The Hoover Dam Bypass Will Make You Ooooh and Aaaah

There's not much to say about these images of the Hoover Dam Bypass except expletives mixed with a dozen shades of amazement. By Jesus Diaz

Freedom Leg Looks About 1,000,000x Better than Crutches

Crutches. In a thousand years, their design hasn't fundamentally changed. And for something as minor as a sprained ankle or broken foot, the Freedom Leg looks like a welcome alternative.

12 of the World's Coolest Packaging Designs

Here are some interesting designs.

BlackFire

New product design video of an adjustable Clamplight. www.blackfire-usa.com. Animation created by LiGHT-FiSH www.light-fish.com.

Media Centers: Not Just for Nerds

A media center is, first of all: it’s a computer. It’s a computer from which you have a bunch of cords and plugs and bluetooth and everything running into and out of so you can, from that one machine, run your whole media experience in your home. By Yanko Design

3D desktop concept

It's a map when it's not a computer. By Mac Funamizu

Concept phone 'mobile script'

A contemporary mobile phone must maintain such functions, as: mobility, constant Internet access, access to the documents, games and to give the best possibilities and means of communication and contact. A new generation mobile phone “Mobile script” gives all these possibilities! By Aleksander Mukomelov

Different Window AC

The concept of Blinds doubling up as Solar Powered Window Air Conditioner is not new, but there is something that makes Briz tad different. By Yanko Design

EXO Reaction Housing

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became obvious that America was frustratingly ill-prepared to house people displaced by a natural disaster. frog Senior Visual Designer Michael McDaniel took this as a design challenge. His EXO Reaction Housing system—inspired by the humble Styrofoam cup—could be deployed quickly and cheaply to help us when we need it most.

Vertical Farms, a Tower of B.S.

Urban farming might be ridiculous--but ridiculousness has its uses. By Cliff Kuang

30 Design Minds on Their Favorite Designs and How Design Should Evolve

Maybe you don't work at a big, high-powered graphic design house like Little & Company, but you can still benefit from their largesse. By Cliff Kuang

Fixing Conferences: Six Lessons From the Designers Accord Summit

Conferences are akin to watching television without Tivo, or going to AAA to get a triptik instead of mapping a journey on Google. Conferences are an old workhorse model--a mix of passive consumption and fluorescent lighting--that is at odds with the seeds of inspiration they are supposed to inspire. By Valerie Casey

The alex ebook reader is one of the newest entries in the steadily growing e-reader market. Article by Designboom.

Nokia CORE phone acts as computer mouse to access its own interface

The Nokia CORE cellphone is a concept inspired by the futurism graphics of Star Wars. Designed around its interface, which resembles a solar system where all functions revolve around the core, the shape of the phone is derived from the interface core and is expanded around it. By Bharat

Electric Taxi Car for safe and sustainable commutation on city roads

Inspired by the popular Eastern transports named “Rickshaw,” Portuguese designer David Vidal has come up with the electric version of the public transport system. By Naresh Chauhan

eRinGo, a cross between a motorbike and a car

Over the period, we have seen cars evolving from a simple means of commutation to modern sports cars crossing all the barriers in speed as well as comfort. However, the “eRinGo” by Iranian designer Mohammad Ghezel is a unique vehicle, possibly a cross between a motorbike and a car, which puts itself into its own class. By Naresh Chauhan

Multi-function Design Table

Designing is a professional job and requires a lot of equipment, apart from that special knack of creating something out of the blue. By Naresh Chauhan

Protect Your Feet In Disaster

The Braun Post-Disaster Emergency Foot Protective Accessory is for the rescue workers who are there on scene of disasters like earthquakes.

You Have Smartphones? Here’s a Smartwatch

Sleek and minimal? Check. Large screen? Check. Oodles of tech? Check, check and check! The E’llipse Traveler is a watch to end all watches. By Yanko Design

The Amazon River vs. The US Interstate System

Since 1965, when Thomas Lovejoy began exploring biodiversity in the Amazon, he has worked to defend ecosystems against human impact. Mitchell Joachim creates human habitats and transportation systems — and believes that ecology can inform a new, more resilient, ethos of design.

