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Fast Track to the Mobile App: App Hub, Your First Step in Developing for the...
By now, you might've already looked over the five winning entries in the Fast Track to the Mobile App design competition, and seen the list of the 95 finalists who impressed judges with their...
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Workbench Videos, Part 2: Charlie Kocourek's Height-Adjustable Jack Bench
Minnesota-based craftsman Charlie Kocourek wanted an adjustable-height workbench, but found exising versions to be poorly designed—requiring great physical strength to lift or lower—or just too...
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The Path Less Followed (or, Why I Didn't Work at Circuit City)
A student recently asked me how I got my first professional job as a designer. It reminded me of a particularly difficult journey I hadn't thought of in years. Looking at my resume my path seems...
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MFA Products of Design Application Date Approaching
For those of you thinking about applying, the new MFA Products of Design priority application deadline is coming up on January 15th. The progressive new program, launched at SVA and chaired by...
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Graffiti Art for a Good Cause: Little Lotus Project
Usually when it comes to talking about graffiti art, it's a moral discussion about property rights or freedom of expression. In the case of the Little Lotus Project, it's definitely a moral cause, but...
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Luke Lamp Co's Rustic, Handmade Lighting
You'd never guess, by looking at Luke Lamp Co.'s Etsy offerings, that the incandescent bulb is going extinct. The Mamaroneck, New-York-based company produces a range of Edison-bulb lighting fixtures...
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Talstar's Bugged-Out Bottle Design
The two-headed form factor of this Talstar Professional Insecticide bottle is almost disturbingly ugly, yet the physical design is meant to convey its specific manner of use: The bottle contains a...
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Masters of the Cutaway Part 6: Christopher & Matt Cushman
We've already covered Star Wars cross-sections back in Part 1, so it's only fair we cover the Star Trek cross-sections of Christopher and Matt Cushman. Christopher Cushman's story begins with the...
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Harmony Remote Changes the Channel for Good Design
Last week, an engineer mentioned his Harmony remote to me. He really loved it and was one of those passionate early adopters. I remembered that they had more humble beginnings, so I went back and did...
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The PayPal Controversy Over Destroying Counterfeit Objects
This is what happens when you rip The Clash off on eBay As product designers we're supposed to play a role in keeping objects out of the wastestream. Consumers play their part too, with sites like...
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Tools for Suburban Living?
The suburbanites and rural dwellers among you probably realize that your home-maintenance problems are foreign to us city dwellers. You have raccoons going through your garbage, we have winos and...
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Masters of the Cutaway Part 8: The Das Brothers & Roger Stewart
One of the comments on Part 2 of this series suggested I check out the work of Rudolf and Robbert Das, twin Dutch futurists. The Das brothers were born in 1929 and originally wanted to become pilots,...
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The Landscape of User Experience Design in Asia, by Daniel Szuc and Josephine...
As businesses in Asia in various domains look to how they can mature, differentiate and compete globally in their respective products and services, User Experience (UX) is gaining significant...
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Designers Accord 2nd UK Town Hall: January 19!
Join the London design community for the second UK Designers Accord Town Hall in London on Thursday, January 19, hosted by Engage by Design and in partnership with the Design Council in London....
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Some Assembly Required, Lamborghini-Style
Rome's Chiostro del Bramante Museum was erected during the Renaissance, when even Leonardo da Vinci could not have predicted a vehicle like Lamborghini's Aventador supercar. Unsurprisingly then, the...
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Coroflot Connects @ Interaction12
Next month we'll be heading over to Dublin, Ireland for the Interaction12 Conference, the annual gathering organized by our friends at the IxDA. This will be our first trip to the Emerald Isle, so if...
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Masters of the Cutaway Part 9: Kevin Hulsey's and Steven Howard's Process
So you've made it through eight posts on the masters of cutaways. If you're like me, you've been wondering, "How the hell do I draw my own cross-sections??" That's where Kevin Hulsey comes in. Hulsey...
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Ron Paulk's Mobile Super Workshop, Part 2: Box Truck and Modular Storage...
Ron Paulk might be a carpenter/builder, I'd argue that in terms of storage he's also an artist. (See his Mobile Tool Trailer from Part 1 if you've any doubt.) And below is this artist's latest blank...
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Flotspotting: Super Duty Construction Truck Rendering Porn, Part 2
The first Flotspotting of the New Year picks up where the last one left off: Vil Tsimenzin's shiny vehicle renderings are as sweet as eye candy gets. Whereas Jon Pope's renderings were somewhat...
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iPad Purportedly Survives 100,000-Ft. Drop in G-Form Case
For the first GoPro video of 2012, heavy-duty padding purveyors G-Form have put their Extreme Edge iPad case to the test by documenting a 100,000-ft. (to the edge of the troposphere, if you must know)...
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