Bill Moggridge is a cofounder of IDEO, a global design consultancy, creating impact through design. A Royal Designer for Industry, Bill designed the world´s first laptop computer. He pioneered interaction design and is one of the first people to integrate human factors into the design of software and hardware.  He has been a trustee of the Design Museum; Visiting Professor in Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art in London, Lecturer in Design at the London Business School and a member of the Steering Committee for the Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, Italy.   He is currently Consulting Associate Professor in the design program at Stanford University.  He served as Congress Chair for CONNECTING’07, the Icsid/IDSA World Design Congress held in San Francisco in October 2007.

His book, DVD and website Designing Interactions (www.designinginteractions.com) tells the story of how interaction design is transforming our daily lives; it is available from The MIT Press. He is currently working on another book, Designing Media, which examines the connections between traditional mainstream media and the emerging digital realm. 

Chronology

1969 Founded Industrial Design firm in London

 1970 Design for a microscope, winner of British Design Council Award
1971 Set up model making and prototyping team
1972 Design of mini computer for Computer Technology Limited
1973 Space heater for Hoover featured on front cover of Design Magazine
1974 Appointed advisor to the British government about design education

1975 Added Mechanical Engineering / Data Entry workstation for ITT in Spain
1976 Retained by ITT for the design of telephones in Europe, working in 10 countries
1977 Appointed ID course assessor by the Council of National Academic Awards
1978 Served as Honorary secretary of CSD (Chartered Society of Designers)
1979 Opened second office in San Francisco

1980 Designed GRiD Compass computer, the first laptop, winner of several awards
1981 Installed first CAD workstation for engineering design
1982 Appointed lecturer for Stanford product design program
1983 Designed Laser System (IDEA award) and telephones (ID award)
1984 Designed Word processor, Computer System, and Printer, all winning ID awards

1985 Developed Innovation Strategy process with Xerox program
1986 Started Interaction Design for the design of software
1987 Added Human Factors professionals to the team
1988  Appointed Royal Designer for Industry (RDI)
1989 Developed process for Innovation with NEC in Japan

1990 Appointed trustee of the Design Museum, London
1991  Formed IDEO, joining with David Kelley Design and Matrix
1992 Senior Fellow Royal College of Art (London)
1993 Appointed Visiting Professor in Interaction Design at RCA (Royal College of Art)
1994 Opened IDEO Tokyo 

1995 Started making documentary videos
1996 Design Group of the Year - Design Zentrum, Essen
1997 Future of Work program with Steelcase
1998 AXIS magazine cover interview
1999 Established IDEO-U, to teach innovative design processes

2000 Conference presentations and teaching; planning for CONNECTING’07
2001 Established IDEO Know How, to help IDEO people with the way they work
2002 Interviewed opinion leaders about Interaction Design around the world
2003 Joined Steering Committee for the Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, Italy
2004 Appointed Design Advisor to Tesla Motors

2005 Appointed Consulting Associate Professor in the Joint Program in Design at Stanford
2006 Publication of Designing Interactions, a book, DVD and website from the MIT Press
2007 Congress Chair for CONNECTING’07 World Design Congress in San Francisco
2008 Conference presentations, interviews for Designing Media (next book)