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

BY Linda TischlerWed Sep 23, 2009 at 12:11 PM

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»

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Oxo Redesigns the Common Syringe

BY Cliff KuangTue Jun 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM

The new design helps those with rheumatoid arthritis with the tricky task of self-administered injections.READ»

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Welcoming Guest Blogger Tom Dair: To Design Smart, Keep It Simple

BY Linda TischlerFri May 15, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Smart Design is, well, one of the smartest design shops we know. You may not know the firm by name, but you certainly know its products: OXO Good Grips kitchen tools, Hewlett Packard Photo Printers, Ford's "Smart Gauge" for hybrid ...READ»

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Objectified: The New Design Film That Sickens, Inspires

BY Linda TischlerFri Apr 10, 2009 at 10:48 AM

"Your movie made me physically sick," one audience member told Gary Hustwit (left), the director of Objectified, the eagerly anticipated film about industrial design, last night at a screening in New York. Far from ...READ»

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Smart Design's Dan Formosa on the Power of People, Simplicity and Gossip

BY Alissa WalkerFri Mar 27, 2009 at 3:48 PM

He was on the design team that developed the first IBM computer. He worked on design for the OXO Good Grips kitchen tools and Ford's SmartGauge we wrote about here last week, but Smart Design founder Dan Formosa has actually ...READ»

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Five Top Design Firms Make the Gadgets We Love

BY Tim McKeoughWed Sep 17, 2008 at 1:30 AM

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»