126 Capital One Financial, 127 National Oilwell Varco, 128 US Foods, 129 Raytheon, 130 Time Warner Cable, 131 Arrow Electronics, 132 Aflac, 133 Staples, 134 Abbott Laboratories, 135 Community Health Systems, 136 Fluor, 137 Freeport-McMoRan, 138 U.S. Bancorp, 139 Nucor, 140 Kimberly-Clark, 141 Hess, 142 Chesapeake Energy, 143 Xerox, 144 ManpowerGroup, 145 Amgen, 146 AbbVie, 147 Danaher, 148 Whirlpool, 149 PBF Energy, 150 HollyFrontier, 151 Eli Lilly, 152 Devon Energy, 153 Progressive, 154 Cummins, 155 Icahn Enterprises, 156 AutoNation, 110 Kohl’s, 158 Paccar, 159 Dollar General, 160 Hartford Financial Services Group, 161 Southwest Airlines, 162 Anadarko Petroleum, 163 Southern, 164 Supervalu, 165 Kraft Foods Group, 166 Goodyear Tire & Rubber, 167 EOG Resources, 168 CenturyLink, 169 Altria Group, 170 Tenet Healthcare, 171 General Mills, 172 eBay, 173 ConAgra Foods, 174 Lear, 175 TRW Automotive Holdings, 176 United States Steel, 177 Penske Automotive Group, 178 AES, 179 Colgate-Palmolive, 180 Global Partners, 181 Thermo Fisher Scientific, 182 PG&E Corp, 183 NextEra Energy, 184 American Electric Power, 185 Baxter International, 186 Centene, 187 Starbucks, 188 Gap, 189 Bank of America New York Mellon Corp., 190 Micron Technology, 191 Jail Circuit, 192 PNC Financial Services Group, 193 Kinder Morgan, 194 Office Depot, 195 Bristol-Myers Squibb, 196 NRG Energy, 197 Monsanto, 198 PPG Industries, 199 Genuine Parts, 200 Omnicom Group Of the 2015 Fortune 100, Over 10% Place Design as an Executive Priority Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @fortune @johnmaeda @danharrelson dmi.org/?page=designdrivesvalue 27
  • 28. In two separate studies we ran, Apple is always the outlier with regards to strong perception around product design quality. However, when asked which companies are improving in design (vs needs improvement), Google shows up. GOOGLE’S PRODUCTSAre Perceived as Improving the Most in Design 9% 33% 17% 34% 28% 24% 26% 52% 64% 40% 33% 20% 21% 22% 19% 8% “Which of these company’s products are in significant need of improvement in design?” “Which of these company’s products have seen a marked, recent improvement in design?” ? How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name For years, Apple followed user- centered design principles. Then something went wrong. Don Norman And Bruce Tognazzini Top two reasons cited as the best ways to improve the design of a company’s products: 1. Have a CEO who makes product design a priority. 2. Have an executive team that makes product design a priority. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @jnd1er @asktog @fastcompany @johnmaeda Data // Percentage of 545 responses to fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name 28
  • 29. When listing Google’s efforts in the design arena, the range is impressive: from the Material design language, to the design leadership at Google Ventures, to Google Creative Labs’ and Google ATAP’ technocreative wizardry. WHY IS GOOGLE Succeeding at Design? LARRY PAGE’S FOCUS ON DESIGN IS LARGELY CREDITED Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @googledesign @matiasduarte @gvdesignteam @jakek @gvteam @googleatap @projectara google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html design.google.com projectara.com DESIGN.GOOGLE.COM CELEBRATES ITS DESIGN CULTURE GOOGLE VENTURES DESIGN TEAM PIONEERED DESIGN IN VC MATERIAL DESIGN LANGUAGE’S IMPACT IS HUGE GOOGLE CREATIVE LABS / CHROME EXPERIMENTS / 30 WEEKSGOOGLE ATAP PROJECT ARA “Significant investment in design in the last few years. With examples like Material Design and Inbox, they appear to be taking a solid stab at solving old problems with innovative design.” “The shift from design as an afterthought to design as a central driving force has unbelievably fast and seems to have touched just about all of their products.” — via KPCB Design, Product, Engineering Leader Study 29
  • 30. We surveyed over 50 design, engineering and product leaders. They were asked to list two public companies that valued design. Other companies that came up include Nike, Virgin, Porsche, Target, Disney. Factors that Contribute to Perception of Great Design Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @jshoee Talent Willing to Invest Exec/Board Support Innovation Strategic Known to attract rockstar design talent. Design is seen as a profit center. CEO, executive team and board value design. Design is a central driving force for product strategy; not an afterthought. Design drives innovation. FACEBOOK GOOGLE APPLE GOOGLE FACEBOOK IBM NETFLIX SQUARE TESLA APPLE GOOGLE FACEBOOK SQUARE APPLE GOOGLE TESLA APPLE GOOGLE FACEBOOK SQUARE TESLA 30
