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A Generation of Emerging Designers Who Design With Purpose

This emerging generation of designers wants to do more than create handsome and functional products. It’s out to protect the environment, improve health, reform education, and empower communities.READ»

• 2010 Masters of Design

Your Computer Is Punk: A Rock Star's View of The Influence Project and Social Media

This interview is part of our ongoing series related to The Influence Project. When I saw that Dave Allen--the original bassist for the seminal post-punk band Gang of Four and the digital anthropologist at the Portland-based ad ...READ»

iFive: BP Posts $17 Billion Loss, Wikileaks Fallout, Top CEO Remuneration, Tooth-Growing Gel, Lionfish Disturbs Atlantic Waters

While you were sleeping, innovation was rubbing gel on its teeth and marveling at its new saber-toothed look. Fierce!READ»

iFive: BP Caps Leak, Global Recession, Iran's Nuclear Scientist Defects, Sarkozy Scandal, Hef's Private Playboy

While you were sleeping, innovation was pulling on its flares and platform shoes and practicing its disco moves in front of the mirror. The reason? What with oil, dissident scientists, spies, Castro and recession, we're so back to the ...READ»

Remembering Rammellzee: Hip-Hop Pioneer, Breakthrough Artist, Occasional Robot

A writer who first encountered the artist during the dawn of rap remembers him and his influence on the scene.READ»

Work/Life: Business Trips: No Fun Allowed?

Many business travelers have experienced guilt because they are not, shall we say, "carpe"-ing the "diem"? Fortunately, my business travels frequently take me to the south of France — actually, to Provence, where Amadeus ...READ»

Urban Planning Lessons From Cairo (Yes, Cairo)

One of the most polluted cities in the world hatches a plan to improve the streets for pedestrians.READ»

Jeff Koons and BMW Unveil Art Car at Paris Le Mans [UPDATED]

The 17th BMW Art Car was unveiled in France yesterday, two months after artist Jeff Koons had previewed it before the world's media. Originally a 3-D computer-aided design, it's lost a dimension, been printed onto vinyl and wrapped ...READ»

Work/Life: All Right, Let's Do This Thing: The Video Conferencing Issue.

Much in the way social media has acquired quite the blemished patina from passersby touching it, curiously, like a golden knickknack, the so-called 'virtual alternative' to business travel is a concept everyone has been, ...READ»

Q&A: Inga Sempé on Designing a Sofa That Doesn't Bore Her Stiff

Parisian designer Inga Sempé discusses her exuberant new Ruché sofa for Ligne Roset.READ»

Vonja Gentle

Vonja Gentle Jewellery Mikimoto Pearls Pearls were very fashionable, but still very, very costly. After the 1890s Kokichi Mikimoto of Japan produced highly acceptable cultured pearls by placing a small bead into an oyster shell. The bead coated itself with nacre (mother of pearl) and so good looking pearl jewels became more affordable. READ»

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Better Place Demonstrates First Switchable Battery Electric Taxi in Tokyo

Better Place is now one step closer to fulfilling its mission of making switchable batteries commonplace in electric vehicles. The California-based electric car services startup showed off the world’s first switchable-battery ...READ»

Work/Life: The Pod People

The pod people Kevin McCarthy warned us about in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" are not the same ones living in those micro-hotels that are popping up across Europe and here in the U.S. It is a concept that seems to have been ...READ»

I Don't Want Cindy Crawford Touching My Face, and Other Celebrity Endorsements

Did you know that Cindy Crawford has her own line of face creams? Did you know that the anti-aging properties are due to the key ingredient, Charentais cantaloupe, a "rare French melon"? Did you know that Cindy Crawford allegedly ...READ»

Chair Porn: Bernhardt Unveils Sexy New Chair by Noe Duchaufour-Lawrance (Video)

If you have five minutes, and want to watch one of the most enchanting videos ever documenting the birth of a chair, then grab your earphones and click on this preview of the piece that American furniture manufacturer, Bernhardt ...READ»

Anish Kapoor Wins Competition to Design London's Olympic Tower

Over 375 feet high--that's 72 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty--Anish Kapoor's ArcelorMittalOrbit has been chosen as the monument to mark the London Olympics in 2012. The city's shy and retiring Mayor, Boris Johnson, has already ...READ»

Jean Nouvel Gets the Nod for 2010 Serpentine Pavilion

Jean Nouvel, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2008, is to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London. For the past decade, the gallery, situated in Hyde Park, has been home to some of the most innovative pop-up structures ...READ»

Christian Louboutin Stores

 Christian Louboutin is one of the most recognized name brands in the world of high fashion. Christian Louboutin You will find a list of celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Janet Jackson and Nicole Kidman wear. These shoes are ...READ»

Strata Tower: The First Building With Wind Turbines Incorporated Into Its Design

Plenty of buildings around the world have wind turbines perched on their roofs at this point, but the Strata tower in London's Elephant and Castle area is set to become the first to incorporate turbines into its original design. ...READ»

Crib Sheet: Stephen Carter, Alcatel-Lucent's New Marketing and Communications Boss

It's not just any old person who can get a job created just for them: God, perhaps, or Fonzworth Bentley, P Diddy's personal wielder of his Puffjesty's umbrella. Stephen Carter (Lord Carter of Barnes, to give him his full name) has ...READ»

The World Wide Talk Show Host

Loic Le Meur runs the LeWeb conference, which just concluded last week in Paris, France. He also runs Seesmic, which is a startup that makes a variety of services and tools for what Loic calls "the instant Web." I call it the World ...READ»

Almost Genius: Emanuele Pizzolorusso's Crumpled Maps

Most city maps are awkward, fold-up creations that fail for a variety of reasons. One, they're unwieldy. Two, potential bag-snatchers and pick-pockets can spot you a mile off--you might as well be holding an umbrella emblazoned with ...READ»

PlanetSolar: World's Largest Solar Boat Finally Unveiled

On Thursday, the covers were taken off PlanetSolar, a multi-hulled vessel, powered entirely by up to 500 square metres of photovoltaic solar panels. It is considered to be the world's largest solar boat. The 31-meter-long and ...READ»