Tag: Designers - Page 10
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Design vs Craft: An Argument that Designers Are Delusional If They Think They Can Change Anything
An essay by a design student makes some cogent arguments that poke holes in many of our closely held beliefs
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The Week in Design: Wretched Excess, Design for Boomerang Kids; Nothing is the Next Big Thing
A look back at the last week in August, where we get small, almost down to nothing.
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Thomas Alva Edison Makes You Fat
What you can do to get back onto your Circadian rhythms. As always, it's all about design.
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Areaware Designs Destined For Flea Markets, Not Landfills
Here are the latest products by Areaware that promise long emotional as well as technical lives and are likely to end up at a flea market rather than landfill. I spotted cute wooden robots and fair-trade recycled bins at the NY Gift Fair.
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Standing Desk Mania: The Backlash Begins
Whenever there is a craze, there are those who push back.
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Design Matters, and So Does Apple's Victory Over Samsung
Just because something is logical and intuitive doesn't mean you can steal it.
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Four Open Source 3D Printable Mason Jar Lids
Got empty mason jars laying around? 3D print these four useful lids for storage, straining, and trapping fruit flies.
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Bashing New York's High Line as "Disney On The Hudson"
Remember the words of that great urban theorist, Norman Mailer: "one must change or pay more for staying the same."
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Transforming an Old Cooperage into the Hippest Hotel in Brooklyn; the Wythe Hotel (Photos)
The Wythe Hotel in NYC has been designed with an eye for detail and preserving its history. The result: a stunning, hip and truly local place to stay in Brooklyn.
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Design from Iceland at Kraum, From the Sublime to Ridiculous
I didn't have a lot of time in Reykjavik, but fortunately there is a stunning design department store where I could find a lot of very interesting stuff.
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The Week in Design: Green Space Means Less Crime, Washing Machine Furniture, Silly Wobbly Chair, and More
In Design this week, we learned green urban space means less crime, washing machines make great chairs, and a wobbly chair can be ridiculously expensive.
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Stylish Seats Made from Old Washing Machine Parts
In the hands of two Beirut-based designers, old washing-machine drums from some of Lebanon's many junkyards become colorful, sturdy stools fit for any home.
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The Week in Design: From Treehouses to Washing Machines, With a Visit to the Olympics
Plus, a side dish of how the smart phone is going to change the way we live and work.
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Stylish Upcycled Hair Accessories Made From Human Hair
Human hair gets re-used in this elegant set of hair accessories.
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The Week In Design: From Food Trucks To Washing Machines to Smart Phones, Ideas That Change The Way We Live and Work
There were fewer pretty pictures and more big ideas this week
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The Olympic Cauldron In Its New Home at the Olympic Stadium
Which is more exciting--seeing the Cauldron, or the stadium? It's a toss-up.
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Innovative Foot-Powered Washing Machine Could Alleviate Poverty for Millions (Video)
Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.
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Smart Egg Carton Redesign is Made From Single Piece of Cardboard
One designer tackles how the ubiquitous egg carton could be rethought in order to waste less.
