Mike Nuttall

Mike Nuttall is a British designer who established Matrix Product Design in 1983 in Palo Alto, California. In 1991, his company merged with two other established design firms, David Kelley Design (founded by David Kelley) and ID Two (founded by Bill Moggridge) to form the influential design firm IDEO.

Nuttall studied at Leicester College of Art & Design, getting his BA degree in Industrial Design. He continued at Royal College of Art in London receiving his MA degree.

He moved to the States in 1980. From 1983 to 1991, his firm, Matrix Product Design, won more than twenty design awards. After joining IDEO, he led development efforts resulting in many successful computer, consumer, and medical products with major corporations from the US, Europe and Asia.[1]

Among other roles at IDEO, he founded and managed IDEO Ventures, an internal venture capital fund making strategic equity and royalty investments in IDEO's client partners. He has also taught in a number of academic institutions.