Lisa Strausfeld

Winners of the 2010 National Design Awards Announced

Today, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced the winners of the 2010 National Design Awards. Just over a decade old, the awards are the closest thing the country has to a Nobel Prize in design; the nominees were drawn from solicitations of over 2,500 design professionals. Here’s a tour of this year’s winners in all 10 categories.

Infographic of the Day: How Good Is Your Local Hospital?

This infographic by GE and Pentagram looks at hundreds of hospitals across the country, on 27 different performance metrics.

Infographic: Is This Old AC Really Destroying the World?!

A new tool from Pentagram’s Lisa Strausfeld reveals the brutal truth about your home energy consumption.

Litl Video Tour

The company’s CEO offers a video tour of a computer designed for the way we live now.

Strausfeld at the Museum of Arts and Design

Lisa Strausfeld is attempting to revolutionize how we see data. Here is a sample of her work from the Musem of Design in New York.

Data On Display: Bloomberg’s Lobby by Lisa Strausfeld

Interactive Installations at Detroit Institute of Arts

Litl Video Tour: A Design Miracle, a Challenging Sell

The company’s CEO offers a video tour of a computer designed for the way we live now.

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 action:

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.