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Mentors to the Masters

Introducing the six-person, all-star jury -- drawn from academia, business, and design -- who helped select this year's masters.READ»

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Video: Yves Behar -- Master of Design

In case you missed it, our October issue features our fourth annual special report about the intersection of business and design. You can get full access to all of the content, including exclusive multimedia features, such as two ...READ»

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Yves Behar: Man for all Species

Is Yves Behar the new Leonardo? Everybody's favorite product designer, Yves Behar, was a one-man design lab last week at New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair. For starters, he was the genius behind the coolest lamp ...READ»

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Mission One: Super-fast, Super-green Sportbike

This just in from the TED conference: A veteran of Tesla Motors and Yves Behar, designer of the Jawbone headset, unveiled what they promise will be the fastest electric vehicle in the world. Mission Motors, based in San Francisco, ...READ»

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Design Fix of the Day

Just came across this cool site, by way of the cool-hunting site PSFK. It includes fun interviews with dozens of designers, revealing Karim Rashid's favorite flower (cacti), advice for young designers from Philippe Starck ("make a ...READ»

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Yves Behar Reveals His Inner Glow With Anima Terra

Yves Behar is set to unveil his newest creation this weekend at the just opened extension wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. It's a departure from his design work--as one in a series of "laboratory works," it's a ...READ»

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One Laptop Per Child: Failure is not an Option

The news that the XO Laptop developed by the One Laptop Per Child foundation is launching a buy-one-get-one sale to encourage first world consumers to help fund laptops for children in developing countries has spawned an eager chorus ...READ»

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All About Yves

Not long ago, Yves Béhar was a self-described "slumlord" to cover his rent. Now he's a superstar.READ»

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Masters of Design: Yves Behar

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The Invention of Jawbone Offers Essential Lessons for Tech Start-Ups

Jawbone's designer and the company's CEO rap about how design is as important as tech for Silicon Valley start-ups.READ»

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Design Globally, Manufacture Locally: A New Paradigm for Sustainability

A new chair concept exemplifies one interesting strategy for green design: Letting locals do the manufacturing.READ»

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Jawbone Prime is Bluetooth Ear Fashion with Brains

Plantronics fired across the bow of its high-style nemesis, the Jawbone 2, with its Voyager Pro headset, which goes on sale today. Now Jawbone--never one to be outmaneuvered--is firing back with the Jawbone Prime, which is ...READ»

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Lisa Strausfeld, Yves Behar, and Abbott Miller Form Supergroup, Design Litl Netbook

The Litl netbook rethinks interface design, and boasts pitch-perfect design details. Too bad about the price.READ»

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Secret PACT: Change Starts With Your Underwear

I’m feeling particularly inspired today. The words are flowing. It could be knowing the October design issue is finally out the door. Or it could be my underwear.READ»

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Mission One: Now Offically the Fastest-Ever (Production) Electric Motorcycle

At the Bonneville Speedway, the electric superbike designed by Yves Behar clocks a scorching 161 mph.READ»

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Video: Litl Webook Looks Intriguing, but I'm Still Confused [NetBooks]

In case you missed it, the Litl Webbook is a unique "cloud-based netbook" with only 2GB of local storage, a presumably Linux-based custom OS, and a 12-inch display that bends over into "easel mode." Here's what it looks like ...READ»

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Frog Design's Latest: A Postcard App for iPhone

Postcard Express lets you send geotagged e-postcards everywhere you go with your iPhone.READ»

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Masters of Design: Lessons From the Masters

1. Design is the Differentiator Ford design chief J Mays believes that only a distinctive look and feel will give customers a compelling reason to buy what is essentially a commodity. Ford has put design at the forefront of its ...READ»

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Big Awards for the Year's Best Industrial Design

The International Design Excellence Awards were announced yesterday, and represent the 150 best designs among over 1600 entries.READ»

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'Design for a Living World' Preview: 10 Products That Stay True to Their Origins

Can products nurture the people and place that produced them? Ten signature designers taking part in the Design for a Living World exhibition show how it might be done.READ»

Furniture for Keeps

Eight design stars, no matched suites. That's the idea behind Bernhardt's striking Global Edition.READ»

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Letter from the Editor

The Design Dividend.READ»

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Design Miami: Tattoos on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Location, as any real estate broker worth her Blackberry will tell you, is everything. So, too, at Design Miami, where one of the show's most interesting exhibits languished for want of a better address. "Nobody can find us!" ...READ»

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Jesse Frohman He earned a degree in business at the University of Michigan, but Jesse Frohman found his métier when he returned to his native New York to work for the legendary photographer Irving Penn. Since then, he has ...READ»

From the Magazine: The Design Dividend

Looking Good A portfolio of 63 design-driven British companies has beaten the broader market. This issue is not only about stuff. Even beautiful stuff. It is also about cash and revenue and financial success. What does design ...READ»