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Things That Look Like Other Things: "Plugbook" by Dave Hakkens
Well, he's no Amron, but Dave Hakkens' also happened to generate a bit of design-for-hygiene buzz with his "Breaksoap" concept from last April. The Design Academy Eindhoven student is back with another...
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LEGO is seeking a Senior Packaging Designer in Billund, Denmark
Senior Packaging Designer LEGOBillund, Denmark The DEGO group is seeking a Senior Packaging Designer who will be responsible for innovative packaging for products that are not a part of the LEGO...
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Winners of Military Design Comp Can Scale Walls Using a Vacuum Cleaner
Utah State University has just released video footage of their award-winning entry for the Air Force Research Laboratory Design Challenge, which took place earlier this year. A group of engineering...
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Wood for Your Tunes
From Minneapolis-based designer Adam Brackney comes the Machook (pronounced "mac hook," not "ma chook"), a small, thoughtfully-designed piece of baltic birch ply with a single purpose: To cling to the...
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The Best Design Course Ever (Less CAD, More Caddy)
Here's your chalkboard What was the best class you ever took at design school? No matter how cool it was, I've got one that'll give it a run for its money: ME397 - Design Restoration, a recent addition...
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GM Design Turns 85
Despite teetering at the brink just a few years ago, General Motors is healthy today, routinely passing the "World's largest automaker" title back and forth with Toyota. General Motors Design employs...
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London Olympics 2012: Nike Unveils Pro TurboSpeed & Medal Stand Collection...
Nike is pleased to unveil the Olympic uniforms for the US Track & Field team, featuring a number of technological innovations based on new developments in sports science research and testing....
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A Hex Cast as a Die
For your finger, that is: the "Nut Dice Ring" comes (unthreaded) in standard sizes 6 through 10. This ring is a perfect piece of jewelry for people who say that they don't wear jewelry. It really does...
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Japanese Flying Sphere Can Record Video but Will it Help Train Jedis?
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has created the world's first spherical flying machine. The drone can hover like a helicopter and take off and land vertically while maintaining an ability to propel...
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Dwell on Design 2012: Seeing Circles Outdoors
CasaBubble's GrandLodge is made of three spheres, which create multiple rooms that can be used for different purposes. All photos by Carren Jao Circles and spheres were a major theme at this year's...
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Old, Beautiful Objects from The New Collector
C.1900 kitchen farm lamp, used to light, at the start of the century, the long kitchen table. This opaline shade goes up and down, thanks to its counterweight in porcelain. The best and worst things...
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Cardok Raises the Bar (by Lowering the Car) for Parking
Text by GearHungry If money is no object, read on... otherwise, this might just hurt a little inside. The Cardok Parking lift system is presumably what Batman would be using to stash his ride, if he...
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DMY 2012: NeoCraft - new Mexican craftsmanship
With group exhibitions from Creative Design City Nagoya, Vienna Design Week, Premsela - the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, the City of Poznan and more,...
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Lifestyledesign is seeking an Industrial Designer in Santa Barbara, California
Industrial Designer LifestyledesignSanta Barbara, California Lifestyledesign (LSD) is seeking an Industrial Designer who is super talented, highly fashionable, keenly aware, detail driven and focused...
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Sourcing Wood for Furniture, Then & Now: IKEA
Today it is IKEA, not Singer, that is the world's largest furniture manufacturer. Its Swedwood Group production arm moves some 100 million units of furniture a year. That's a lot of wood, and the...
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Dwell on Design 2012: Joey Roth's Planter
Modern life "outdoors" is a surprisingly dominant focus at Dwell on Design, from the entire "Dwell Outdoor" section to "Design Materials" focused on outdoor to a not-insignificant amount of adaptable...
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Reebok's New Kicks A-Maze
Sneaker blogs are abuzz with word of Reebok's new ZigMaze kicks, which feature an unusual upper featuring a maze-like etching. Reebok is either trying to go stealth with these or someone in their PR...
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Forum Frenzy: The Clamp Lamp by Product Tank
Discussion forum poster Product Tank is always working on a clever new way to re-imagine an everyday product. His latest is the Clamp Lamp. Inspired by a simple children's toy, the entire lamp...
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Mesmerizing Vid of a Limited Edition Leica Coming Together
I love industrial design's raison d'etre, mass production. This notion that you can design a useful product and a factory will multiply your efforts by several million units. I also like the opposite...
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Dwell on Design 2012: WFour, Drift, Pickett Furniture
All photos by Carren Jao unless otherwise noted. Fun and whimsy tie these three furniture-makers together. Customers have a choice of oak, maple, cherry or walnut for every piece they order. WFour...
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