product design

A Lens Case From Pretty Mundane Objects Is Anything But

BY Margaret Rhodes | 04-27-2012 | 3:50 PM | MAGAZINE

courtesy of beverly moon Every email from product designer Beverly Moon ends with "Thanks for believing in refining the everyday." That pretty well summarizes Pretty Mundane Objects, her plan to redesign one tired, ubiquitous item a ...READ MORE›

Forget Selling Your Product

BY Andrew Collins | 04-08-2012 | 9:42 PM | DESIGN

We've all heard this expression before 'Experience sells' which really says it all. But just how much of this do you really advocate? Experience tells me too few of us (including myself) have spent nearly enough time reviewing our business or product experience to the point of exhaustion. How long have you spent reviewing your product, your service and the overall experience before you rush to market? Think about it. READ MORE›

Black + Blum Design A Better Water Bottle, Complete WIth A Giant Charcoal Stick

BY Dan Macsai | 03-19-2012 | 12:07 PM | MAGAZINE

Black + Blum goes back to basics with a military canteen-inspired bottle.READ MORE›

Angle, A Clever Concept For Making Bluetooth Headsets Smarter

BY John Pavlus | 11-03-2011 | 3:16 PM | THOMAS CHABRIER

You know those dudes who walk around with hands-free Bluetooth headsets jammed into their ears all day? Maybe their twittishness isn't a character flaw, but an unintentional emergent effect of poor product design: let's face it, those ... READ MORE›

The iPod's Inventor Strikes Out On His Own, And Invents...A Thermostat?!

BY John Pavlus | 10-25-2011 | 4:38 PM | NEST LABS

Tony Fadell invented the iPod. Okay, he didn't do it singlehandedly--but the former Apple executive conceived it, got Apple on board, and then went on to shepherd the development of 18 (!) generations of the company's signature ... READ MORE›

A Surreal Warehouse Filled With 110,000 Old Package And Product Designs

BY John Pavlus | 10-11-2011 | 3:53 PM | NEWPRODUCTSWORKS COLLECTION

Do you ever wonder if there's a heaven that obsolete package designs go to when their parent corporations do a brand refresh? Okay, fine, only a design blogger would wonder that--but as it turns out, there actually is such a place. ... READ MORE›

The Ultimate Lessons From Steve Jobs, Teacher

BY Adrian Slywotzky | 10-06-2011 | 4:53 PM | DESIGN

The well-deserved attention paid to the design of Apple products has tended to obscure the creative energy Steve Jobs invested in designing other elements of Apple. So what can we learn from Steve Jobs, Teacher? He was a great designer, all right. But his talent only began with the design of the product. READ MORE›

Five Things Hollywood Teaches Us About Product Design

BY Stuart Karten | 08-08-2011 | 2:24 PM | KARTEN DESIGN

I live and work in Los Angeles, the land of celebrities and special effects, where I’ve witnessed the battle for big box-office draws and learned something from it. As product innovators, we also strive to create standout products ... READ MORE›

Design Fictions: An EEG Cap To Turn Your Thoughts Into Ambient Noise

BY John Pavlus | 07-11-2011 | 3:35 PM | DESIGN FICTIONS

I've been loving Ludwig Zeller's science-fiction-as-product-design experiments lately, and his latest brainchild, called "Introspectre," is quite the capper. Like his other works, Introspectre imagines a future "digital native" with ... READ MORE›

Algorithm Tells You How Hard A Design Will Be To Make

BY John Pavlus | 06-30-2011 | 5:29 PM | OLIVIER KERBRAT

3-D printing was supposed to liberate the masses to become product designers -- design to object, one step, no fuss and no muss. Unfortunately, as Technology Review bluntly puts it, "the reality is that if you want to make anything ... READ MORE›

Kids Do It Better: Alessi Taps Student Talent, With Stunning Results [Slideshow]

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 04-27-2011 | 9:03 AM | UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN LAUSANNE

Alessi, Italy's venerated purveyor of high-end home wares, tapped the best and brightest from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne recently to produce a set of stunningly simple concept office accessories. The results are ... READ MORE›

Wanted: New Michael Graves House-Cleaning Tools For Target

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 04-06-2011 | 2:18 PM | CLEANING PRODUCTS

PoMo architect-turned-household design whiz Michael Graves has unveiled a new suite of housekeeping tools for Target. It includes a squeegee, a broom, a dustpan, and a couple of mops, each bearing Graves’s signature look. And lucky ... READ MORE›

Is Apple Pushing Back the iPhone 5 Release?

BY Kit Eaton | 03-28-2011 | 1:38 PM | INNOVATION

Cue the tortured wails of patient iPhone addicts: Will we see no iPhone 5 until September?READ MORE›

How Do You Create Hybrid Interfaces You Touch, Talk To, and Poke?

BY Rob Tannen | 02-04-2011 | 3:01 PM | USER INTERFACE

It's challenging enough to design a single effective interface for a product or application. Now, driven by technological advances and rising consumer expectations, a growing number of products can present multiple methods for ... READ MORE›

Funky Name, Nice Product: SkunkJuice earbuds

BY David-Henry Oliver | 01-14-2011 | 4:46 PM | LEADERSHIP

In Search of Strivers at CES

BY David-Henry Oliver | 01-06-2011 | 2:29 AM | DESIGN

I'm headed to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show and here's what I want to know: Which exhibitors in the sea of booths, announcements, demos, and sales pitches are not quite satisfied with what they are showing? READ MORE›

Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

BY Mark Suster | 11-24-2010 | 1:11 PM | DESIGN

Even in 2010, I think most companies err too much on the side of complexity. They try to strike the right balance between making the base product "useful enough" for the "average" user. I think the novice needs to be able to walk right in the door and be able to start playing around with your product--without a manual.READ MORE›

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