Design Continuum, now known as Continuum, is an innovation consultancy based in West Newton, Massachusetts. With associated offices in Milan, Italy and Seoul, Korea. The company specializes in consumer behavioral analysis, product design, environments, brand experience, and business strategy.
The company was founded in 1983 by Gianfranco Zaccai and Jerry Zindler in Boston Massachusetts, now employs approximately 150 people in the cross disciplinary team including anthropology, psychology, product behavior, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, graphic design, architectural design, industrial design, and business strategy.
Continuum has served clients in automotive, medical, financial, furniture, consumer electronics, apparel, house hold goods industries and even created categories. Prime examples are Reebok’s iconic Pump series in ’89, P&G’s original Swiffer, Pampers Cruisers, and lately, the $100 laptop for MIT Media Lab .
In 2005, the company was featured in NBC News The Today Show on The Idea Business investigating how the practitioners help businesses today create breakthrough innovations.
Practioners at the company have also been featured in the book A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink and Mavericks at Work authored by William C. Taylor.
- This article is about the promotional campaign. For the song by the band Orleans, see Still The One (song).
Still the One is a promotional campaign that has been used on several television networks around the world. The slogan was originated by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in 1977, and later adopted by the Nine Network in Australia, Channel 2 in New Zealand, as well as Sky Television (now British Sky Broadcasting) in the United Kingdom.
"Nanhai Chao" (), or "Southern Sea Tides", is a Cantonese song of sung by Overseas Chinese. Its melody is based on the folk songs of the boat people in the Pearl River Delta and its adjacent coasts.
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