Steven Bishop

Current

Global Lead, Design for Sustainability at IDEO
Adjunct Professor at Stanford University

Past

Steering Committee Appointee at City of Mountain View, Environmental Sustainability Task Force
Game Design at Electronic Arts
Founder, Director of User Experience at Terrascope

Producer at WorldView Systems/Travelocity

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Education

Stanford University
The University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University

Connections

173 connections

Industry

Design

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Steven Bishop’s Summary

Steve is a global lead of the Sustainability Domain at IDEO. In this role, he focuses on applying design thinking to the issues of sustainability for IDEO clients as well as IDEO itself. Having lead several projects, Steve’s experience ranges across several industries including automotive, energy, consumer products, and medical devices. He’s helped design high end award-winning office furniture, instrument panels for hybrid electric vehicles, and medical devices, for which he holds patents.

Since earning a Masters in Product Design from Stanford University, Steve has returned to teach design engineering. In 2007, he launched a new course at Stanford on design for sustainability. He has written articles for Harvard Business Review Online, Men’s Health, Rotman Magazine and others, and speaks regularly on the topic of sustainability at conferences and universities.

Steven Bishop’s Experience

Global Lead, Design for Sustainability

IDEO

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Design industry)

July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

- With core team, build pipeline, partnerships, and content
- Develop and lead high-impact client engagements
- Build capabilities that bring sustainability to all of IDEO
Adjunct Professor

Stanford University

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

- ME222: Graduate course on Design for Sustainability
- ME101: Core undergraduate course in design engineering, visual thinking, sketching and design process.
Steering Committee Appointee

City of Mountain View, Environmental Sustainability Task Force

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)

February 2008 — September 2008 (8 months)

A legislative body appointed by City Council to recommend achievable short-term and long-term community-wide actions to reduce green house gas emissions and create a sustainable environment.
Game Design

Electronic Arts

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Computer Software industry)

June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)

- Part of design team for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King game
- Designed architecture and flow for the game's front end UI
- Assisted with combat and control design for all game characters
Founder, Director of User Experience

Terrascope

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

February 1999 — June 2002 (3 years 5 months)

- Built client base for digital design firm. Clients included: USBank, Network Associates, Blue Nile, Miller Freeman, Select Comfort
- Established standard practices for design capabilities: Visual Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture
- Grew business to include backend database development
Producer

WorldView Systems/Travelocity

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

January 1997 — February 1999 (2 years 2 months)

Created and maintained online production standards for multiple travel Web sites including Travelocity, USAToday & Rand McNally

Additional Information

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Steven Bishop’s Interests:

Gardening with California natives, free-form radio, cycling, book-binding, books, politics

Steven Bishop’s Groups:

Climate Counts Advisory Board
w50, Sustainability50 Advisor
Sustainable Life Media, Advisory Board
Green Effie Awards, Juror
Cultural Restoration Tourism Project (CRTP)