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MESH01 Skate Footwear Design and PENSOLE Competitions
MESH01 is a co-creation platform that focusses on footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories. It links designers and brands worldwide. Together, they create and launch innovative products for the...
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Four Case Studies for 2011
To get you inspired in the new year, we are kicking off this decade with a collection of four case studies from around the country. The featured case studies from our January issue highlight the power...
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Pre-phone cameras were way more stylish
I did a double-take when I learned that acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) shot his latest 30-minute short entirely on an iPhone 4. That this little black rectangle could capture...
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Okay, we've got ID'ers on postage stamps. Next...assembly lines?
I'm kinda divided on this one. Following the US Postal Service's announcement of their forthcoming classic industrial design stamp series, Assembly Magazine's Austin Weber is proposing a series...
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Video showing Moleskine debossing process
Ever wonder how they deboss artwork onto the cover of those custom Moleskine notebooks? (Don't feel bad if you haven't ever wondered that, it just means you're a Philistine.) The answer is, a...
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Using Kinect, MIT Media Lab pulls off gesture-based web browsing, with more...
Whoa-ho! Depth JS, an open-source project run by a quartet of MIT Media Lab guys, has successfully connected Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing technology with Javascript. What does this mean to you and...
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Tonite! Real Live Rocket Science at the Curiosity Club
Nathan Bergey: Mechanical Integrator Building open source, open hardware rockets in Portland, Oregon. Nathan Bergey is a volunteer rocket scientist for Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS). PSAS is...
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Predictable Magic - Download Your Free Digital Copy!
Attention Kindle owners! For a limited time you can download a free digital copy of Predictable Magic from authors Ravi Sawhney and Deepa Prahalad. Check out our recent review, and then check out a...
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MESH01 is Seeking a Creative Entrepreneur in Portsmouth, NH
Position MESH01Portsmouth, New Hampshire MESH01 seeks a highly motivated person who will be involved with the following: Managing and further developing a crowdsourced design process and community...
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UK Motorcycle company and design student collaboration is a Triumph of design
I love the brake-handle corkscrew, the disc-rotor record player and clutch-lever cutlery. When UK-based Triumph Motorcycles recently collaborated with Birmingham Institute of Art and Design students,...
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"Design Squad" co-host on the underrepresentation of women
Inventor's Digest has an interview up with Judy Lee, a mechanical engineer and industrial designer for IDEO who also happens to co-host PBS' "Design Squad Nation" program. In addition to following...
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CES 2011: ThinkEco's modlet
Sustainability was a key theme at CES this year. And, among the many eco-technovations on display, was the modlet, the modern electric outlet. Offered by ThinkEco, a NYC-based company that was founded...
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Nixon Trooper headphones: A volume control that's actually got some volume
When I was a kid, the volume dial on my father's hi-fi looked like a schoolbus steering wheel to me. It was huge. These days most of my audio listening is done on iPhone headphones while walking...
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You design the inside, OKW Enclosures will take care of the outside
Part of the pleasure of being an industrial designer is getting to determine the exterior form of the object you're working on. But let's say you're designing an electronic gizmo--something like the...
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CES 2011: Solar Components' JOOS Orange
Winning the Best of Innovations Award for CES in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technology Category was JOOS Orange Personal Solar Charger. Designed to charge all personal electronic devices including...
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CES 2011: Bluelounge Nest
Among the plethora of more than 200 iLounge Pavillion exhibitors with their cases, holders, folders, doodads and tchotchkes for iPhones, iPads and iPods, a few beautiful, simple, well-designed products...
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Core77's "Sustainable Refrainables" Poster Design Competition Winners!
Congratulations to the "Sustainable Refrainables" Poster Design Competition winners as voted by the Core77 community. First place goes to a clever entry pictured above Reduce, Reuse. by framecio who...
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CES 2011: House of Marley Audio
Audiophiles were all over the place at CES sampling and enjoying a wide range of new, high-end headphones and earbuds, many of which were endorsed or developed in collaboration with celebrities in the...
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FREE Day Starts...now!
Sparkfun is having their second annual FREE DAY starting just about...now. They're giving away $150K in merchandise on a first come-first serve basis so get your trigger finger ready. A quick customer...
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Emily Pilloton @ Teague Academy
Learning Landscape at Kutamba AIDS Orphans School, Uganda Over the years we've been a huge fan of the work of Emily Pilloton and Project H Design. Emily will be giving a talk on Tuesday, January 26th...
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