  • 31. Thinking critically about design means considering the broader human impact of a product and service that goes beyond profitability. The next generations of designers aspire to design a world that reimagines the status quo with empathy for their fellow human beings. Instead of seeing diversity as a problem that needs solving, designing for inclusion is both an economic opportunity and cultural responsibility. 4 Design Quality is to Caring 31
  • 32. Artists and designers have a history of copying each other (think evolution and gene mutations), but given the Apple vs Samsung (2012) case, the value of the appearance of a product/service is increasing. Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery. But When is Copying Okay? Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @kildall @BryanJCera @thefashionlaw @museummodernart @DIESEL @USPTO polyvore.com/diesel_tharia_repeat_print_logo/thing?id=1927688 fortune.com/2015/08/19/apple-patents-rounded-corners/ kildall.com/project/chess-with-mustaches/ thefashionlaw.com/home/herms-awarded-design-patent-for-sneakers moma.org/collection/artists/30299 uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/statistics usa.hermes.com/man/ shoes/sneakers/lions/configurable-product-z-menshoes-lions-79621.html 0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Design Utility An Innocent Homage to a great artist … brilliantly becomes “Chess with Mustaches” as a parody art by Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera as available to anyone on Thingiverse to 3D print. An idea I had twenty years ago has been used twice by Diesel, as in this newer Diesel Thalia Repeat Print Logo T-Shirt via Polyvore 3-year Rolling Average of Percentage of Change in Number of Design Patents vs Utility Patents Filed Design Patent application files have been increasing faster than utility patent applications. But utility patents generally outnumber design patents by eight times. In fashion, design patents have been common. Just take a look at the law case where Louboutin won and you can know the stakes are high. US Patent D618,677 laid a claim on the famous “rounded corners” matter in a design patent dispute in 2012 between Apple and Samsung, winning Apple a nearly $1B jury award. CHESS WITH MUSTACHES AND PARODY / KILDALL + CERA DESIGN PATENTS SAMSUNG V APPLE PATENT DISPUTE 32 USPTO D746029 Hermès Lions sneakers awarded December 29, 2015 via @thefashionlaw
  • 33. " The 1920s “purchase funnel” model persists with two differences: 1. the immediacy with which a purchase can be made from a smartphone 2. the ease by which a recurring purchase can be setup as a subscription. There’s a line. Ethical Questions Are Embedded in How We Design For ADDICTION Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @harrybr @marcmiquel @jeremy74 @joffley ethnographymatters.net/blog/2015/02/09/the-addiction-algorithm/ marketing-made-simple.com/articles/purchase-funnel.htm http://darkpatterns.org/ “A Dark Pattern is an interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.” darkpattern.org • Bait and Switch • Misdirection • Trick Questions • Disguised Ads • Faraway Bill • Forced Continuity • Hidden Costs It’s a little unrealistic to ask designers to not lead with the products and experiences that increase the bottom line and retain attention the best.” - Natasha Dow Schull The Holy Grail: Subscription Purchasing • Sneak into Basket • Forced Disclosure • Friend Spam • Road Block • Roach Motel ... AWARENESS OPINION CONSIDERATION PREFERENCE PURCHASE ADDICTION BY DESIGN Machine Gambling in Las Vegas Natasha Dow Schüll Princeton University Press, September 2012 Winner, Sharon Stephens Prize, American Ethnological Association 33 “
