Oregon Manifest 2011: IDEO x Rock Lobster's "Faraday" Fared Well
IDEO's Adam Vollmer with "Faraday" at Checkpoint 2 of the Oregon Manifest I suppose I was trying to be a bit coy with that last teaser shot from Oregon Manifest, which included the silhouette of the...
View ArticleSmart Salon Video Teases Upcoming DMI Conference
In preparation of the Design Management Institute's upcoming annual conference, the folks over at Smart Design held a salon with the conference co-chairs. Smart Design VP and Partner Richard...
View ArticleNYPD: Solving the Impossible
A really fascinating video from 60 Minutes on the NYPD's Counter-Terrorism Bureau is making the blog rounds today. As fascinated as I am by all the Orwellian or futuristic technologies—including the...
View ArticleMichelin Announces Lightweighting Theme for 2013 Design Competition
Last year's "The Saddle" entry, by Atilla Tari/Hypo-Design, Hungary Pursuant to the current prevailing business wisdom that less is more, Michelin has announced the theme for their 2013 Michelin...
View ArticleGetty Center Exhibit on De Wain Valentine, Artist Who Developed His Own Resin
As creatives we typically work with existing materials, with few of us having the facilities and chemical backgrounds to develop our own matter. But in the mid '60s artist De Wain Valentine broke the...
View ArticleEmilie Baltz & Jeremy Linzee's "BUOYS" at DUMBO Arts Festival
Besides the myriad design events happening across the globe right now, Brooklyn's own DUMBO Arts Festival took place this past weekend. The programming sounded similar to projects and installations...
View ArticleDesign Research and Eduction: A Failure of Imagination?
When Don Norman wrote that he is "made to read a lot of crap" in Why Design Education Must Change, he had me sighing in agreement. Around ninety-percent of the design and design education research I...
View ArticleDesign Research and Education: A Failure of Imagination?
When Don Norman wrote that he is "made to read a lot of crap" in Why Design Education Must Change, he had me sighing in agreement. Around ninety-percent of the design and design education research I...
View ArticleCore77 Design Award 2011: The Tinkering Studio, Notable for Design Education...
Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year's Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the...
View ArticleRide the Talk: Cindy's Sustainability in 7 - Advice from the Road
You may have caught the Sustainability in 7 video series that Core77 ran earlier this year. I decided to create my own based on what I learned from my recent 1000 mile cycling road trip for...
View ArticleGreywater-Saving Sink Design
For years I've been washing my dishes in a peculiar way to extend the usefulness of the water consumed. I soap each item up and set it on the counter without rinsing. When everything's been soaped, I...
View ArticleHerald Media Doesn't Promote Upcoming Design Conference, but Interviews Karim...
In just two weeks a new design conference will be held in Seoul, called the iDEA Herald Design Forum. Disappointingly they haven't bothered to build a website to promote it, despite pulling in some...
View ArticleLive! David Thorpe, Oved Valadez, and Tom Lakovic of INDUSTRY at Core77's HES...
"A Change In Trade: Why the Linear and Prescriptive Innovation Process is No Longer Relevant in a Digital World." The design world is in a state of flux; the big agency and linear budget-busting...
View ArticleBeijing Design Week 2011: Ilivetomorrow's Chimera Pavilion
"Plastic Classic Loop" Collection," Pili Wu. Resin coated solid wood. Reflecting the philosophy behind Hong Kong-based creative space Ilivetomorrow, the chimera is a mythological creature composed of...
View ArticleBeijing Design Week 2011: Water Calligraphy Device Tricycle Hack
Since arriving in Beijing, we've seen all types of work bicycles and tricycles, not so disimilar to fuseproject x Sycip's final design for Oregon Manifest. Beijing-based Canadian media and...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2011: DesignMarketo's Bar Alto Pop-Up
With London Design Festival in full swing, we finally had a chance to sit down for a drink and what better place than the opening of Designmarketo's newest pop-up project: Bar Alto. Everyone who has...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2011: "DrinKlip" at 100% Design
We spotted the "DrinKlip" at the opening of 100% Design and we can't quite decided whether its complete genius or totally superfluous. Resembling a giant clothes peg, the product keeps your coffee at...
View ArticleCore77 Design Award 2011: TrakRok, Student Notable for Transportation
Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year's Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the...
View ArticleIDEO is seeking a Human Factors Specialist in Boston, Massachusetts
Human Factors Specialist IDEOBoston, Massachusetts IDEO Boston is looking for a Human Factors Specialist to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and to create innovative products, services,...
View ArticleBraunPrize 2012: Seeking "Genius Design for a better everyday" from Students...
Last week, Braun announced the details for the 18th edition of their preeminent design awards program, a competition that they've held every three years since 1968. This year sees a couple of notable...
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