Work for Clients Like Facebook, Nike, Ogilvy and Reebok with C42D
wants a Junior Designerin Flushing, New York How would you like to work on exciting projects for world renowned, industry leading brands like Facebook and Nike. At C42D Creative Inc., they're looking...
View ArticleStill Time to Apply to SVA's MFA in Products of Design Program for 2013
Applications are in the rolling period, so there's still time to apply for the 2013-2014 year of the MFA in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. If you're looking for a...
View ArticleHow Logs Are Turned Into Boards, Part 1: Plainsawn
This is the first post of an ongoing series about wood. Understanding its nature, the way it moves and changes, and the implications for designers and builders. Check back every Wednesday for the next...
View ArticleHigonokami Mame: Sharp Blade, Sharper Look - Available Now at Hand-Eye Supply
Hand-Eye Supply is pleased to add to their growing collection of utilitarian yet stylish knives the Higonokami Mame, a mini version of the popular Higonokami folding knife. Higonokami (Lord of Higo)...
View ArticleDesigning for Organization and Efficiency: The Mobile-Shop Tool Cart Opens...
The simple rule for designing any organization system, whether for tools, clothes, the top of your desk, etc., is: Everything should have a place for it—and the more clearly delineated that space, the...
View ArticleHell in a CitiBike Basket: WSJ's Deluded Anti-Bikeshare Opinion Piece
We've been following the ongoing saga of the NYC bikeshare system since it was first announced back in September 2011, from myriad setbacks to the first indication that the long-dreamt-of transit...
View ArticleUh, This Dude Re-Invented the Wheel. And It's Kind of Square.
David M. Patrick has accidentally re-invented the wheel. The California-based inventor was toying around with six short, curved lengths of cable that he had connected into a sort of helical loop--and...
View ArticleFaux Package Design: Have a Coke and Two Smiles
While ad agency Ogilvy Mather addressed Diet Coke marketing with an ultra-thin (concept) vending machine, they're addressing the package design itself to push the flagship Coke product. Ogilvy Paris,...
View ArticleImprove the Lives of Pets with Purina in St. Louis, Missouri
wants an Industrial Design Contractorin St. Louis, Missouri Nestle Purina PetCare is looking for an Industrial Design contractor (with the potential to become full-time) to help support the Innovation...
View ArticleFlotspotting: Henry Daly's T-Shaped Design for an Electric Off-Roader
For his final year project at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Henry Daly decided to develop a new typology for an off-road recreational vehicle. The Exo is essentially a forward-facing recumbent...
View ArticleAs Much Dieter Rams As Possible: Design Silesia Presents the Ten Principles...
Design Silesia, a blanket organization for promoting design in the Silesia region of Poland, is pleased to present their first 3D-animated short film, illustrating Dieter Rams' "Ten Principles of Good...
View ArticleBREAKFAST's #PointsSign System Represents the Future of Wayfinding Signage
Among the many criticisms leveled against New York City's new bikeshare program, I'm particularly perplexed by the notion that the stations are a blight upon Gotham's otherwise pristine streetscapes—at...
View ArticleCore77 TV: Video Review of Moneual's Rydis MR6550 Robot Vacuum
Robot vacuums are amazing, particularly if you've spent years pushing a manual vacuum around your apartment. To have this little disc thoroughly clean the floor when you're not even there is an...
View ArticleUnderwater Archaeologist Franck Goddio Finds 1,600-Year-Old City that...
In the early 1980s, Frenchman Franck Goddio was working in finance. But rather than searching for treasure in spreadsheets, he began looking elsewhere: underwater. With a passion for underwater...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz Wants Your UX Talent on Their Team
wants a Senior UX Designerin Palo Alto, California Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc., wants your creativity, your well-developed sense of aesthetics, and your passion for...
View ArticleFlotspotting: Richard Wilson Boldly Redesigns a Braun Classic
Design student or no, it takes some serious stones to attempt a redesign of a design classic. Case in point: The Florian-Seiffert-designed Braun KF 20, above—which we covered in our History of Braun...
View ArticleTrendlet: Nests, Cocoons and Other Ways to Hide From the World
The Nest photos © Hiroyuki Oki via ArchDailySometimes you've just got to take a minute for yourself. But finding a quiet space in the middle of the workday or in the urban outdoors can be near...
View ArticleRainy Day Design Flaw: Why Aren't Umbrellas Better Integrated with Cars?
I'm currently in rainy North Carolina, where Tropical Storm Andrea has me scurrying about my rental car with an umbrella—and getting soaked every time I get in or out of the car. It's not just the rain...
View ArticleEye Candy: Eric Paré's Amazing 360° Stop-Motion Photography Technique
Montreal-based photographer Eric Paré of Timecode Lab has been experimenting with hybrid light-painting and stop-motion photography for some time now, and for his latest project, he has added...
View ArticleHow to Get the Chinese Government to Condemn Piracy: Release Giant, Knockoff...
Photoshopped, obviouslyEarlier this week the Chinese government clamped down on the Internet, as they do every June 4th, to quell any traffic glorifying the Tiananmen Square protests. Someone promptly...
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