With the Nissan Leaf and GM's Volt hitting the streets in December, GE, BP, and a host of design stars are racing to install the gas pump's high-style replacement.READ»
Few people have résumés like Bill Moggridge. Soon, no one will. The 66-year-old Ideo cofounder is taking over directorial duties at the Smithsonian-backed Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. His goal: turn the space into a ...READ»
A new competition sponsored by IDEO and Design 21 hopes to launch a positive, design-centered conversation about climate change through the power of video.READ»
Jeffrey Deitch will close his gallery before he begins work as MOCA's new director on June 1. That's no consolation to critics who think it's a dangerous choice for the museum--and art.READ»
A year ago I told myself that social design would thrive in reverse proportion to the stock market. As soon as the Dow hit 10,000, I suspected, designers would abandon their humanitarian projects and resume work on $6,000 pendants. ...READ»
Two years ago, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York displayed 30 humanitarian design and engineering projects, including a biodegradable shelter, a low-tech food cooler, and a straw that helps prevent the spread of ...READ»
Exploring a carefully curated and labeled collection of natural specimens at the Providence design school is like using an analog search engine that yields incredible real-life results.READ»
A panel held as part of National Design Week addressed ways to integrate designers, and design thinking, into organizations that usually resist change.READ»
Have a spare moment? Here’s a selection of favorite books that explore the idea of crossing transitional space, each with its own take on what lies in-between.READ»
About a year ago, Dan Harden, the president and chief designer of Whipsaw, the Silicon Valley industrial design and product development firm, stopped by the Fast Company offices bearing an armload of products that were as eclectic as they were fascinating.READ»
A daring new sign at the U.S.-Canada border is being dismantled after officials decided it was a target for terrorists. Ellen Lupton asks designer Michael Bierut why.READ»
Around the halls at the the L.A. Chapter of IDSA, among folks at USC's program in Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering, and at the offices at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, most people know Stuart Karten as the founder of the ...READ»
When I'm taking a weekend away from work, the last things I usually want to grab for reading materials are the design books sent to me from publishers that march like a Great Wall of Nice Typefaces across my desk. But there was ...READ»
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