  • 34. Mango Health uses gamification techniques to make the routine of taking your medication more fun and interesting, ultimately affecting standard engagement, adherence to drug regimens, and clinical outcomes over time. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @avivgilboa @mangohealth @michelleskimo @joberfest @FastCompany Lynne Chou fastcoexist.com/1681727/mango-healths-quest-to-turn-taking-your-pills-into-a-game/1 twitter.com/johnmaeda/status/589071088832749568 However, in the Health-Tech Arena, Some Addiction Is Good. By Design. In the U.S., 75% of adults don’t take medications as prescribed. The result is a $300 billion burden on the health care system. Mango Health’s app aims to change that.” —Ariel Schwartz @fastcompany Mango Health’s first hire was a designer. Points and Leveling. 93% of users said they were likely to keep using the app. Spontaneous Rewards. Users rack up points that can unlock the chance to win rewards (i.e. a giftcard from Target). Social Comparison. 84% said they are likely to recommend the app to friends and family. 34 “ “CEO’s first hire”
  • 35. The groundbreaking work of the UK’s GDS team and the rescue of healthcare.gov have spurred a movement to build a 21st century digital government in the U.S. This has led to similar efforts in Australia and New Zealand. PUBLIC SECTOR Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @justinsayarath @johnmaeda @benterrett @gdsteam @usds @latimes @18f gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/10/23/how-digital-and-technology-transformation-saved-1-7bn-last-year/ gds.blog.gov.uk/about/ whitehouse.gov/digital/united-states-digital-service latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-mn-obama-pushes-for-tech-at-sxsw-20160311-story.html 18f.gsa.gov/ whitehouse.gov/digital/ united-states-digital-service “The reason I’m here is to recruit all of you. We can start coming up with new platforms across disciplines and across skill sets to solve some of the big problems we’re facing today.” — President Barack Obama / SXSW 2016 Savings generated by one year of work by the UK’s GDS at a cost of £58 million as reported in 2015. That’s an impressive ROI of 27.3X. Adding in the two years prior, GDS has achieved a savings of £3.56 billion for the UK government by bringing the science and art of digital service design to the government and citizens. 18F, the U.S Federal Govt’s Digital Consultancy Launched draft of U.S. Web Design Standards - open source UI components and visual style guides to create consistent and beautiful UX across government websites. USDS, product teams embedded in the Govt Actively recruiting product designers and engineers to transform the way government works. Teams tackle big problems in healthcare, student loans, veteran affairs, etc. Design Is Being Put to Use In The £1.7billion 35
  • 36. 5 other design-focused security startups in addition to Area1 include Better Cloud, Ionic Security, ProtectWise, Red Canary, SentinelOne according to security experts. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @airbnb @jgebbia @area1security @orenfalkowitz @helloalfred @MsSapone @patrickmankins @johnmaeda @bjorn fastcodesign.com/3047500/can-we-design-trust-between-humans-and-artificial-intelligence august.com/ google.com/selfdrivingcar/ nest.com/ ted.com/talks/joe_gebbia_how_airbnb_designs_for_trust YO … If the purpose of smart systems is to make sophisticated subtle decisions so people don’t have to, it is pointless if people can’t trust them to do so. This means that crafting the relationship between people and the technology we use becomes as critical as building faster processors.” — Patrick Mankins / Fast Company Design is much more than objects. It’s the whole experience. Could we use design to create trust?” — Joe Gebbia / Co-Founder / Airbnb HOST ACCEPTANCE VS MESSAGE LENGTH BIASING TOWARDS VALUABLE RATINGS AND REVIEWS Design’s Fundamental Impact Rests In The Ability to ENGENDER TRUST Security is messy. With design we’re able to transform chaos into insight and change outcomes. It's how we change our angle of vision on a vastly complicated problem.” — Oren Falkowitz / Co-Founder & CEO / Area 1 @ KP Security Salon Alfreds are in your home. So we had to design a brand that you really ****ing trust.” — Marcela Sapone / Co-Founder & CEO / Alfred @ SXSW 2016 BIASING TOWARDS CLEARER CYBERSECURITY REPORTING BIASING TOWARDS THE FIRST IMPRESSION AS WHAT MATTERS 36 “ “ “ “
