Cereal Killer Cafe: Nostalgia and Social Politics in British Hipster Breakfasts
In only the most recent food fad to hit the streets of London and national headlines, bearded twin brothers Gary and Alan Keery reportedly had the epiphany to open up a cereal cafe one hungover morning...
View ArticlePhotoshop, 1940's-Style: The Adams Retouching Machine
A good old-school photographer, one raised on film, will always try to get the shot right "in-camera." In contrast, young bucks raised on digital are more willing to rattle off an imperfect burst, pick...
View ArticleHand-Eye Holiday Hits: Limited Edition Clampersand
Tough editors and refined designers can be hard to shop for, but we made it easy. Get your favorite typography-lover an extra glam Clampersand! These colorful clamps are the new super limited edition...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld Nails Consumerism
It's a sad fact, but true, that most of us industrial designers know the feeling of working on something that we don't care about. I myself have worked on many projects that I felt were inferior or...
View ArticleWoodworking by Tron? Filling Wood Voids with Photoluminescent Resin
In our series on Beetle Kill Pine, we showed you how some designers are trying to find useful functions for undesireable, fungus-damaged wood. Another tree with fungal woes is Pecky Cypress, whose...
View ArticleBe a Champion of Great Design as a Junior Mechanical Engineer with Karten Design
Karten Design is an award-winning product innovation consultancy located in Marina del Rey, CA. Their team comprises a talented group of designers, researchers, strategists, and engineers all...
View ArticleRyan Higley's Self-Assembling Basement!
There are makers with video cameras like Matthias Wandel, who can show us things like his crazy motorized scaffold being built. Then there's makers with video cameras and stop-motion skills, like Frank...
View ArticleMan's Best Friend Gets Man's Best Technology: 3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs for...
Derby the dog could be considered unlucky, born as he was with stunted, non-functioning front legs that lack paws. But one piece of luck is that Derby was temporarily fostered by Tara Anderson, who...
View ArticleAt Beretta, Robots and Italian Craftsmen Working Side-by-Side
What a five-axis CNC mill can do fascinates me as much as what a craftsman from Brescia can. And at their production facility in Gardone Val Trompia, firearms manufacturer Beretta has both, working in...
View ArticleBass-Ackwards: Civilians to Get Humvees, Terrorists Using U.S. Civilian Cars
The U.S. Army announced that starting today, a batch of decommissioned Humvees are going to be auctioned off to the general public for the very first time. Here's the listing for the first 26 units,...
View ArticleProcrastinating Present-Givers: Hand-Eye Has You Covered
Deadlines are drawing nearer to make your loved ones even dearer! If you haven't had time or inspiration for those last folks on your lists, it's not too late. Whether you need gifts for creatives or...
View ArticleHoliday Pop-Ups Galore: Your Guide to Last-Minute Shopping in NYC
In the broad spirit of co-working spaces and the sharing economy, 'tis the season for the retail manifestation of nimble business practices: namely, the ever-popular holiday pop-up shop. After all, the...
View ArticleShredder Design, for Function and Fashion
Photo: Rainy Day MagazineProfessional organizers will tell you that any papers with confidential information should either be shredded or taken to a shredding service (or perhaps composted). Shredders...
View ArticleMichael Bierut Gives His First-Ever "Slide-Free" Lecture at MFA Products of...
Michael Bierut, certainly one of the most insightful and entertaining design lecturers there are, visited the MFA Products of Design department at SVA last month with a talk that was unprecedented for...
View ArticleSoaragami Aims to Be a Friendlier Version of the Knee Defender, For Your...
Owners of the Knee Defender may be able to purchase a companion device next year, albeit one from a different company. Said company, Soaragami, is a start-up looking to tackle "the problem of fighting...
View ArticleCore77 Obtains Exclusive Star Wars Script Explaining Millennium Falcon Design...
With all of the hullabaloo over the new lightsaber design, fans may have missed another important detail in the trailer for the new Star Wars movie. First off, most of us know the Millenium Falcon has...
View ArticleChristmas, Handmade in China: A Photo Essay
This post includes photos and an excerpt from the photoessay Christmas, Handmade in China originally published by Make Works. Make Works is an organization based in Scotland championing local...
View ArticlePforzheim Design Students and Hankook Tire Team Up for Futuristic Wheel Concepts
It's time again for Hankook Tire's biennial design school team-up, where they task ID students with developing futuristic tire concepts. Last time 'round they paired up with Cincinnati's DAAP, and this...
View ArticleOnly Three Days Left to Kickstart "Design for People"!
Scott Stowell's Design for People was one of our Gift Guide picks this year, by way of Etsy Creative Director Randy Hunt. But we've gotta plug it again because it's in danger of not happening.To...
View ArticleRectangular Expandable Table Designs
We've seen the design approaches taken by Jupe and Fletcher to create a circular expanding table. Now let's take a look at the more common table form factor, the rectangle, and some different...
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