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It's official. Bill Moggridge, co-founder of IDEO and general force for good in design, has been named Director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Great news for for design lovers (and design!), here's a quick couple paragraphs from the press release:

Moggridge, 66, describes his career as having three phases, first as a designer, second as a leader of design teams and third as a communicator. For the first two decades as a designer, he developed his business internationally in 10 countries, designing high-tech products, including the Grid Compass, the first laptop computer. With the co-founding of IDEO in 1991, he turned his focus to developing practices for interdisciplinary teams and built client relationships with multinational companies. Since 2000, he has been a spokesperson for the value of design in everyday life, writing books, producing videos, giving presentations and teaching.

"This is an enormous honor and opportunity for me," said Moggridge. "It is deeply satisfying that design is being embraced today as a way to tackle many of the complex challenges facing business and society. In my new role as director of Cooper-Hewitt, I aim to communicate its impact and relevance in everyday life to inspire people's interest, understanding and engagement with all disciplines of design."

Read the whole thing here. Congrats Bill!

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