  • 37. The younger generation tends to brings us back to the sense of hope that we all need for the future, but with a critical eye. And a willingness to do the hard work to make the world a better place by design. Source // @kpcb @EdelmanPR @soengle @siranachronist @uxdiogenes @nicksantos @kat__ely @designuxui @microsoftdesign @kpcbfellows medium.com/hh-design/introducing-blind-by-design-520d9890809e#.rm3fq83fv kpcbfellows.com/challenges edelman.com/insights/intellectual-property/2015-edelman-trust-barometer/global-results/ edelman.com/insights/intellectual-property/2016-edelman-trust-barometer/global-results/ medium.com/medium-eng/five-goofy-things-medium- did-that-break-accessibility-3bc804ae818d#.yxwmejg6r medium.com/hh-design/the-world-is-designed-for-men-d06640654491#.xfgr8p0vv medium.com/tragic-design/how-bad-ux-killed-jenny-ef915419879e#.kkndtoh7y microsoft.com/en-us/design Designers Seek The Truth Through Broadened Discourse EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER 2015 / 2016 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS ROUNDUP BY STEPHANIE ENGLE AND CHEN YE #BUILDFORGOOD @KPCBFELLOWS In 2015, the KPCB Fellows Program launched #BuildforGood challenges are posed at collegiate hackathons across the country, the hope is to inspire and help promote hacking/building things that make an impact and that matter. 50% 39% 36% 59% 45% 40% 37 Q330-331 “For which of the following reasons, if any, has your trust in each institution decreased over the past year?” 1 Fails to contribute to the greater good 2 Lacks economic growth 3 No public service Q328-329 “For which of the following reasons, if any, has your trust in each institution increased over the past year? 1 Produce economic growth 2 Contributes to the greater good 3 Allows me to be a productive member of society Q353 “From the list below, what do you believe are the top three drivers of change in business and industry?” 1 Technology 2 Business Growth Targets 3 Greed / Money 4 Personal Ambition 5 Improve People’s Lives 6 Make the World a Better Place 70% 66% 54% 35% 30% 24%
  • 38. In the kids games category, Toca is the leader with significantly higher revenue within the past year and more than 5x downloads at peak than traditionally “gendered” games Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes and Sweet Shop by American Girl. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @alicerawsthorn @aigadesign @tocaboca @justinsayarath eyeondesign.aiga.org/can-design-be-genderless/ tocaboca.com/app/toca-hair-salon-2/ TOP PERFORMERS IN PAID APPS FOR KIDS Products Designed With More Inclusive Biases Can Be More Profitable AIGA NEWS iOS App Highest Peak Download Day via AppAnnie TOCA CHARACTERS ARE GENDERLESS “Design has to find new ways of enabling individuals to express an increasingly fluid and nuanced multiplicity of gender identities, not just in fashion and graphics, but in objects, spaces, software, and so on.” — @alicerawsthorn JA N 2015 A PR 2015 JU L 2015 O C T 2015 50K 25K 0K iOS App Store Revenue per month in USD net of platform commission via AppAnnie 14689downloads on peak day 2581 1159 *V1 launched 11/30/12 *V1 launched 6/19/13 *V1 launched 12/19/14 38 downloads on peak day downloads on peak day
  • 39. Underserved markets aren’t necessarily small markets. Some of the best designers in the world are taking on these challenges. Trust *can* exist in a world where money is made and social transformation happens at the same time. It is possible. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @cbinsights @bevel @tristanwalker @littleBits @ayahbdier@grindr @progyny @justinsayarath @johnmaeda techcrunch.com/2014/10/02/glow-gets-17-million-in-series-b-funding-from-formation-8-founders-fund-and-andreesen-horowitz/ fortune.com/2015/08/05/uber-of-fertility/ usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/09/28/tristan-walker-bevel-funding-target-stores-magic-johnson-andre-iguodala-walker-company-brands/72838894/ bothsidesofthetable.com/ 2016/02/09/the-one-video-every-silicon-valley-investor-should-watch/#.VsO7K04CFfQ.facebook google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=mitu%20fundraise newsroom.uber.com/us-illinois/uberaccess-expanding-transportation-options/ An Inclusive PERSPECTIVE Enables Reimagining The Startup Ecosystem GENDERLESS STEM TOYS Toolkit for electronic construction that carries no gender biases, as designed by MIT-trained CEO Ayah Bdeir and her LittleBits team. Raised 59 million as of 2016 GAY SOCIAL NETWORK The world’s largest gay social network allowing for a community that is often “invisible” to connect with each other. Top paid app in social networking category led by Joel Simkhai. Kunlun bought 60% stake for $93M in 2016 ELDERLY CARE Care service and platform allowing for the elderly community to age gracefully and comfortably in their own homes led by CEO Seth Sternberg. Raised 20 million as of 2016 SKINCARE NEEDS Shaving system for people with coarse or curly hair, with recent addition of an electric trimmer with an elegant design, led by CEO Tristan Walker and Walker & Co Team. Raised 33 million as of 2016 EGG FREEZING First company to provide access to high quality fertility doctors, fertility health digital platform and plans for elective egg freezing, IVF treatment and tests led by CEO Gina Bartasi. Raised 34 million as of 2016 39
