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7 Tips for Nailing that Industrial Design Job Interview
If you're granted an interview at the most prestigious design firm in the country, how confident would you feel going into it? Many designers can relate to feeling nervous before or during an interview...
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A Trash Can that Vacuums Dirt and Dumps It in the Bag For You
The last garbage can redesign we looked at addressed the problem of suction and stuck bags. The Bruno Smartcan is looking, rather ambitiously, to solve a slightly more sophisticated issue involving...
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This Recording App is like TiVo for Real Life
An old Arab saying has it that "When the camel stumbles, the knives come out." Perhaps the modern-day version, applicable to much of the world, should be "When anything happens, the phones come...
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Chelsea Miller's Unusual Kitchen Knife Designs
Finding success as a maker is never easy, but if you can find the right niche and execute your craft well, you've got a shot. And it's fair to say Chelsea Miller's got a shot.The knifemaking Miller...
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Bicyclists: Staying Organized on the Go
People don't just struggle to stay organized at home and at work; they are also challenged by staying organized when they're mobile. And for many people, being mobile means being on a bike as they...
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A Steam-Free Way to Bend Wood: The Hot Pipe Method
Scotty Lewis describes bending wood as "one of the most exciting and magical things a woodworker will ever experience," and the lure is easy to see: The ability to shape Mother Nature's product to our...
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10 Things to See During New York Design Week 2015
New York Design Week kicks off tomorrow with hundreds of exhibitions, installations, talks, openings and parties lighting up the five boroughs. To help navigate the options, our editors scoured the...
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Revenge of the Kerfs
When you're cutting all the way through a material, whether you're using a track saw, a radial arm saw or a CNC mill, you need something sacrificial beneath it. Over time, these spoilboards become so...
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The Definitive Guide to New York Design Week 2015
And we're live! Our editors have collected the best exhibitions, events, talks and parties for New York Design Week in a handy, mobile-friendly map. Bookmark the site on your phone now:...
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Drawing-Free Flipbook Animations for Graphic Designers
To create a flipbook, all you need is a pen and paper, right? If you want to do the standard boring types of flipbooks, then yeah, sure. But self-described "remix artist" Scott Blake has come up with a...
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Collaboration and Craft at the Newly Relaunched BKLYN Designs 2015
For the next three days, The Brooklyn Expo Center will be abuzz with the latest innovations from the design-minded borough during the run of BKLYN Designs—the official launch for the festivities of...
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'Tableau' and Other Auto-Irrigation Systems for Tortured House-Plants
If you're at all like me, the last year will have seen you jump wholehearted on the sustaining trend for the regreening of urban life—giddily hoarding an array of shoots and shrubbery in your living...
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Wearable Ergonomic Device Promises Good Posture, Regardless of What Chair You...
I was disappointed to find that my lazy body can defeat even the most expensive ergonomic chair. No amount of fancy adjustable features will stop me from eventually slouching as I become more absorbed...
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Advancing the Next Paradigm Shift in Design Automation
The majority of professional design software today allows designers to automate specific actions, which are manually scripted to generate a specific and predictable output. This type of automation...
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New Amazon Program Delivers Packages Directly to Your Audi's Trunk, Without...
There are two benefits to ordering something heavy, like a washing machine, on Amazon. The first is that you don't have to drive to Home Depot and hump it in and out of your hatchback. The second is...
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Billy Boxes Seek to Create Better Pickup Truck Storage
Texas-based Billy Boxes wants to bring some design consideration to the back of your pickup, specifically to your truck bed toolbox. Lifelong pickup driver Levi Smith, raised on a cattle ranch, has...
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Denmark Leads the Way Towards Ending Cash
Cash is expensive to manufacture. As we saw in our article on The U.S. Mint's Production Materials Problem, a penny costs 2.4 cents to make, while a nickel costs more than double its actual value. But...
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End of the Electric Kettle? MIITO leads Kickstarter's Launch in Germany
Running a successful Kickstarter campaign has become a nearly-necessary stop on the road to launching a hardware startup. With Berlin as a hotbed for tech startups over the last several years and the...
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How Distributed Electric Propulsion Will Change the Way We Design Flying...
NASA is not known for taking risks. But by partnering with smaller, pluckier transportation technology companies, they can bring their engineering might to bear on blue-sky technologies that would...
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How a Master Photographer Produced These Beautiful Audi Shots in One Hour,...
Product photography is one of the more technically challenging subsets of shooting, requiring a masterful understanding of lighting. And within product photography, automotive photography is even...
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