industrial design design strategy service design sustainable design software engineering electrical engineering mechanical engineering founded 1983 headquarters boston massachusetts usa key people gianfranco zaccai co founder president & chief design officer carmencita bua coo giovanni divaio chief talent officer greg crook cfo number of employees 200 2008 website continuuminnovation.com continuum is an innovation design consultancy based in boston massachusetts with other offices in los angeles milan shanghai and seoul . the company draws upon deep expertise human understanding and global awareness to develop products services and experiences that improve people s lives around the world . 1 the company was founded in boston as design continuum in 1983 . 2 their goal was simple to design products for businesses . since then the mission has grown to include strategy and brand services along with experience and product design . 3 the firm now employs approximately 200 people across its five offices . 3 the company has worked with clients in industries including health and medical financial services consumer products education retail and hospitality and social innovation . project work includes the swiffer for procter & gamble 4 the reebok pump 5 and the initial design direction for the mit media lab s 100 laptop . 6 the company has won over 200 design awards and filed more than 330 design and utility patents . 7 practitioners at the company have been featured in the book a whole new mind by daniel h. pink . 8 during the summer of 2007 the company hosted the finale of the pbs series design squad a show that encourages kids to explore design and engineering as a career path . 9 the los angeles office is housed in the former eames office on 901 abbot kinney venice . references edit continuum website continuum private company info a b hamm steve ; walters helen 2008 01 16 . masters of collaboration . business week . retrieved 2008 02 16 . nussbaum bruce 2004 05 17 . the power of design . business week . retrieved 2008 02 16 . dead link reebok pump one laptop per chid progress . olpc . archived from the original on 2008 02 06 . retrieved 2008 02 07 . 1 pink dan 2005 . a whole new mind . new york riverhead books . p. 97 . http pbskids.org designsquad challenges s1 ep13.html tv . boston pbs . external link in title help external links edit continuum website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title continuum design consultancy & oldid 724087046 categories industrial design firmsdesign companies of the united statescompanies based in massachusettshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2010cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 7 june 2016 at 02 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view