Almost Genius: A Mouse Made for Your Feet

The design is meant to aid those without use of their arms. That it doesn't yet exist tells you much about product development--and suggests a new solution to the bigger problem. By Cliff Kuang

Redesigning Education: Rethinking the School Corridor

Education reform is in the air and taking root in thousands of classrooms across the country. By Trung Le

Steve Jobs and Paul Rand: birds of a feather

You can read more about the story of Paul Rand and the NEXT logo here.

Scent as design

A one-day symposium on the conception, impact, and potential applications of scent, brought leading thinkers, designers, scientists, and artists together, to acknowledge scent as a new territory for design. By Eva Wisten

Watered by the Sun

Solar-powered irrigation comes to rural Benin. By Maywa Montenegro

henning larsen architects: palacio de congresos, lanzarote

The new concert and congress center, palacio de congresos by danish firm henning larsen architectsis based around the jagged and characteristic landscape of lanzarote. By Designboom

A Collection of Printable Sketch Templates and Sketch Books for Wireframing

At the beginning of a web (or application) development project you should always create the sketches first. While sketching can be done on a blank paper, it’s much better to use a sketch template. By Ivana Jurcic

iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned

From December 2006 to February 2007 we were in touch with the product manager of facebook. The prospective: Redesigning facebook. By iA

Eco Delight: 10 solar-powered concept cars that ask for attention

Solar energy is one of the most impressive and easily available sources of green energy that has the potential to power everything from the PMPs we carry to the cars we drive. By Anupam

World's largest solar powered creations

Recently, the world’s largest solar-powered office building was unveiled in Dezhou, Shangdong Province in northwest China. By Aditi Justa

Eco-friendly parking lots for gray pastures and green minds

With more and more people getting aware about the budding environmental issues, companies and designers are continuously thinking of new ideas that promote the use of clean energy. By Aditi Justa

Amazing futuristic airships for sustainable air travel

Without a doubt, there is something exceptionally beautiful and exciting about airships. By Aditi Justa

The Strata tower harnesses wind power with built-in turbines

Structures with rooftop turbines may not be a purely new idea in the world of architecture, but the newly completed tower block in Elephant and Castle, London, is a unique skyscraper. By Naresh Chauhan

Sustainable skyscraper captures the rain

Designed for the 2010 Skyscraper Competition, the “Capture the Rain” by Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak, architectural students at H3AR, is a sustainable skyscraper that harvests rainwater to fulfill the daily water needs of its residents. By Naresh Chauhan

Electric ‘Urban Wheelchair’ moves on hubless wheels

Often wheelchair users have to face a number of problems to accomplish their day-to-day tasks in urban environments, when away from home on their own. By Naresh Chauhan

Venice Lagoon

Commissioned by Jesolo, one of Italy’s most established seaside resorts, Zaha Hadid Architects has come up with a new retail and business center dubbed “Jesolo Magica” for the resort of Jesolo. By Naresh Chauhan

Hornet: Gyroscopically balanced superbike can turn on a five-cent coin

Winner of the prestigious VACC competition, the “Hornet” by Liam Ferguson is a one-wheel superbike, which seems to be “up there in the clouds a bit.” By Naresh Chauhan

The Hand of the Designer: Design in the Making

Moleskine announced The Hand of the Designer, a collection of 462 reproductions of hand made sketches by 150 internationally recognized designers, including Bouroullec Brothers, Michael Graves, Hella Jongerius, Karim Rashid, and many others.

Homephone concept

Here's something different in phones. By Marc Schomann

What Does Meaningful Mean?

An illustrated guide for designing things that matter. By Joonkyung Shin

The Nook doesn't bode well for user experience

Somehow, Barnes & Noble invented a box that’s every bit as complicated as their product. By Richard Pak

Dissecting the iPad's user interface

This Flickr image set does a nice job of pointing out the unique UI elements of the iPad. Much of the interface is adapted from Apple’s extensive work on the iPhone but there are several unique elements. By Richard Pak

Who Said a Yacht has to Look Like a boat?

It's hot and summer and what better place to relax than on a yacht - especially one with a striking design. By Thomas Baekdal

Microsoft mobile surface

Remember Microsoft Surface? You know, the big multi-touch coffee table? Now Microsoft is working on a much smaller version with Mobile Surface. By Thomas Baekdal

Chris Georgenes: Flash Animator

Chris is self-taught as an animator and his clients include Pileated Pictures, Lucas Arts, Universal Records, Plot Developers, AOL and others.

Designing for re-use

A coffee cup as a plant pot, coke cans for Halloween cape, a detergent bottle as worm harvester or washing tablet net bags for toy storage; these are all things people have done with the packaging they found in their daily lives. By Petz Scholtus

Concept Waterscraper Brings Monumental Architecture Into The Open Sea

For the last five years, eVolo Magazine has hosted a futuristic skyscraper design competition. By Stuart Fox

Obama Loves Infographic Movies (and Edward Tufte)

Information graphics guru Edward Tufte will be joining the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel.