The Dymaxion Tomorrow

A city-wide vehicle sharing program, a latrine block that treats sewage on-site, and bicycles that double as ambulances take top honors in the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge. By Elizabeth Cline

The evolution of evolution

Ben Fry has created a tool that allows you to watch the theory of evolution evolve. Here, he introduces us to his amazing exploration of scientific thought. By Joe Kloc

10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design

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Agnieszka Gasparska: Kiss Me I’m Polish

Agnieszka Gasparska is the Creative Director and founder of design firm Kiss Me I’m Polish. Her clients include GOOD, Thrillist, Refinery29, Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame and many others that you have heard of. She is speaking at AIGA’s MAKE / THINK conference in Memphis this October on the topic of Art Direction on the web. By Scott Chappell

Solar Decathlon

This year's Solar Decathlon winner generates enough energy to power itself and two other homes.

Clever New Fan Has No Blades

Few inventions have lent themselves to as little improvement over the years as the simple fan, with its whirring blades that blow air across a desk or through a room. By Robert Roy Britt

Interactivity in Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide

The Internet is a different place than it was 10 years ago. Back then, the only way people could find information was by surfing the Internet using search engines and then jumping from link to link in order to find other websites. By Poonam

Touchscreeb PCs prompt interface innovations

Touchscreen displays are going to get a big boost from Windows 7’s built-in support for multitouch tech — but there’s a hitch: Flicking, scrolling and opening programs can be cumbersome when stubby fingers meet Windows’ tiny icons and menu items. By Priya Ganapati

35 Smart Logos With Second Thought To Make You look Twice

Here's another logo showcase, but in this one you really will need to look twice! Every logo is carefully picked with second thought and I think such logos are really hard to create. Get inspired, hopefully this article will help you to look different at logo creation – it’s not always just about typography, good looking font and nice animation. By Dainis Graveris

10 Droolworth Eco Structures

Check out these eco structures!

Online Web-design tools for the beginner

If you're not an advanced Web designer, and you don't want to pay a company to create a Web site for you, there are services across the Web that can help you create the site you want. By Don Reisinger

Future Phones Dazzle With Design

Concept devices go where most product designers fear to tread. They are dream gadgets that hint at possibilities beyond what current technology can support — or what current fashion can accept. By Priya Ganapati

Guessing Game Deuce

looking at this Pre-Picture can you guess what the item is? Give up?

Curvy Bike

How would you re-define a bike? Tinker with it to get greater speed and performance?

tvChatter iPhone Application

tvChatter is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that presents lively commentary about your favorite TV shows. The commentary comes from the Twittersphere but you do not need a Twitter account to see what people are saying. Watch your favorite show on your TV set or PC, launch the tvChatter app, choose the show from the social program guide, and watch the streaming commentary text. If you have a Twitter account, you can tweet, reply, re-tweet, or filter on your followers for a more intimate conversation.

The Changing Concept of Design

What many think of as an aesthetic profession has become so much more. By Andrain Kreye

The Future of Health Care Is Social

Health care is a personal issue that has become wholly public--as the national debate over reforming our system makes painfully clear. By Jennifer Kilian & Barbara Pantuso

The New Work Space: Will Lounge-Like Office Furniture Inspire Big Ideas?

The new pieces reflect changes in the way work gets done: It's less about the desk, and more about the coffee-break gabfest. By Cliff Kuang

Barnes & Noble's Technicolor Kindle Killer?

Barnes & Noble may be about to stamp on the Kindle's future hopes... with a slick color e-reader from Plastic Logic.

Beacon of Greenwashing Gets Go Ahead

Gazprom, the giant Russian oil company, secures approval to build the tallest, "greenest" tower in Europe, in the heart of St. Petersburg. Some say it'll be "monstrous." It'll also be a 77-story middle-finger to the low-carbon movement. By Cliff Kuang

Infographic of the Day: How Much Does Your Company's CEO Make? Per Hour?

By Kelsey Keith

Life in Futuristic Floating Pods: Can Design Harness Tidal Power?

Read the article here by Cliff Kuang

Can Blu Homes Fulfill the Promise of Prefab?

A Boston start-up says its method will at last fulfill the promise of cheap manufactured homes. (But can anybody get a mortgage?) By Michael Cannell

Global Summit on Design Education & Sustainability

On October 23 and 24, 2009, the Designers Accord will convene 100 individuals from the world’s most distinguished academic and professional institutions, for two days of highly participatory discussion, planning, and action around the topic of design education and sustainability.

Tim Brown urges designers to think big