Samsung's Crazy Multiple Moving Modular Monitors Concept Display
Samsung's "Future TV Zone" booth at CES featured some mysterious, information-absent displays apparently intended to be a demonstration of their technological prowess. While neither appears to have...
View ArticleAn Ingenious, Sustainable Way to Quickly Build Tunnels That Will Last Forever
One of the first things we learned about in History of Architecture 101 was Romanesque architecture, and thus Roman arches. Moving beyond the Greeks and their boring lintels, the Romans figured out...
View ArticleDesign Job: Imagine the Next Gen of Wearables as Huami's Lead Industrial...
Seeking candidates to imagine the next generation of smart wearable devices. You'll lead projects from product definition to manufacturing. You'll need 5+ years of experience, strong sketching skills,...
View ArticleA Radical Board Design from the 1920s Set Surfing Up for Popularization
Back in 1927 Tom Blake, a competitive swimmer from Wisconsin, found himself working on an interesting craft project in Hawaii. Introduced to this weird Hawaiian activity which came to be called...
View ArticleModern-Day Small-Batch Hybrid Production Techniques: Combining CNC with Hand...
When Tom Blake was designing his revolutionary surfboard in the 1920s, I'm sure he had no notion that it would change surfing. Nor could he have any idea that his design would eventually be usurped by...
View ArticleReader Submitted: WATER PASS: A Sink Filter Upgrade
WATER PASS provides a simple yet clever solution to an age old problem— it is a filter for your sink that allows water to drain quickly even with food waste in the center well.View the full project here
View ArticleSlow/d: "The First Distributed Design Factory"
At first glance, this design for a stacking chair called the RJR might not seem like much:It's simple, clean, consists entirely of 90-degree cuts and looks like anyone could make one. But that's...
View ArticleHow a Traditional Korean Inlaid Lacquer Box is Made
For those of us who are beginner or even intermediate level woodworkers, making a delicate box with a perfect finish is hard enough. Imagine that you get all of that done, and then the real work...
View ArticleDesign Job: Yarn-ing for a new job? Join Warrior Sports as their next Knit...
Seeking an experienced knitwear technician with programming and hands on knowledge on flat knitting machines. High level of competency in fully-fashioned programming and knitwear machines is required....
View ArticleTaming the Kitchen and Dresser Drawers
Anyone who's tried to find one specific item in a large, crowded drawer will appreciate how drawer organizers can help make things easier. DrawerDecor from KMN Home is one cool way to provide that...
View ArticleUsing Design and Technology to Produce a Safer Football Helmet
As the devastating effects of football-related concussions become better understood, many are worried that one of America's great sports is in danger. Non-football-fans likely don't care, as it's easy...
View ArticleObjects You Can Attach to Your Head
When Google Glass was announced in 2013, I figured we'd all be wearing them on our heads by 2016. Instead they were canned last year. But as you look around, you'll notice there are plenty of other...
View ArticleTwo Cooperative Kids Figure Out an Awesome Way to Share One Bike
When I was in Hue, Vietnam, I met four schoolteachers who all lived in a single-room shack. The four women could only afford two bicycles between them, so the way they commuted was two to a bike--with...
View ArticleDesign Job: Studio Red seeks a World-class Designer/Director in Menlo Park, CA
Candidates should have an Industrial Design degree, 7+ years experience, and will be responsible for producing concept sketches/refined concept renderings of a wide variety of tech and non-tech...
View ArticleReader Submitted: 'Painful' Chair: An Original Approach to Traditional...
A handmade wooden chair not only demonstrates the beauty of the wood, but through stylistic choices also reveals the cultural influences and elements behind it. "Painful" doesn't mean that you feel...
View ArticleUsing Cradle to Cradle to Eliminate the Concept of Waste
Presented by theCradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute andAutodesk, the Product Design Challenge asks emerging designers to develop new solutions for improving our environment through...
View ArticleGermany Building Bicycle-Only Highway That Will Link Ten Cities
The ADFC is Germany's bicycle advocacy group, and they've come up with a funny term: MAMIL, which stands for Middle-Aged Man in Lycra. What they're referring to are studies that show it's typically...
View ArticleWeekly Maker's Roundup
DIY Dust CollectorA strip sander puts out a fair amount of fine dust, but Matthias Wandel found it inconvenient to keep connecting his dust collector. Thus he built a smaller dedicated dust collector,...
View ArticleDesign Job: Build up your resume as Saguez & Partners' next Interior...
Interns will support PM's in the development and monitoring of retail architecture projects in France and Internationally. Candidates should have sketching abilities and be pursuing an Interior Design...
View ArticleThis Week in Design: The Future of NYC, New Work by Dominic Wilcox,...
Happy Monday! Jumpstart your week with our insider's guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here's the best of...
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