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Trippy Time-Lapses of Wood and Other Objects Undergoing Faux Tomographic...

With his short entitled "Waves of Grain," video designer Keith Skretch gives us an unusual, tomographic look at wood. Skretch took a chunk of what looks like Doug Fir, repeatedly ran it through a...

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Preppin' Weapons: Sweet Solutions For Sanding

Make room on your bench for the Preppin' Weapon. These colorful tools are well thought out weapons against grumpy sanding experiences. Way more ergonomic than a block of wood with a nail in it, and...

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Grippine Case for a Silicone Solution to Slippery Pedals

Sometimes, as you squint at a product concept, you can consciously feel the stirrings of an internal battle. Is this thing stupid, or a stupidly obvious solution? Is it ugly, or innovative? Are you...

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Poison, Dragon's Blood and Mummies: How Artists Created Colors Prior to Pantone

What's the most expensive color?Prior to the 19th Century, Lapis Lazuli blue was a very rare color in the art world. And still today it's not used often—instead modern painters might use an...

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Making a Murano Glass Horse in Minutes with a Fiery Finish

Photo by Saffron Blaze via Wikimedia CommonsAnyone who has witnessed a glassmaking demonstration can surely appreciate the skill that goes into a craft that dates back to 2,000 BC. Named after the...

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Are You Passionate About Building the Perfect Bike? Join the Santa Cruz Team

This is your opportunity to work with a group of bike enthusiasts who are committed and impassioned to try and build the perfect bike. Santa Cruz Bicycles is looking for someone with good engineering...

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Apple Patents Glass Fusing and Machining Technology

Never mind Google Glass, let's talk Apple glass. While Apple files manufacturing patents all of the time, the one that fansite Apple Insider discovered was filed on Monday just caught our eye: U.S....

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Watch the RKS Sessions Presentation with Javier Verdura of Tesla Motors

Last week, in Santa Monica, the design consultancy RKS hosted a presentation by Tesla Motors' Javier Verdura on "Designing Disruptive Innovations." Verdura is Tesla's Director of Product Design, a post...

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Instagram Page Reveals TSA's Everyday Smuggles

A harpoon gun, hand grenades, Bat-a-rangs (twice!), a "morning star" spiked flail, a 60mm mortar round, and of course handguns: These are all things you can't carry onto an airplane. Ditto with these...

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Call for Foam? The Foam Agency Seeking Offcuts & Scraps for 'Insulation...

Foaming at the mouth? Got infoamation on the whereabouts of the blue stuff? Hoarding scraps and offcuts with nary a purpose? Don't wait—donate! The Foam Agency, a new initiative by Elisa Werbler and...

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Designing for Disposal, Part 2: Lidded Trash Cans

Open wastebaskets are the easiest to drop things into, but sometimes end-users will want a lidded trash can—for appearances, for odor control, or for keeping children and pets out of the garbage. The...

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How You Get To Thunderdome! The Apache Racer Is One Badass Custom Bicycle

Concept bikes come in a few flavors—godownthatproverbialrabbithole, ifyoudare—but the rarest one may be the Apocalyptic Battle Rat Rod. This fierce fixed-gear is made by Antoine Hotermans of McFly...

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Garmin International Wants to Add a Passionate Junior Industrial Designer to...

Garmin, the world leader in GPS technology, is looking for talented industrial designers to join their Consumer ID team. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary group of designers developing products...

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Bic Creating Globally Crowdsourced, Finger Written, Eventually Downloadable Font

If you're a manufacturer of writing utensils, but touchscreens are becoming all the rage, what do you design to avoid obsoletion? The obvious answer is a pen with capacitive ability, hence Bic released...

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Play Communs: The Robotic 21st Century Take on the Paper Doll

I remember being introduced to the concept of robotics in a rousing late-night viewing of A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Understandably, that initial impression had me tensing up as I passed every...

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California Oil Spill Turns Out to Be a Freakishly Massive Amount of Fish

Earlier this week in La Jolla, California, what appeared to be a massive oil spill in the water began creeping towards the beach. However, closer inspection revealed that the inky cloud was not a batch...

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Super-Releaser Makes Soft Robots Anyone Can Get In On

Open-source soft robot bodies! The Glaucus is an adorable ambling robotic quadruped with no rigid guts or internal framework. Like most soft robots, it is moved by alternating pressure within different...

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In the Details: Ian Stell's Pantograph-Inspired Pivoting Tables

As the line between fine art and design becomes increasingly blurred, Ian Stell stands somewhere in the middle, crafting furniture that is just as much a feat of engineering as it is a work of art. I...

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More "Designer Trains" in Japan: Ken Okuyama's Forthcoming Cruise Train

Last year we looked at the unusual train designs of Eiji Mitooka, a Japanese industrial designer who specializes in railway carriages. Mitooka's awesomely retro Seven Stars luxury train was the coolest...

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It's Not Just an Interesting Job Title... REI is Looking For a Senior...

REI a team of creative, passionate people who love the outdoors and they bring their love of the outdoors into work every day to create amazing products and brand experiences exclusively for their...

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