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The Blue Pine Disaster, Part 3: What Will the Future Bring for BKP? Canadian...
It seemed like a good bet: Turn waste into biomass fuel. Faced with an enormous surplus of Beetle Kill Pine just waiting to be harvested, Colorado entrepreneur Mark Mathis gambled that pressing them...
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DRC 2012: Interactive Sessions on Understanding Data and Human Behavior
Photos Courtesy of Paul Sheetz for DRC. After being greeted by the welcoming committee, checking in, exchanging my Polaroid photo for my nametag and taking in the introductory conference experience I...
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With MakerHaus, Seattle Gets Its Own Membership-Based ID Shop
Yet another U.S. city is getting a maker's facility. Seattle's forthcoming MakerHaus is a 10,000-square-foot "creative space designed for fabrication, education, professional services, and...
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New York City is Officially Out of Brownstone
In the early 1800s most buildings in New York City were made of brick or wood. But sometime in the 1830s the economy started to bustle, enabling people to earn a little more scratch, and this emerging...
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Ayse Birsel on Why "Your Life is Your Most Important Project"
In an earlier post I'd alluded to the design philosophies of Ayse Birsel, which included living life to the fullest both inside and outside of the studio. Industrial designer Birsel, who hails from...
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BUNDSHOP to Source, Showcase and Sell the Best of Chinese Design
It's taken a summer's worth of exploring the Chinese design scene, but BUNDSHOP, a new online platform that will bring Chinese design to the rest of the world, is nearly set to launch next month. We...
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Bloomberg Businessweek is Seeking a Design Director in New York City
Design DirectorBloomberg.com and Businessweek.comNew York City Bloomberg Businessweek is hiring a Design Director. The person in this role will lead design and data visualization for Bloomberg.com and...
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Howeler + Yoon's Jetsons-esque Vision for 2030 Mobility
Whether you were aware of it or not, if you live in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington D.C. you officially reside in Boswash territory, a 400 mile swath home to more than 53 million...
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RISD Entrepreneur Mindshare: Joe Gebbia Says to "Take the Next Step"
The definition of what it means to be a "designer" has greatly evolved over the past few years. From building systems to creating new economies, the role of designers in today's world has expanded to...
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A Conversation In Tribute to Bill Moggridge, 1943 - 2012
We all owe Bill Moggridge more than we think we do. In fact, anyone who uses a laptop has Bill to thank for being the first person to design one, blowing minds when he brought portability to computer...
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The iPad Mini: Apple's Not Competing with Anyone
Yesterday Apple released the much-anticipated iPad Mini, and the company's talking points were clear: They do not consider it a shrunken iPad but instead, a separate device in its own right. It...
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The Blue Pine Disaster, Part 4: How Can You Help as an Individual?
photo via Natural Wood Design As we've seen in the previous entries, the mountain pine beetle problem is so widespread that no individual designer or craftsman can really make a dent. Beetle Kill Pine...
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Hand-Eye Supply x Red Cloud Sailor's Anchor Knife Sheath
We're very happy to announce the results of our recent collaboration with Portland's Red Clouds Collective, so much so in fact that we are putting together a launch deal for it: These high-quality,...
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Stealing Detroit, One Bannister At a Time
Where some see beauty, others see firewood Up above is the restored staircase at the Caroline Ladd Pratt House, an 1898 neo-Georgian mansion owned by Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. When Core77's founders...
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KiBiSi's Height-Adjustable XTable
From Danish office furniture company Holmris comes the XTable, designed by KiBiSi. The height-adjustable desk is powered not by a motor, but manually, via elbow grease and a handcrank: XTable is a...
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Flotspotting: Eye Kandi from K&i Design Studio
Seeing as our sister site Coroflot hosts portfolios from the world over, It's always interesting to see where members hail from. Karl Mynhardt is a perfect example: he's one half of Cape Town, South...
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Sprint is seeking a Web Designer in Overland Park, Kansas
Web Designer SprintOverland Park, Kansas Sprint is seeking a Senior Designer to step into an already active, evolving and successful .com creative team. This role requires an individual with a high...
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Autodesk's "Magic Finger" Input Device Prototype
Earlier this month at the annual User Interface Software and Technology Conference, a four-person Autodesk Research team presented the Magic Finger, a fingertip-mounted input device "which supports...
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Get Back Inc.: Saving, and Creating, the Best American-Made Industrial Furniture
Connecticut-based designer Tim Byrne has my dream job: He founded and runs Get Back Inc., a company that scours the American countryside gathering up U.S.-built furniture from the Industrial...
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iPad Mini CAD Files, Case Design Guidelines and More Available on Apple's...
While some of you will be waiting on line to buy the iPad Mini, a portion of our readership will of course be designing cases for the device, whether for business or pleasure. Apple's now made the CAD...
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