From past to present and beyond: New perspectives on creativity, collaboration, and innovation.

"The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind." The Special Issue editors and the authors in the Special Issue tackle this call for action by complementing macro-level insights with an exploration of the microfoundations of collaborative innovation. The authors build on ethnographic field studies at six design consultancies representing three design fields (architecture, industrial design and interaction design) in the Northwestern USA. [Extracted from the article]