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Litl

Lisa Strausfeld, Yves Behar, and Abbott Miller Form Supergroup, Design Litl Netbook

The Litl netbook rethinks interface design, and boasts pitch-perfect design details. Too bad about the price.READ»

Bits and Pieces

Bits 'n' Pieces: High-tech Design

If you're curious about high-tech design techniques, a new exhibit should appease your appetite. READ»

Milk

12 of the World's Coolest Packaging Designs

Two packaging design encyclopedias hit the shelves this month. Here's a sneak peak.READ»

DevelopingWorld
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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»

An Important Message About Apple Industrial Design from Jon Ive

An Important Message About Apple Industrial Design from Jon Ive

Jon, whatever it is that you are having at the "communal design area," send some over:READ»

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The Season's New Seats: Chairs to Nest In

The next generation of modern chairs is designed to envelop, not punish. This fall, imagine your seat in one of these top five plush seats. READ»

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The Secrets Behind Great Design: IDSA Announces Catalyst Case Study Winners

The greatest design innovations invariably have a story behind them: the insight that led to a radical new way to solve a problem, the failure that led to a breakthrough, the serendipity where colliding forces led to a profound ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
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Design/Art

 Design/Art Last week, in a conversation with a colleague, I felt a little disappointed about a negative comment he made about the “Tuyomyo” bench designed by Frank Gehry for Emeco.  He said it was “impracticable ...READ»

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Portfolio of the Day: Joey Roth

How one young designer creates products that celebrate ritual, using materials that break-in slowly.READ»

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Creative Deconstruction: Why Dell's Designers Tear Apart Their Own Computers

Most designers' time is focused on creation when it comes to a product's lifecycle. But it is just as important to look at the other end of the lifecycle--the deconstruction of the very products that they create. READ»

george-nelson

What I Learned From a Restroom Tête-à-Tête with George Nelson

As a summer intern, Dan Harden learned the most about design by chatting up a legend in a corporate bathroom.READ»

Flashlight

The Best Flashlight Ever Designed?

Blackfire's new concept puts to shame all the other flashlights sitting in your toolbox.READ»

PaperCast
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Three Designers Beautifully Reinvent the Arm Cast + an Eames Leg Splint for Good Measure

Three arm-cast designs that improve upon age-old methods--and one classic that achieved world-changing influence.READ»

peter fossick

The Architect of Experience: Conversation With a Service Designer

Where interactive design meets industrial design, meets advertising, meets interior design, meets graphic design, meets sequential art. Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace interviews professor Peter Fossick.READ»

ziba design

Ziba Design's New HQ Is a Sustainable Pillar of the Community

The Portland-based strategic innovation and design consultancy builds a new office that also builds their neighborhood.READ»

power funnel headset

The "Power Funnel" and Other Design Innovations in Plantronics' Discovery 975 Headset

The company's chief designer gives Fast Company an exclusive interview about the design ideas behind the new Discovery 975 Bluetooth headset.READ»

DanishBikeThumb

Building Denmark's Design Identity, One Sale at a Time

The Crafts Collection promotes Danish designers who might otherwise get overshadowed. Their new wares include brilliant stacking mugs and gorgeous bikes.READ»

Yves

The Invention of Jawbone Offers Essential Lessons for Tech Start-Ups

Jawbone's designer and the company's CEO rap about how design is as important as tech for Silicon Valley start-ups.READ»

les paul, guitar

Les Paul: The Guitar, the Logo, the Legend

A tribute to the Architect of Rock & Roll, who died yesterday at 94.READ»

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A Table That Turns Your Kitchen Into Mini Ecosystem [UPDATED]

This ingenious concept was modeled on nature's cycles, from rain to plants to soil.READ»

GROfridge

How Demographics Can Play Out in Fridge Design

A striking refrigerator concept actually tells a story about changes in the way we live.READ»

Drill

Fresh Faces, Fresh Ideas: The Eye-Catching Work of Three Design Students

Ideas ranging from novice-friendly power tools to lamps with shades made of your scrap paper.READ»

IDEAaward

Big Awards for the Year's Best Industrial Design

The International Design Excellence Awards were announced yesterday, and represent the 150 best designs among over 1600 entries.READ»

Chef'n

How Chef'n Cooks Up Clever Kitchen Tools

The world's most innovative kitchen-gadget company shows off its design studio, in a behind-the-scenes tour.READ»

GM to Buy Back All Pontiac Azteks for Cash!

Last chance for GM to be as cool as AppleREAD»

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