"I met Steve Jobs soon after I started IDEO in 1978. He didn't have an internal design group, and so he was using people from the outside. He liked what he saw and we ended up doing 53 projects for Apple after that. The most impactful project that I think we ever did for Apple was the computer mouse. It's one of those great things where to see something adopted that quickly was really gratifying as a designer."
"I grew up in Barberton, Ohio, the Rust Belt of the country. As a kid, I was always tinkering. You know my grandfather was a machinist, and if you needed a part for the washing machine, you made a new one. When I first arrived at Stanford, I really didn't have any knowledge of what design was. Design was in the engineering school, but it was very human-centered, so that was a better fit for me."
David Kelley co-founded IDEO and collaborated with Apple beginning in 1978, contributing to products including the computer mouse and the Apple III chassis. Kelley grew up in Barberton, Ohio, learning hands-on problem solving from a machinist grandfather and tinkering with objects. Design education at Stanford emphasized human-centered approaches, aligning with his interest in understanding what matters to people. A diagnosis of throat cancer prompted him to pursue meaningful work and to teach. Kelley founded Stanford's d.school and focused on helping people gain confidence in their creative abilities, challenging the common belief that many are not creative.
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