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Gaming in the Men's room: Sega's new urinal device
If the Japanese nation is famous for anything, passion for gaming, remarkable toilets and an ability to apply technology to the most unlikely of places are surely high on the list. So really, Sega's...
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HP / Palm is Seeking a Visual Designer in Sunnyvale or San Francisco
Visual Designer HP / PalmSunnyvale or San Francisco Palm is seeking a world-class user experience visual designer with a proven track record of shipping game-changing products. In this role you will...
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More pre-ID industrial design: The Kelly Kettle
The title of this entry is referencing James H. Boye's early-20th-Century POP design I wrote about a few days ago. I'm always fascinated by great design that happened before anyone knew what ID...
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Spiral Foundatin's Wastepaper Baskets made from waste
Go to any developing country--and heck, most of the developed ones--and at some point you see discarded plastic bags flying around as free-floating garbage. That's why I love these so much: These...
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Thinking of doing a design PhD? Trust me, I'm a doctor.
In design post-graduation education the PhD is fast becoming the new Masters. This partly reflects the maturing of design research, but is also a response to the need for institutions to beef up their...
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I give this package design a Bee Plus
Looks like a rendering, but gosh I hope this is real: Polish design firm Ah&Oh's package design for Babees Pure Organic Honey is both cute and eye-catching. And its mission, like honey, is...
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Neat Ikeahack for off-set tabletop/work surface
Digging this Ikeahack by RainyDayMagazine. Ikea's Capita brace, stock shot above, is meant for adding an elevated, off-set ledge to a table. RDM's Wan & Carolyn took four of them, mounted them...
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"Sustainable Refrainables" Poster Design Competition: Deadline January 2nd
Entries are pouring in for Core77's "Sustainable Refrainables" Poster Design Competition in conjunction with Compostmodern 2011. There's still 4 days remaining if you want a shot at winning one of the...
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Your desk is so plane
If I could hire employees, I'd have a desk like this and sit behind it wearing a leather flying cap, bomber jacket, scarf and goggles while I interviewed prospectives. I would act normal through much...
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Until ID'ers get their own hack blog, this'll have to do
It's not quite FailBlog, but neither is it a site documenting triumphs of the human spirit. No, the Russian site Misuse.su is something in between, collecting shots of various objects that have...
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Make your existing socks obsolete with this interesting footwear design...
I know they're not meant to be funny looking, but I keep thinking these are the kinds of shoes you send your kid out in when you want him to get beat up at the playground: They're by a Japanese company...
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Vizio is Seeking a Senior Industrial Designer in Irvine Calif.
Senior Industrial Designer VizioIrvine Calif. If you're looking for a 9 to 5 job in a comfortable, slow moving corporate environment, with policies and paperwork to guide every aspect of your...
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The coffee table: Conversation starter and a lesson-in-waiting for children
Respect me, boy The original purpose of a coffee table seems so respectable and quaint. You and your spouse invite the Joneses over for dinner--presumably to show them you're keeping up with them--and...
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Muscular furnace design
Good gosh do I want one of these Bullerjan furnaces, a woodburning stove whose design suggests in contains a V8 engine. In fact the pipes on the bottom draw in cold air and those on top vent hot air,...
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After seeing Bertelli's Biciclette, now I understand bike porn
I love how good product photography and good industrial design can draw you to objects you previously had no interest in; it's part of why I'm currently obsessed with vintage sewing machines, and it...
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A better Post-It? And made from wood waste
This is a great design project because a) it incorporates recycling, b) it's a useful product, and c) the design addresses and corrects the flaws of earlier generations of the same product....
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Ziiiro Watches: Time doesn't fly, but it swirls
Just when I think I've seen every possible variant of clock and watch design, someone comes up with a new way to represent those two little sticks that make us on time or late. The most recent to...
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Yves Behar on why we should look forward to 2011
Yves Behar gave a quick Q&A to the Times, providing quotes on technology, sustainability, and the role of social activism in design. He kicked things off with this encouraging view: I truly...
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New furniture designs from Patricia Urquiola
Channeling 1950s California Modernism is Patricia Urquiola's recently released Silver Lake line of armchairs and sofas, named for the hip L.A. neighborhood. Produced by Italy's Moroso, the line is made...
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Ongoing debate about design of commercial HD vehicles
There's an interesting discussion going on over at the Core77 boards on the design of commercial heavy duty vehicles, and we're liking the variety of voices (and willingness to throw images up there)....
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