  • 40. Much of what we see in the #DesignInTech space was born in the research community over multiple decades. What’s being built by the startup ecosystem and large corporations today strongly indicates the balance of power has shifted away from academia. We must consciously invest in education to develop a more hybrid perspective on creativity in the 21st century: Technology x Business x Design. President Obama’s signing of ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) into law in 2015 is a positive sign: by turning STEM into STEAM (adding Art) in K-12 education as a US priority. 5 Final Thoughts 40
  • 41. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @carnegiemellon @bradamyers @theatlantic @mit cs.cmu.edu/~amulet/papers/uihistory.tr.html theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ “Consider a future device for individual use, … a sort of mechanized private file and library … in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, … consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility.” — Vannervar Bush 1945 @MIT 44. Sutherland, I.E. "SketchPad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System," 08. Engelbart, D. and English, W., "A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect." 52. Williams, G., "The Apple Macintosh Computer." Byte 49. van Dam, A., et al. "A Hypertext Editing System for the 360," 05. Buxton, W., et al. "Towards a Comprehensive User Interface Management System," 04. Bush, V., "As We May Think." The Atlantic Monthly If You’re Looking For Ideas, Just Look Back A Decade or Four or Five. 1945 1983 1994 /1968 1963 1969 1984 41
  • 42. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @carnegiemellon @bradamyers @medialab @ITP_NYU cs.cmu.edu/~amulet/papers/uihistory.tr.html theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ And Look A Bit Harder. You’ll Find Some Truly Interesting People Along The Way If I may add a few of my favorites … Nicholas Negroponte The Architecture Machine 1973 Brenda Laurel Computer as Theatre 1991 Donald Norman The Psychology of Everyday Things 1988 Richard Saul Wurman Technology Entertainment Design 1984 Muriel Cooper MIT Media Lab Visible Language Workshop Red Burns NYU Tisch School Interactive Telecommunication Program Gillian Crampton-Smith Royal College of Art Computer-Related Design and Ivrea Institute Joy Mountford Apple Human Interface Group Interval, Yahoo!, Akamai MORE SEMINAL BOOKS/FIGURES WRT #DESIGNINTECH A FEW KEY #DESIGNINTECH PIONEERS 42
  • 43. The Startup Ecosystem Feels A Lot Like The New Graduate School Paul Graham / YCAnthoy Frasier Buildup.VC KPCB Ventured Founders Collective Carpool.VC Hallway Chat First Round Capital Muzzammil Zaveri + Arielle Zuckerberg WHY TEXT-BASED INTERFACES? Zero (or minimal) front-end design Consistent/up-to-date experience across all platforms Users don’t have to download/install another app Onboarding is easy Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech All links are inline. 43
  • 44. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @medialab @oculus @creativemornings web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED1-06.html But Everything We Only Believed Had Happened, Is Finally Happening 25years 23years ARTS TECH MOBILE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INTERNET OF THINGS ON DEMAND DRONES SHARING ECONOMY VIRTUAL REALITY BITCOIN Message: 6 Date: 11.1.93 From: Nicholas Negroponte To: WIRED Subject: Virtual Reality: Oxymoron or Pleonasm? VR Then and Now Neophytes have a mistaken sense that VR is very new because the press just learned about it. It is not. Almost 25 years ago, Ivan Sutherland developed, with support from ARPA, the first surprisingly advanced VR system. … BECAUSE ART IS HOW WE CAN SEE/FEEL THE FUTURE THE MIT MEDIA LAB BLURRED ART AND TECHNOLOGY Oculus Bi-Molecule, 1.0 44
