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With the Successful Funding of the iBox Nano, 3D Printers Just Got a Lot...
Surely some of you remember the toy called Shrinky Dinks, the polystyrene toy that allows users to turn pieces of plastic into smaller pieces of plastic. (According to Wikipedia, 90's alt-rockers Sugar...
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Motorcycle Storage Designs from Around the World, Part 1: Shelters
Motorcyclists know the thrill of the open road... and those without garages know the hassle of securing motorcycle covers to their bikes in inclement weather. For garageless riders, a host of companies...
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Motorcycle Storage Designs from Around the World, Part 2: Shuttles, Trolleys...
In Part 1, we looked at storage options for motorcyclists that don't have a garage to call their own. But even for bikers that do have garages, there are other issues, like how to fit the bike in the...
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Help Make Invention Possible This Fall as an Industrial Design Intern with...
Opportunities like this don't come along all the time. Quirky, the company that makes invention possible, is looking for a talented industrial design student or recent graduate with an entrepreneurial...
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Are Industrial Designers Ruining the World? (A Rhetorical Question, of Course)
Factory in China, via Wikimedia CommonsIn fairness to the much-derided MeezyCube—a case for the MagSafe Power Adapter, a.k.a. The Apple Accessory We Never Saw Coming—I should note that I haven't...
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Nendo Figures Out How to Make Bi-Color Washi
Washi is a type of old-school paper made in Japan. Plant pulp and water are mixed and collected on screens, and after drying, fresh sheets of the stuff are pulled off. Though tissue-like in appearance,...
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Making a Spoilboard for the ShopBot Desktop, Part 2, and Installing the Dust...
In the last entry, we showed you how to cut and mount the spoilboard for a ShopBot Desktop. Here in Part 2 we'll show you how to ensure it's perfectly level, so you can achieve dead-on accuracy with...
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A Simple, Brilliant Roll of Tape That Clearly Shows You Where the End is
In my shop I've got so many different types of tape—duct, gaffer's, masking, painter's, packaging, paper, conductive, electrical, et cetera—in so many different colors that I don't have the space to...
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Let There Be Bread: Yukiko Morita's Freshly Baked Lamps
Now that jack-o-lantern season is behind us, we can look forward to two months of bacchanalian gluttony can begin (followed, of course, by the guilt and sobriety of yet another new year). But if you...
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Watch the RKS Session Presentation About Protecting Your Innovations
Recently, RKS presented a topic in one of their Sessions that all designers should be concerned with. Think about it: When was the last time you considered the security of your innovations? When it...
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Why Is Gatwick Airport Installing Blue LED Lighting on Their Train Platforms?
In "Things We'd Like to See: Subway Stations with Better Lighting" we showed you Paris' gorgeous Arts et Metier metro stop and a conceptual design for a sunlit underground station. But since then...
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Designing for Small Kitchens: Stacking and Nesting Storage
Many of my organizing clients struggle with small kitchens. Collapsible items can help make the most of a small space—but so can items that stack or nest.Food storage containers (with their lids) are...
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Chuck Clanton's Amazing Marble Sculptures, Created with Air Hammers
There's a reason we don't prototype things out of stone. We use wood, metal or plastic because when you inevitably screw something up, there's a chance you can fix it. Stone isn't exactly forgiving....
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The Bruvelo Makes Coffee Smarter
Premium coffee is kind of a thing these days, thanks largely to the likes of Stumptown and Blue Bottle, and the nuances of brewing a perfect cup hits a sweet spot of quasi-gastronomical...
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Amazon Announces Their New Echo Device. Will it Take?
These are interesting days for product design, as companies are experimentally combining different technologies in an effort to create new classes of objects. Yesterday Amazon unexpectedly announced...
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In the Details: Creating the World's Smallest Sauna
In today's fast-paced world, it's getting harder and harder to find the time to decompress and let off some steam. And for those who prefer to do this in some steam, well, even the most sauna-addicted...
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Erickson Woodworking's Niobrara, a Bespoke Office Chair That's "Tailor-Fit...
If you've got the design genius of a Bill Stumpf and a Don Chadwick married to the technological and manufacturing might of a Herman Miller, you can create an Aeron chair for mass production. And you...
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Work Where Limits Are Shattered Daily. Join Nike as a 3D Lead II in Portland,...
Working for Nike opens countless opportunities for their employees to sharpen their skills, push limits and uncover their potential. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one...
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Uncovering the Power of the Power User: Reframing the Success of a Mobile App
By Sheryle GillihanEvery organization that is developing an app has hopes of becoming the next viral hit, but even great apps compete for attention amongst the distractions.Moneythink, the established...
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New at Hand-Eye Supply: Photos "From the desk of..." Great Designers
Aaron Draplin, co-founder of Field Notes and everything-doer at Draplin Design Co.At Hand-Eye Supply we like getting gritty as often as possible but we're no strangers to desk work. As technologies...
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