Topic: Rube Goldberg

Datebook

Critical calendar listings for February 2005.READ»

"USB: Not Just for Your Mouse Anymore"

Thumb drives just not doing it for you anymore? Check out these gizmos designed for a relaxing coffee break -- or a manicure. And you don't even have to leave your desk!READ»

Usability solves the Rubik’s Cube of workforce management

Managers no longer have to drill, baby, drill to manage their workforceREAD»

Now: April 2008

What's happening this month, from the world's biggest lighting show to, inevitably, Tax Day.READ»

• Put Style In Your Lifestyle
• 7 Fabulous Things You Probably Shouldn't Buy
• MEET: World Retail Congress

Solar Power With Style

After decades of design neglect, the next wave of solar gear finally gets a blast of style.READ»

• Bright Ideas: 8 Great Solar Gadgets

Another Rubber Tree Plant

In the Arizona desert, the start of something big--or anyway something that feels good on your hands.READ»

Ideo's David Kelley on "Design Thinking"

David Kelley, founder of the design firm Ideo and the Stanford d.school, was leading a charmed existence. Then he felt a lump.READ»

• Infographic: The K-12 Educational Experience
• Ideo's Newest Design Projects
• 17 Career Lessons from IDEO's David Kelley

A Design for Living

After Michael Graves fell ill, his business had one of its best years ever. This great designer's greatest design may be his company.READ»