IDEO is the über-cool corporation, complete with corporate identity hand made by the logo master Paul Rand (you might know some of his logos: IBM, ABC, Westinghouse), that designed such ass-kicking consumer electronic as the Palm V and the Handspring Visor.
They have a bunch of smart asses working around the clock coming up with cool stuff (just what we need more of, don’t you think).
I particularly recommend checking out the Identity Card Project (see link on the front page) and the space vacuum.
Just finished Paul Rand’s Design, Form, and Chaos in which he discusses the creation of the IBM, UPS, NeXT, ABC, and Ideo logos. Very cool.