  • 45. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @medialab @mit_ishii @googleatap vimeo.com/79179138 web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED1-06.html What To Look Forward To? What Is Coming? Atoms Will Behave Like Bits. MIT MEDIA LAB / HIROSHI ISHII / TANGIBLE MEDIA GOOGLE ATAP / IVAN POUPYREV / PROJECT SOLI: EXPANDING INTERACTION VOLUME 45
  • 46. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @americans4thearts @naea @johnmaeda @sunilmahotra @danharrelson ed.gov/essa?src=rn Technology, Business, Design is About Hybridity = Always New Possibilities ON DEC 10, 2015, STEM OFFICIALLY BECOMES STEAM (ADDING ART TO STEM EDUCATION) “Arts and music education are specified as eligible uses for new, state-administered ‘Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants’ including support for the arts in STEM education.” —@naea, December 10, 2015 ARTS TECH Bi-Molecule, 1.0 BECAUSE ART IS HOW WE CAN SEE/FEEL THE FUTURE AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS CAN USE A LITTLE MAGIC AND HE(ART) DESIGN TECH BUSINESS Tri-Molecule, 2.0 is To Be Determined … 46
  • 47. The two growing categories of “designers” are those coming from Business and Technology. The three categories above are co-dependent — you must embrace at least two of these categories in order to win in this century. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design There Are Three Kinds of Design At Play. We Need To Be Specific. Scale DESIGN CLASSICAL DESIGN there’s a right way to make what is perfect, crafted, and complete Driver / the Industrial Revolution, and prior to that at least a few millennia of ferment. BUSINESS DESIGN THINKING because execution has outpaced innovation, and experience matters TECHNOLOGY COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN designing for billions of people and in realtime, is at scale and TBD Driver / the need to innovate in relation to individual customer needs requires empathy. Driver / the impact of Moore’s Law, mobile computing, and the latest tech paradigms. 47 (individual)
  • 48. Source //@kpcb #DesignInTech Engineers are efficient problem solvers. Business people think short term. Designers want things to be elegant and beautiful. All three need to create collaboration and harmony, and honor the value each other brings. There needs to be a new kind of ‘multi-dimensional’ approach to design that is yet to be invented.” —Linda Holliday / @lmholliday 2016 Design, Product and Engineering Leaders Surveyed // Alex Schleifer, Alok Damireddy, Amir Pirnia, Brandon Velestuk, Catherine Courage, Cap Watkins, Ciara Peter, David Nguyen, Ding Zhou, Frank Yoo, Ivan Bercovich, Jackie Goldberg, Jason Fischl, Jennifer Etter, Jesse Harding, Jim Fulker, Joe Xavier, Joey Cordes, Jon Lax, Kara McCain, Josh Abrams, Kurt Varner, Larry Chen, Louise Briguglio, Marcus Hanson, Mark Bauer, Maria Latushkin, Margret Schmidt, Maria Giudice, Matt MacQueen, Megs Fulton, Mike Kruzeniski, Moxie Wanderlust, Paco Vinoly, Raphael Grignani, Randy J. Hunt, Reshma Mehta, Raylene Yung, Rich Gioscia, Rochelle King, Rose Yao, Sash Catanzarite, Tara Larivee, Tim McCoy, Travis Roger, Vaibhav Nivargi, Wes Donohoe. 2016 #DesignInTech Survey Participants (updated March 6, 2016) // Diego Rodriguez, Roman Luba, jonah houston, John Cleere, Alok Jain, Steve Hoyt, Alan Joseph Williams, JB Chaykowsky, Dave Malouf, Reed Reibstein, Brian Fidler, Brandon E.B. Ward, Jill Imani, Keith, Victor Bercaru, Julia Stanescu, Knut Graf, Bryan Ku, Christina Elder, John du Pre Gauntt, Jean-Paul Haire, Larissa Bemis, renée berry, Amanda Noonan, Heather King, 8 Inc., Nick Ellem, Dan Malarkey, Phil Johnston, Dolly Parikh, Jose Coronado, Imanzah Nurhidayat, Lin Wang, Nate Roberts, Justin Meyers, Michael K. Dawson, Chris Chiusano, Sean Warsaw, Tomáš Zeman, Christine Ying, Brian Rs Ward, Kermit Stevenson, Ahmed B. Arshad, Abbas Meerani, Jeffrey Tjendra, Luis M. Rodriguez, Ramin, Martini, Daniel Borg, Bradley Strong, Craig Frazier, Dale Morris, Satyam Kantamneni, Kara Pastour, Bill Bulman, Brandon J. Kim, Mariano SuarezBattan, Andy McDonald, Abby Oldham, Parag Patil, Scott Phelps, Riccie Janus, Leslie Muller, Gabriel Bertot, Tejas Bhalerao, Caswell Saunders, Karen Donoghue, Jin Ah Lee, Arianna Orland, Glen Barry, gerry blakney, Scott Poole, Bryan Sattler, Gene Moy, Hervé Collignon, Jamie Cabaccang, Rowena Westphalen, Test, German