The High Line’s newest feature is designed for kids, who have, until now, been its most overlooked audience members. “The weirder and harder it is, the easier for me,” says Cas Holman, industrial designer, toy inventor, and the ...READ»
The blogs have been buzzing about California artist Chris Burden's toy-car megalopolis project, Metropolis II, for ages. The latest news: A collector bought the installation for "millions" of dollars, but was gracious enough to donate ...READ»
I'm jealous of high school computer science students these days. I had to tap out my GOTO 10 commands on a crappy CRT monitor; they get a cheap, rugged robot to play with. The Finch, as it's called, costs just $99, so every student in ...READ»
There's perhaps no more fruitful landscape than your messy desk, but a shot of order and color might do it good. Created for Lexon by the London-based team of brothers at DesignWright, these Buro Desk Tools are the visual antidote to ...READ»
Everyone knows about those big brightly colored blocks that babies and toddlers play with. Well, those are sooooo 20th century. Now parents can give their little geniuses-to-be Cubelets: toy blocks that snap together with magnets and ...READ»
Private First Class Rupert Valero is currently stationed at Khandahar, Afghanistan, and to fill his spare time, he builds toys out of recycled materials. READ»
This is the second post in a new series, produced by Frog Design, drawn from their publication, Design Mind. The theme of the current issue -- from which this essay is drawn -- is "And Now the Good News." It presents ideas flowing ...READ»
No more toys for fat kids in San Francisco, where the board of supervisors voted this week to essentially ban McDonald's Happy Meals--at least in their current form.READ»
Sale made. Gift given. Little girl ecstatic. Chalk up another wonderful transaction to social commerce. Is your organization ready for the next buyer?READ»
Memo to FIFA (and the England team, whose execrable performance in South Africa still has me shaking with anger). See what technology can do to your balls? Gearbox is a start-up that makes smart toys "how HTC/Android/Apple make smart ...READ»
NeuroSky, as well as having a slightly ominious sci-fi-ish name, has just succeeded in raising nearly $12 million in funding to develop its business. What's its business? Also very cool and sci-fi-ish: Brain sensors for ...READ»
Disney Pictures is gearing up for a December release of Tron: Legacy with a line of cutting edge toys that defy gravity. Most are beautiful dark-chrome replicas of vehicles and gizmos from the film, complete with neon-glowing trim, ...READ»
