Lucida Dreams Come True: Kickstart a 21st-Century Version of a 19th-Century...
Looks cool...When I used to work for an artist who specialized in photorealistic portraiture, I remember watching the assistants use a projector to draft the preliminary pencilwork for his...
View ArticleOn the Anniversary of V-E Day, Buick Releases Photos of "The Hot Rod of World...
Today marks "V-E Day," the day that World War II ended in Europe. And in a couple of weeks, it will be the 110th anniversary of Buick. To tie both anniversaries together, the automaker has released...
View ArticleCreatively Defaced Streetscapes
As we saw in "Creatively Defaced Textbooks," it's easy enough to create drawings in a book that you take home with you, or hide behind the back of the student in front of you. It's a much greater...
View ArticleAntonin Fourneau's 'Water Light Graffiti': LEDs Activated by H2O
Water and electricity don't mix, at least not where safety's concerned. But artist Antonin Fourneau, while in residence with the French R&D and prototyping collective DigitalArti, devised a safe...
View ArticleMirrorball Wants an Underpaid, Bitter, Difficult Art Director to Join Their...
wants an Art Directorin New York, New York This job posting speaks for itself..."If you work here, you will churn out such insanely good work, you'll get your portfolio to the point where you'll...
View ArticleAdobe's Project Mighty Input Tools Look Pretty Awesome
Color me impressed! I figured the next generation of designer-relevant input devices would come from Apple or Wacom, but surprise—it's Adobe. The software giant is venturing into hardware, and their...
View ArticleThe New Clarity: RISD MFA Furniture Show 2013
Last week, a vacant industrial loft was magically transformed into an elegant gallery space for the evening, as the Rhode Island School of Design's Department of Furniture Design celebrated its...
View ArticleNY Design Week Preview: Apocalypse Now? Haiti as a New Frontier for Design,...
Text & Photos by Patty JohnsonCore 77's excellent series Apocalypse 2012: The End Starts Here saw 'mild polemics' and lively discussions used to demonstrate and suggest new roles for design at the...
View ArticleFrom Bike Parts to Biomechanical Prosthetics: Colin Macduff 'Looks Forward to...
Semi-obscure pop culture reference: surely some of you "Futurama" fans remember Professor Farnsworth's fanciful Fing-Longer, which is essentially a prosthetic extension of one's index finger. At the...
View ArticleMassive Multi-Tool: The Cole-Bar Hammer
Statistically speaking, most of us only use crowbars when we're about to be arrested for Menacing, but if you've ever had to do light demo around the house you know how handy they can be. Someone...
View ArticleGood Design Is Long Lasting: Vitsoe Reintroduces Dieter Rams-Designed 620...
Vitsœ, exclusive licensee of Dieter Rams' furniture designs, is very pleased to announce that they are re-releasing the "620 Chair Programme." As of yesterday, the ultraminimal armchair is available on...
View ArticleTrailblazing Product Designer Wanted at Klout in San Francisco, California
wants a Product Designerin San Francisco, CA Klout is pioneering the science behind social media and they are searching for trailblazers who think outside the establishment and work harder than anyone...
View ArticleContribute to Advancement of Healthcare at FUJIFILM SonoSite in Bothell,...
wants an Interaction Designerin Bothell, WAThe high performance, lightweight and portable ultrasound systems FUJIFILM SonoSite makes enable clinicians all over the world to provide improved patient...
View ArticleTrendlet: Food-Inspired Furnishings
We're talking about food now more than ever—so much so that food-centered innovation isn't just taking place in the kitchen anymore. Interest in our edibles has officially made the leap from plate to...
View ArticleLOHOCLA Growler by Herald Urena
By Herald Ureña, College for Creative Studies ’13I chose the name LOHOCLA, backwards for Alcohol, for this project in order to suggest that my new design inherits the past by incorporating it into a...
View ArticleJeff Baenen's "The Rising" Box
"The first time somebody acknowledged your skill," writes craftsperson Jeff Baenen, "and asked you to personally make them something (and they would pay you!)... was a moment I will always remember."...
View ArticleSave the Date: California College of Arts Senior I.D. Thesis Show Comfort...
Andrew Cheng - Copper ChairCandice Lin - LoungiNuri Kim - Nu ServewareBy Colin OwenThese projects are the culmination of a course I've been teaching in conjunction with Sandrine Lebas, Chair of CCA-ID,...
View ArticleNY Design Week 2013: BKLYN Designs Celebrates Ten Years of Exhibiting the...
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center won't be opening its doors for the 25th annual ICFF for another week, but the NYCxDesign festivities are well underway as of this weekend, and besides the second...
View ArticleNY Design Week 2013: BKLYN Designs Celebrates Ten Years in Brooklyn
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center won't be opening its doors for the 25th annual ICFF for another week, but the NYCxDesign festivities are well underway as of this weekend, and besides the second...
View ArticleAlno's Pull-Out Dining: How'd They Do That? (Or: How Would You Do This?)
This photo began making the blog rounds some time last year, and continues to resurface on Pinterest, usually with the word "clever" in the description. But is it? Let's think about this for a second....
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