Fernandez, Henry Hyunrok Sung, Ivan Bercovich, Helmut Ramsauer, Paolo Villacarlos, Jeff Lin, Eric Park, Hans von Franz, Venky Ramachandran, Laurie Iwami, Geneviève, Pål Heick, Bobby March, yoon ho choi, Aaron Gleen, Linn Shuo-Ling Huang, Nick Lee, Harrison Telyan, Damian Borchok, Terry Tucker, Zishan Mohammad, Annie M Hayward, Wilbert Baan, Amal Tiwari, Jan GLAS, Maria, Roland Sailer, Kapil, May O. Caballero, Volker, Sofia Castelli, Giovanni Luperti, Gianfranco Fagotto, Diogo Henriques, Mateo Singapore, Kleber Oliveira, Dimitrios Niavis, Malte Nuhn, Jeroen Frumau, Julian Koschwitz, Guillaume Abel, Sumana behara, Dean Kakridas, Keri Borkowicz, Karoline K, Theophilus Thomas, Samujjal Purkayastha, Ceasar McDowell, Alberto Villarreal, Micah Walter, Jamila Breese, Massimo Curatella, Luis F Rios, James Nash, Daniel Bok-Man Ng, Matt Deming, Jeff Eckman, Jeff Rubingh, Gisele Kirtley, Bill Tarbell, Jason Armstrong, Aleconfa, Daniel André Groh, AJ Kotval, Jennifer Milne, Marlen Promann, Jason Scott, Reem Gamil, John Bagby, Atin Mittra, Christianne Molina, Davide Barni, Meeta Mathur, Amit wadhe, Adam Williams, Bob Baxley, Andy VanSolkema, Charles Stromeyer Jr, Giulia Biamino, Mart Maasik, Victor Baroli, Andri Kristinsson, Jenn Kuca, Marin Licina, Emily Chong (frog), Giulia Nicolosi, Brian Hauch, Sarah Lance, Vineet Gupta, Diana Blair, Tino Klaehne, Nelson Wah, f.milanesio, Sally D'Angelo, Vijay Balijaypalli, Nunix Wini Frentyna, Robert Gallerani, Pierre Granier, Benjamin Fels, Imran Maskatia, Andrea Osti, Amanda Marx, Jay Fichialos, Hunter Marshall, Kirk Cornelius, Yang Dan, Olympia Datta, Michael Tinstman, Neal Osotio, Jan Sauer, Christian Talmage, Umair Khan, uzair, Andrea Trninic, Paresh Ladd, Damien Newman, Prakaash Selvaraj, Matt MacQueen, Eric Li, Sanny, Vikram Rajagopalan, Aditya, Chen Ye, Connor Lin, Cecilia Bodin, Josh Lee, Stephanie Engle, Helen C, Kathy Li, Joan DiMicco, Jennifer Cardello, Bic, Andres, Jason Sack, Toni Sokura, Kevin Bethune, Benedikt Lehnert, Eric Johnson, Mario Delgado, Peter Cho, Chuck Liu, Don Lindsay, Daniel Chaparro, Susana R de T, ds, Tak Okamoto, Inês Bravo, Peter, RISD, Seattle, Fayssal Loussaief, Priscilla Leung, James Nash, Gianfranco, martand, Patañjali Chary, Federico Carlini, Bryan Ku, vandy meares, lin wang, Ramin, Giovanni Magnani, Andreas Andreopoulos, Aniruddha Kadam, Jose Coronado, Edward J. Achtner, Fayaz Ashraf, Cristobal Alvarez, Sandi Harrison, BC Krishna, lgalli, Genesse Rosal, Tao, Addy, Jose Fernandez, Marco Huerta, jeffrey m., Caswell Saunders, Kartik Poria, SK, David Mountain, Jason Prunty, Anonymous, Cuco Vega, Federico Hernandez-R, Ryan MacLean, Michelle Arrieta, Hrag Nassanian, Ángel Romero, Shawn Berven, Nick Lee, Matt MacQueen, Justin Meyers, Chris Baier, Roberto Manzari, Humberto Sacco, Roland Sailer, alex, Michael Mallari, Samira Rahimi, KC Chan-Herur, Dr Aseel Bin Sawad, Ali Sarwat Hussain, Alberto Escarlate, J.B. Chaykowsky, Dave Schlafman, Elizabeth Eadie, Kovacs LLC, F.F, Stuart Griffiths, Annu, Michael Flynn, Nathaniel Axios, Simon O', Alma Hoffmann, Leslie Muller, Todd Wood, Boy, Jake Mendel, Jonathan Arena, Xinzhi Jiao, Pete, Pjog, mehdizare, Enrique Von Rohr, Vinay Rao, Ryan Mather, annymous, Ayan, Vivek Mohan, AJ Kotval, Emma Crowe, Richard Stewart, Guy, german fernandez, Vincent Hiroz, May O. Caballero, Lara Hanlon, Hamidreza YADEGARI, Sara, Dano, Shweta Chaudhary, Shu Lai, Pénélope RM, Miraze, Marita Sorsamäki, Tim Heiler, Troels Nørlem, Prasanna Reddy, Michele, John Cleere, outsa, Goril, Stefan Liute, Radu Dandu, Giuseppe Magnani, İrem Küçükali, Bi, Ali Khan, Ning, Alfonso Tambunan, Rie Norregaard, Agnese I, Anthony D'Ugo, Vincent Garcia, Tom Berno, Daniel Braun, Koichiro Eto, Nicolas, Kristen Spilman, @chadengle, George Arriola, Van Rais, Srinivasan, Paul Pinard, guillaume, Missy Kelley, Moaaz, Josh Stein, Kel, @stooodley, Jenny Gyllander, Scott Phelps, Justin Calles, Raghav, Michael Owens, Andrea, Vijay Patel, Charles Windlin, Linda R. Moss, Paul Yarin, Ryan Phillips, mark, Jim Hanley, Ian, your mom, Zoe, Vikram Rajagopalan, George, Valeska O'Leary, Carissa Chan, DOPESAUCE, Jasper Liu, Justin Gignac, Dennis Rosenfeld, interesting survey, Satyam Kantamneni, David Kong, Mariano SuarezBattan, Henry Mbayen, Lorenzo Wood, Marek Pawlowski, Iñaki Remiro, Anders Hansen, AYSENAZ, Nijomi, Jeremy Johnson, Jarquin Miguel, Chris R, Angelia, Dorelle Rabinowitz, james ennis, Juan