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SightUnseen: Lifestyles of the Young and Designy

A new design blog provides an all-access pass to the lives of designers.READ»

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Field Research Can Be Rough, but It's the Only Way to Design for the Developing World

Design consultancy Artefact specializes in developing products for the developing world--and they're happy to share their hard-won expertise.READ»

Exclusive Interview: The Invention of the Automist

Yusef Muhammed, the co-designer the 2009 Dyson Award-winning firefighting kitchen faucet, discusses the challenges it meets and the concepts his team discarded.READ»

The 30 Most Important Books for Product Designers

What are the most important books for any product designer--or anyone hoping to crib some design thinking? READ»

American Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process

Designer Dustin Curtis was so disgusted with the American Airlines Web site that he redesigned it, and posted the results as an open letter to the company. Guess what? One of AA's designers responded with a long ...READ»

The Making of a Masterpiece Chair

Just recently, the storied German furniture company Vitra unveiled a deceptively simple chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, two masters of comtemporary design. A simple, plastic molded bucket seat it nonetheless had a fit and ...READ»