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D-Crit Open House & Information Session This Weekend
The School of Visual Art's Design Criticism department is at it again: they're offering champagne, donuts and—most importantly—information about their esteemed MFA program to prospective students this...
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One Man's Trash Is Another Man's... Soap: Amron's Vanishing Fruitwash Labels
Scott Amron, the man behind a whopping ten of our favorite recent designs, is back with another brilliant idea. His Vanishing "Fruitwash Labels" are literally so fresh and so clean: they "dissolve into...
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Flotspotting: Motorcycle Mania
Clockwise from top left: Benoit Vignot, Glynn Kerr, Arturo Arino, Daniele Pesaresi, Nikola Vargov This edition of Flotspotting is largely inspired by two motorcycle designers who happen to have posted...
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How Steve Jobs Ruined My Life
I truly hope that Steve Jobs is in heaven. In many ways, he certainly deserves it. For tech fans, I don't think anyone has brought more joy to the world than Mr. Jobs and his Apple Computer colleagues....
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How to File a U.S. Patent
Somewhere in storage I've got a plaque with my name on a design patent. As part of a design team I was only given partial credit, and the object—a structural package design for a bottle—was something...
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Tool Challenge Cheaters?
A couple of years ago we asked "What do contractors do when you're not around to supervise?" and showed you this video: Now construction tool "skillz" videos seem to be all the rage, with window...
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Asus' Smartphone Within a Tablet: Good Idea?
Earlier this year Asus showed a prototype of the Padfone, which is sort of like an iPad that ate an iPhone, and now (as reported by Engadget) it looks like it will see production. The Android-based...
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Looks Cool, But What Does It Actually Shelter?
New York-based architecture and design firm 0 to 1 recently completed a project called "Artist Retreat." Located in Fiskars, Finland—an artist-centric village of scissors fame—the private guest house...
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TIMCO Aerosystems' Swappable Crew Rest Module and Other Lightweight Airplane...
As airlines, like the auto industry, have seized upon lightweighting in order to combat rising fuel costs, design can play a concrete role in reducing their bottom lines. They'll increasingly turn to...
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Rockstar Games is seeking a User Interface / User Experience Designer in New...
User Interface / User Experience Designer Rockstar GamesNew York, New York Rockstar Games is seeking a talented and dedicated UI/UX Designer who is well-versed in Graphic Design to join their New...
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"Thirty Six," a Respirating Light Installation by Nils Voelker
Artist and communication designer Nils Völker's latest site-specific installation "Thirty Six" isn't a huge departure from his previous work, but it definitely has enough charm to warrant at least a...
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Innovation Self-Efficacy: Fostering Beliefs in Our Ability Through and By...
We are now face to face with wicked problems. Childhood obesity, climate change, aging population, literacy—the scope, implications and rate of change of today's critical problems make them unlike...
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Object of Desire: A CNC Blade-Dragging Machine
I like cutting two-by's with a chop saw. Or slicing tubes with a pipe cutter, or trimming veneer with a router. Because all of those materials are rigid and you get nice, clean cuts that are exactly...
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Superb Project Presentation: Check Out Rene Lee's Website
Remember the Bento Book amalgamation of mobile devices designed by Rene Lee? We've been eagerly watching the onetime RISD ID student's website since last July, when he scored a coveted internship with...
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Recap of Design Addict Congress 2011, Mexico
The Tecnológico de Monterrey's SLP campus Last week I was down in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to speak at the Design Addict Congress, a series of lectures and workshops focused on industrial design at the...
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ZAL Creations' Illuminating Pipes and Bottles
Using beer bottles and plumbing fixtures, Chicago-based Etsy seller ZAL Creations produces beautiful steampunk-y lamps in desktop, wall-mounted and hanging varieties. (A variation on a theme,...
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Montre Post-It: Wrist-Based Reminders, Now For Civilians
NFL quarterbacks and Army Rangers wear "wrist coaches" to keep track of things like "Blue 42 Twist Right" and the full names of people you're supposed to shoot on sight. But what about us civilians?...
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Traditional Japanese "Toolbox" to Die For: Keiji Ashizawa's Hirosaki Knife Box
Hirosaki is a city in northern Japan responsible for the bulk of that country's apple production, meaning they've got a lot of apple trees. In homage to the region, designer Keiji Ashizawa...
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Looks Cool, But What Does It Actually Commemorate?
Remember NAU's "Immersive Cocoon"? Conceptual artist and designer Diddo has extended—or inverted, perhaps—that concept for posterity's sake with "Project Womb," an inquiry into the "Aesthetics of the...
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The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is Seeking its First Executive...
Executive Director Interaction Design Association (IxDA)Anywhere, USA (Remote) The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is an international professional organization whose mission is to advance the...
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