German designers Wach just unveiled a product concept that any small-apartment denizen will love: A sink that doubles as a dish washer. The piece is part of a show of work by young German designers, called DMY Berlin. ...READ»
The creators of Kluster--an online tool that allows designers to collaboratively workshop their ideas--have just announced another foray into crowd-sourced product design: Quirky. The site is an interesting mishmash of a bunch ...READ»
The British European Design Group--a trade organization--showed off its homegrown student talent at ICFF. Fast Company brought back video of a couple clever designs, and pictures of a few others. You might be amazed what you can do ...READ»
Of all the design we saw at ICFF, this is the only one that had several passers-by cooing, "We need this!"
The two designs by Takano Heartworks perfect objects you'd never think twice about: Walkers and canes. Here's ...READ»
The hotly anticipated IF Mode folding bike had its American debut at ICFF, and Fast Company got a sneak peak.
The buzz behind the bike comes for good reason: It's the first folding bike with a full-sized frame and wheels, ...READ»
Today, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis spacewalked to the Hubble Telescope and kitted it with a new camera. Should everything go right--and so far, the mission has been a success--the Hubble should be good until ...READ»
This week, OXO Good Grips unveiled its new line of office products, and all of them have the polished ergonomics and clever functionality that are the company's calling card. For now, they're available exclusively ...READ»
3M Canada recently sponsored a class at Ontario College of Art & Design to revamp its office products, and the company now plans to produce the two best designs. One is a tape dispenser by Matthew Pacione; another is a ...READ»
The National Design Awards, adminstered by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, are the most prestigious in the U.S. The 2009 winners were just announced. Some of them you may have heard of, others you probably haven't ...READ»
This week, Lord Norman Foster arrived in Italy to launch his first super-yacht design, the $24 million Ocean Emerald. And, if you made some extra dough shorting bank stocks or simply need a cozy headquarters as you plot world ...READ»
Tree harvesting is a destructive business by design. The machines trample the forest floor, leaving pulverized tracks in their wake. Christian Knobloch, a German industrial designer, wanted to build a kinder and gentler harvester, ...READ»
A central front in the war on super bugs like swine flu is hospitals themselves--they're crowded with nooks that can shelter disease, and frequently become vectors for outbreaks. This week, Britain's Design Council unveiled a slew ...READ»
At a recent London screening of the new documentary about industrial design, Objectified, Apple's lead designer Jonathan Ive joined Marc Newson to introduce the film. The event wasn't exactly a love-note to contemporary ...READ»
Medical devices present myriad design, ergonomic and functionality problems. The best of them put design cleverness on full display--and the best were just announced, in the 2009 Medical Design Excellence Awards.
Some ...READ»
Most product designers would agree that, on a philosophical level, the purpose of our profession is to solve important problems in effective and responsible ways, and products should only be designed and produced if they bring true ...READ»
Yesterday, on the first day of CES, the world's definitive gadget trade show, the product announcements were flowing thick. What the commenters ignored, however, were the basic question of whose stuff looked the best. That's a ...READ»
Evaluating and measuring a design’s worth, and determining a designer’s compensation for the design, are challenges facing every organization that brings original products to market.
The task is not an easy one. Too many ...READ»
I attended the Annual Masters of Design (MOD) Gala that was held yesterday night at (appropriately) the recently opened Museum of Art and Design where Marcel Wanders, world-renowned Dutch designer, John Maeda, president of Rhode ...READ»
What is good design? I asked friends and colleagues what good design is. Most of them answered naming a few products or mentioning a designer’s name. I felt that these answers were not getting to the essence of what good design ...READ»
American industrial designers are the secret heroes of the marketplace, finessing products to make them easier to use and help them sell better. Here's how five top firms have been busy shaping our world.READ»
Article in a sentence:
Industrial Designers offer the ability to improve your inventions
usability, aesthetics and ergonomics, increasing your inventions
perceived value and ...READ»
