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2013 IDSA IDEA Winners, Our Gold Faves: The Hubless Da Caster
Picking our Gold faves for the 2013 IDSA International Design Excellence Awards is never easy. This year we dug the ERO Concrete Recycling Robot, LittleBits' modular electronic building blocks, Evotech...
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Recon Jet: Taking Augmented Reality Glasses to the Extreme
Far be it for us to conjecture what you did this past weekend, but if it's anywhere along the lines of rappelling down mountain faces, biking across the country or putting out forest fires, the newly...
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True ID Stories 5:Game of ID Thrones
This is a true story. Descriptions of companies, clients, schools, projects, and designers may be altered and anonymized to protect the innocent.Editor: This is a continuation of "Good Ol' Boy's" story...
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Kustom Kore Koozies Keep Beverages Konvenient and Kool. K?
Core77's Hand-Eye Supply has teamed up once again with the forest dwelling craftsmen of Red Clouds Collective—this time for a special edition of their magnetic beer koozies. The R.C. × H.E.S. koozie...
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Holy Cow: Researchers Discover Plants Can Communicate With Each Other Through...
In James Cameron's Avatar, the lush moon known as Pandora is covered in a "neural network" of roots, enabling the plants to communicate with each other—the interplant, if you will. But if Pandora's...
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The Codlo: Like a Nest Thermostat for Sous-Vide Cooking
Sous-vide, or "under vacuum," is a cooking method whereby food is sealed in an airtight bag. The bag is then submersed in water and slow-cooked, and this vacuum system ensures the food is cooked...
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Fab's Fate in China
Guest article by Stephany ZooE-commerce site Fab.com is making waves in China after Shenzhen-based web giant Tencent recently decided to invest $150 million at a $1 billion valuation. Fab stands apart...
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Design Better Tools So People Can Make Better Food with Chef'n in Seattle
wants an Industrial Designerin Seattle, Washinton From the StemGem, the Pepperball and the SleekSlice, to the Pastry Pen and Fresh Force Scoop Turner, Chef'n Corporation is driven by the mission to...
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From Waffle Sole to Flyknit and Back Again: New Footwear Expresses Nike's...
While the likes of adidas and Reebok continue to shoot from the hip (or in the dark, as it were) with their latest footwear innovations—the Springblade and ATV 19+ respectively—sportswear pioneers Nike...
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Lignum Vitae: Wood So Bad-Ass, It's Used to Make Shaft Bearings for Nuclear...
Lignum Vitae, Latin for "Tree of Life," is the national tree of the Bahamas. It's also the world's densest wood, and has such unusual properties that the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered...
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New Metallic Bubble Wrap: Thinner, Stronger, Better
One of the most common and beloved packing materials now comes in a metal form. Bubble wrap—first invented as three-dimensional wallpaper, believe it or not—started protecting valuables in 1960 and is...
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Below the Fold: Jule Waibel's Mary Poppins-Inspired, Accordion-Like...
For her Master's thesis in the Design Products program at the Royal College of Art, Jule Waibel cleverly employed the multiple meanings of her native language, German: Entfaltung may be translated as...
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'The Magic' Bottle Cap Packaging Concept, Yea or Nay?
South Korean designer Sungi Kim recently sent over an intriguing concept for a bottle design with a built-in tablet dispenser. "Make sure you have clean, safe water and when desired, press the cap to...
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IDEO on Embracing Ambiguity & the Economist on Design Thinking
The folks at IDEO New York have come up with a short video about "embracing ambiguity," a parable about three designers navigating the foggy seas. Not only is it a charmingly crafty affirmation on...
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Here's a Major League Apparel Design Opportunity in Westwood, Massachusetts
wants a Designer IIin Westwood, MassachusettsForty Seven Brand has been serving sports fans with high quality head gear and apparel ever since they made their first sale outside Fenway park in 1947. As...
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An Introduction To Wood Species, Part 1: Properties & Terminology
This Wood Species series of entries comes to us from guest writer Rob Wilkey, an Atlanta-based woodworker and industrial designer whose expertise is in small home goods, furniture, and large...
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DIY Webbing Tutorial on a Budget, Part 4: Learning the Crucial "Box X" Stitch
Now we arrive at the most important video in our series on DIY webbing projects!In Part 1, we covered materials and hardware. In Part 2, we covered tools. In Part 3, we showed you how to set those...
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What are These Giant Concrete Arrows Across the American Landscape?
Backpacking through Europe in my 20s, my sense of direction served me well—until I hit the cities with the truly medieval street plans. So in Florence, after renting a motorcycle, I devised a clever...
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Carpets Good Enough for the Imperial Palace & the Vatican, from a Small Town...
In business, they say your client list speaks for itself. With a client list that includes the Japanese Imperial Palace and the Vatican, Oriental Carpet Mills is doing something right. Since 1935, this...
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