The Life and Times of David M. Kelley

A great, short piece on David M. Kelley in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday. In it, he just lays out his whole life, from the start to the current, dropping in juicy little morsels here at there, from getting into Stanford’s product design master’s program on a whim to later being chosen to run it, from designing the Apple mouse, to founding IDEO. If you’re looking to maybe make a five year plan for yourself and want to aim absurdly high, here’s maybe the designer you should pattern yourself on.