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Design Globally, Manufacture Locally: A New Paradigm for Sustainability

A new chair concept exemplifies one interesting strategy for green design: Letting locals do the manufacturing.READ»

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Tablecloth That Doubles as Dishware, and Other Re-usable Ideas

Intriguing and poetic designs by Maezm, a young South Korean design duo.READ»

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Tasty Design Treats for the Fall

What's new at the MoMA design store.READ»

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If You Design It, Will They Come?

A new design distributor tests the American market, with products that are quirky, functional, and oh-so-Japanese.READ»

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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»

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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»

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Gaudi's Genius Lives, in a Gorgeous High-Tech Stool

Inspired by the master architect's model making, a design student updates the process using 21st-century techniques.READ»

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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»

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Need Fancy Wireless Audio Equipment? Sony and Best Buy Can Help

Sony, high-tech electronics giant, has just announced a partnership with Best Buy, U.S. retail giant, to produce a whole new audio product line. It sounds like an unusual pairing, but it looks like it's borne some pretty interesting ...READ»

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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»

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Scrapbooking, for the RFID Age

A young designer creates a device for sharing the stories that an heirloom picks up over time.READ»

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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»

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Catching Up With Hartmut Esslinger, Design Genius

The founder of Frog Design--whose works helped transform both Sony and Apple into high-design brands--talks with Gizmodo about his work, and his new book.READ»

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How Do You Extend a Watch Brand? Create a Perfume That Smells Like Watches

Nooka's known for their futuristic watches, but in a bid to become something more, they've created a strange fragrance.READ»

Clock

Sander Mulder's Clock Tranforms Time Into Kinetic Art

The gadget manages to tell time in a novel way, while serving as a moving piece of wall art.READ»

Microfactory

A Tabletop Device for DIY Manufacturing

DK Ahn's tabletop cutting device can create flat-pack patterns from downloaded plans.READ»

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Design Is a Point of View: Seven Truths in Designing

Designers at all levels of experience could probably list hundreds of opinions about what makes design successful. After two decades of designing and leading numerous design teams I have quite a few myself. But I've filtered them down ...READ»

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Video Gaming Puts Your Design Firm Ahead of the Game

Gaming has moved far beyond the arcade, dark basements and dorm rooms. Knowing where it's going makes your company more competitive.READ»

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Design's New Hyperinteractive Audience

We've entered an age where designing for interaction means designing for distraction.READ»

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American Design, California Style

If the U.S. has its own brand of design, it's California's free-wheeling, try-anything-once culture that's driving it.READ»

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Record-Scratching's So Last Century. Try a "Beat Slicer" Instead

An Italian student designs a brilliant interface for remixing beats.READ»

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I.D. Magazine Picks the Best-Designed Products of 2008

Results from the venerable Annual Design Review are in. Here's three of the best of the best.READ»

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Finally, an LED Task Light Bright Enough Not to Hurt Your Eyes

Humanscale's latest LED task light tops competitors in brightness.READ»

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Brilliant Idea: A Table-Leg Attachment That's Also a Chew Toy

Tired of your dog gnawing at your furniture? Here's the perfect product for you.READ»

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Three Everyday Objects, Improved

Dwell, the design magazine, announces winners of its open competition to redesign a hanger, ironing board, and coffee mug.READ»

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