Miniature art's been with us for at least 1,000 years--it's popped up in cultures as far flung as India, Persia, and Europe. It continues to this day, and Nikolai Aldunin just might be it's most talented practitioner.
Often, it ...READ»
When was the last time you saw an actual mobile phone on display in a mobile phone store?
If you've had the misfortune to wander into one of these places recently you will notice that the walls and shelves of these places are ...READ»
Good designers have a way of fashioning surprises from familiar materials. Here's three new projects--all of which elevate metal into something wonderfully strange--that made us sit up.
Tim Parson's zooms in on materials with a ...READ»
If the Yankees win to tonight, they'll bag the American League Pennant, and head to the World Series, where they'll face the Philadelphia Phillies, with game 1 next Wednesday. You can expect a brain-deadening amount of analysis--all ...READ»
The company counters performance claims made by Dyson's new blade-less fan--and makes some of it's own. But they're missing the point of Dyson's M.O.READ»
Fast Company loves smart electric meters. They're the first, essential step in the smart electric grid, which promises to fight global warming, improve efficiency, and bring consumer control into our electricity system.
Pacific Gas ...READ»
When the sun goes down, much of the world goes dark. At-home productivity sinks--you can't read or learn without light--unless you can afford to buy kerosene, which emits noxious fumes.
D.Light, a company that originated as a ...READ»
At the Grace Hopper Conference, I had the chance to meet Ekaterina Fedotova the director for Information Dissemination and Equal Access (IDEA) project in Russia. Ekaterina is the 2009 winner of the Anita Borg Social Impact ...READ»
An exhibition opening this weekend in Chicago highlights 99 ways that urban activists have hacked crosswalks, medians, and overlooked urban nooks.READ»