Carlos Gavino, KG, Robson P. Mendonça, vivia liu, Kharis O'Connell, K. Andras, Akriti Vora, Jeff Groves, linlin pan, Ben Smith, Brian Beaver, Stefano Boscutti, Jae Um, Ben Bird, Imran, Rivo, Samujjal Purkayastha, Michele Salmi, Inés Peláez, Amit Richard, Tulus, Tim P. McCollum, Bryan Sattler, Eric Whewell, Jorge, MV, ticaro, Youngkwang Cho, Reiko Morrison, Shane Morgenstern, Asis Panda, Isaac, Ikky, Juan wendeus, Allen Smith, Jorge jimenez, Charles Jok, Gardenia Flores, ande la monica, Richard Morin, yara khoury, consumer 143,362,977, Ashish Sharma, Bruno Duarte, ok, alexandra araujo, Elio Cicala, John W. Hart, John Scheers, Casey, Charles H Warren, Velda Foster, Aaron Powers, Christopher tumaghap, Mei, Frances Soong, Ryan Stacy, Lisa Aufox, Jennifer Wibowo, Shirley Wu, Sanny, Sarah Wohl, John Ferrigan, Mikael Kristianslund, Hi, Nick Shank, Brandon Brown, Mitchell Bernstein, Ingrid Lange, RISD, Benjamin Vimont, Fran Motta, Nikia Hill, Cory Maryott, Linn Shuo-Ling Huang, Burin Asavesna, Matt C, Greg More, Ty Hatch, Terry Tucker, Adam Chaloeicheep, Maria Matveeva, Nick Wittwer, Carlos Muñoz, Mayank Khanna, Kurt Pelzer, Marina Kong, Alexander Tran, Vanika Nain, Kemal Akbay, anonymous, Joel Aguero, Andy Lin, Julian 2o5 Keefe, Nathan Garvie, T, Paul Bouisset, Kit Grose, Adarsh Moda, Ben Ginger, Nate Navasca, Marten Kuipers, Rebecca Torbochkin, Jocelyn Lui, Emanuele Bianchi, Gloria Chua, Orlando, Aj, Maheen Sohail, Stefania, Luis Frias, Dani Nordin, Mohit, Alberto Moro, Xanat Vargas Meza, Chris LaRoche, Msr, Chuck Ruud, Kebei Li, Johanna Evans, Julia Solano, Aaron Brako, Esben Gimbel, Michael Brooks, Andrea, Fust, Alison Austin, John von Buelow, Martin Lopez Diaz, Jr., John Bagby, Juliette Weiss, Connor Lin, Scott McManigal, Jye, Matt Safian, Swapnil, Vedashree Bankar, Fazal Ahmed, Anshul Singh, Stacy Chiou (RISD), Sarah Wedge, Michele Clarke, Jerry 2015 Design Leaders Surveyed // Clare Corthell, Deena Rosen, Parul Vora, Analia Ibargoyen, Jennifer Etter, Sarah Alpern, Kaaren Hanson, Fernanda Viegas, Kristy Tillman, Valerie Casey, Angel Steger, Karin Fong, Dawn Danby, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Jules Pieri, Sally Carson, Megs Fulton, Kegan Schouwenburg, Maria Giudice, Lindsay Mindler, Sarah M Oppelt, Candice Tse, Catherine Courage, Juliana Rotich, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Margret Schmidt, Helen Walters, Jeniece Primus, Nancy Duarte, Rochelle King, Cat Noone, Scott Dadich, John Maeda, David Schultz, Matias Duarte, Morgan Knutson, Alex Tam, Diogenes Brito, Dave Evans, Etan Lightstone, Peter Cho, Gentry Underwood, Dave Young, Johnnie Manzari, Marcos Ojeda, Ian Storm Taylor, Dan Harrelson, Tad Toulis, Max Gunawan, Doug VanderMolen, Chris Robinson, Randy J. Hunt, Dantley Davis, Chris Moeller, Jason Mayden, Joe Gebbia, Brian Schmitt, Mark Bauer, Damian Madray, Sean McLeary, Darren Chan, Jesse Harding, John Cary, Ethan Bodnar, Harold Hambrose, Wesley Yun, Rich Gioscia, Randall Hom, Uday Gajendar, Matthew Beebe, Dave Lippman, Jesse Pollak, Martin Wattenberg, Ronald Ro, Phil Gilbert, Andrew Hessel, David Dat Nguyen, Moses Ting, Jonathan Chen, Ivan Bercovich, Harper Reed, Kelly Sutton, Alessandro Sabatelli, Raphael Schaad, Donnie Dinch, Tim McCoy, Sash Catanzarite, Matt MacQueen, Marcos Weskamp, Ethan Trask, Bob Baxley, Justin Maxwell, Jonathan Lieberman, Mark Kawano, Tyler Murphy, Cap Watkins, Gilles Poupardin, Dominique Leca, Mike Davidson, Osandi, Scott Belsky, Michael Owens, Andrew Crow, Doug Evans, Sahil Lavingia, Brian C. McDonald, Stefan Klocek, Koen Bok, Raghava KK, Brandon Velestuk 48 “
  • 49. Sand Hill Road Headquarter Sand Hill Road DISCLOSURE This presentation has been compiled for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a solicitation or an offer to buy or sell securities in any entity. The presentation relies on data and insights from a wide range of sources, including public and private companies, market research firms, and industry professionals. We cite specific sources where data are public; the presentation is also informed by non-public information and insights. This is the second publication of the Design In Tech report. We will post any updates revisions or clarifications on the KPCB website. KPCB is a venture capital firm that owns significant equity positions in certain of the companies referenced in the presentation, including those at kpcb.com/companies. 49