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Welcome to the Party: 'Socializing' Design
Design discourse often strikes me as analogous to a family get together. It sets out well enough; optimistic with an undercurrent of reconciliation, but it can turn sour. A casual remark or offhanded...
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Furniture and objects by Michael Stolworthy, a multicreative worthy of the name
Designer and artist Michael Stolworthy puts the "industrial" in industrial design, and when it comes to being a multicreative, he's got one of the more interesting backgrounds we've seen: [Stolworthy]...
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More on GM's Damsels of Design
We've highlighted the Damsels of Design before, that group of nine female designers hired by Harley Earl, GM's Design Veep, starting in the '40s and running into the '50s. But there's a new article...
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Cavalier Essentials asks: What kinda stuff does Steve McQueen carry?
Miles of style Cavalier Essentials is a line of vintage men's products described thusly: "If Steve McQueen carried a beat-up leather duffle bag on the back of his motorcycle, what would be in it and...
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6 Hands Exhibition at the Aram Gallery, London
India Carpenter The Aram Gallery in London is well-known as a forum for the exposition of experimental and emerging design. Daniel Charny has been instrumental in bringing fresh, new work to the...
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HP Exec talks design, shows off new Touchsmart
This video can be tough to get through because it sounds like it was recorded in a bus depot, but it's interesting in that HP executive Randall Martin breaks down their design process. Unsurprisingly...
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Reebok is Seeking a Senior Designer - Concept & Innovation in Boston
Senior Designer - Concept & Innovation ReebokBoston Area, MA Reebok International is seeking two Designers for our Concept and Innovation team. This is a new, small, dynamic, cross-functional team...
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Get screened out with Kyocera's upcoming phone
If I were Mayor of New York City I'd order all manholes be left uncovered, purely to weed out people who heedlessly walk the streets while staring into their cell phones. Mobile Facebook updates would...
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Book Review: Staging Space, an exploration of meaning through space.
Gestalten released Staging Space a compilation of the 'scenic interiors and spatial experiences' late last year. It's quite a thorough volume, covering a broad cross-section of categories, split into...
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Bridging the Gap in Beautiful Ways: Solar Park South design comp winners
Here are a couple of stunning entries from Italy's Solar Park South design competition, which sought environmentally-friendly proposals that could be integrated into the Salerno-Reggio Calabria...
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Coroflot Connects @ IxDA 11
We're heading out to Boulder, CO this week for the Interaction 11 Conference, hosted by our friends at the IxDA. We're long-time supporters of this conference and look forward to it each year. This...
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DISCUSSIONS: Debate on Design Plagiarism
The latest product design debate to catch my attention over on the Core boards was started last year and has been reinvigorated as of this morning. It's entitled "A Lovely Bit of Plagiarism," started...
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Nuance, New Delivery System Filling the Gap for Dental Assistants
RKS Design teamed up with Discus Dental to launch a new product to aid dental assistants while repairing and filling teeth -- combining a universal composite material with a simple but effective...
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Godoy's "Snowjob" Chair: Candy wrappers never get recycled?
Regular readers of this blog know I'm obsessed with the idea of one person's garbage becoming another's raw material, particularly when there's a minimum of processing involved. One fascinating...
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Henkel Presents an Interactive Packaging Design Contest
We're pleased to bring this sponsored announcement from advertising partners at HYVE, a leading crowdsourcing platform. Make Design Stick and win 5,000 Euros (Apprx. $6,700 USD) Henkel, a world-class...
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Small in the City: VW Up and the Aston Martin Cygnet
Small city cars are a constant fascination of designers. Perhaps it's the challenge of creating a desirable car with a very limited budget. Or, perhaps it's our constant search for something a little...
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Collaboration: No Rockstars, Please by Paul Backett
Oregon Manifest Brainstorm This is the fifth post in a 6-part series from Ziba's Industrial Design Director, Paul Backett, on rethinking design education. Read the Introduction to the series, Teach...
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The Next Generation Brailler
Back in 2008, the product development branch of the Perkins School for the Blind did a redesign of the Perkins Brailler. The Brailler is a braille typewriter that was originally invented by a group of...
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IDEO.org Announces 2011 Projects and Inaugural Fellows
As we shared with you in March, IDEO.org has taken the human-centered approach from IDEO to work with partners in the social sector focusing on design solutions for addressing problems in health,...
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Coroflot Genius Gallery - Final Countdown
This marks the second-to-last edition of the Coroflot Genius Gallery. We've seen hundreds of amazing portfolios over the past three months, often to the extent that our running list of our top picks...
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