Why We Should Teach Design Early

A group of Austin designers is helping students at a local high school recreate their campus. By Rob Stokes

Lovely Globey Ironing

I know when you think Futuristic, you think Ironing. I know that when you drew (or draw) pictures of the future with crayons, you made sure those space-people had nice, no-wrinkle shirts on, right? Right! By Yanko Design

Getting A Drip On Light

The Ring-ge-roo Light shuttles between innovative, unique and kitsch! It definitely takes the sting out of a hospital drip, which is loathsome yet essential. By Yanko Design

Projecting With OO

Built from semi monocoque carbon fiber, the durable OO wireless projector is a part of the GEO series from designer David Riesenberg. By Yanko Design

iF Design Awards Highlight Brilliant Solutions to Everyday Problems

Next to the Red Dot awards, the iF award is the most prestigious design award out of Europe, attracting all sorts of designs that you'd otherwise never see. By Cliff Kuang

Video: What Herman Miller Learned From Toyota (Before the Recall Disaster)

Herman Miller owes a big part of its current success to Toyota, which schooled the furniture maker on its legendary production philosophy. By Cliff Kuang

An Exclusive Look at the Making of Joris Laarman's Bone Chair

Dutch designer Joris Laarman describes how he turned an algorithm created for the automotive industry loose on a chunk of material and spawned a chair that mimics how bones and trees grow.

Core77 to the Rescue: Pop-Up Shelters for Haiti and Chile

Earthquakes are design problems, and while more and more architects have been offering their support to rebuilding efforts in Haiti and Chile. Core77 opened it up last week as one of its famous 1-Hour Design Challenges. Well, the results are in, and they're awesome. By William Bostwick

Futuristic New York and Sustainable Sao Paulo Projects Win Zumtobel Prize

How can we examine ways that the built environment impacts both sustainability and humanity? By Alissa Walker

"Different" by Youngme Moon

Youngme Moon of the Harvard Business School collaborated with XPLANE to create this video introducing her new book, DIFFERENT, an intimately drawn meditation on the meaning of business differentiation. A very different ad.

Showcase of Beautifully Designed Brochures

Brochure design is a key component to the marketing of many businesses large and small. A well-designed brochure can present a positive image of the business while providing helpful information about the products or services offered. By Steven Snell

Mighty Pedal Power With Electric Help

Hybrid cycles have been around but they rarely take into consideration the elements. This makes their usage restrictive to fair weather. Slotting itself into the “commuter vehicle” bracket, the Emcycle tries to overcome this limitation by including a roof and Velcro-detachable side panels.

Yet Another Folding Bike!

This is a 100% professional bike and becomes an eco-hybrid pedelec by turning on the power assistant system.

Printouts In A Jiffy, Anywhere

It was about time that someone came up with this.

Ten Unusual Shapes For Mobile Phones

The form factor of your cellphone is quite a defining factor on whether you approve of it or not. The grip, the interface and accessibility, all depend on this.

Little Lockie USBee!

What’s the consensus, do you use external hard drives to keep your information safe, or do you trust the USB?

You Mouse Around Here Often?

This mouse is called the “G-Spot”.

Refrigerator That Grows Plants

So you lack the green thumb but still love fresh green vegetables. Facts like light, water, temperature, space, moisture, nutrition, supervision and knowledge are all gibberish to you.

Studio Volpi: solar powered lawn mower

Studio Volpi is a small design studio based just outside of Milan who have developed a lawn mower that is powered entirely by solar power.

Google Goes Simple and Meaningful with Their TV Ad

What a well-designed and choreographed TV ad that tells a meaningful, heartwarming and simple story by just showing us enough information and getting us to fill in the rest.

The KOR ONE Bottle Changes Behavior by Beautifying Water

In 2005 a new company named KOR Water founded by Eric Barnes and Paul Shustak handed their dream down to Sawhney’s team: It was an idea called “Water ReDesigned,” and their hope was that they could get people to stop using plastic water bottles by changing the way people drank water. By Alissa Walker

The Newspaper Tablet Concepts

The newspaper industry is falling over themselves in the fight to come up with a ever more impressive newspaper tablet. By Thomas Baekdal

Phoenix Island rewrites Sanya City’s future

Introducing the Sanya City of Hainan Province in China as an international tourism destination, Beijing-based MAD Architects has developed an island surrounded by the sea that will be connected by a 395-meter-long bridge with the main island. By Naresh Chauhan

Denmark to reduce energy consumption by 75 percent

Slated to be inaugurated in 2013, the new building for the University of Southern Denmark by Henning Larsen Architects provides a study and work environment to the students and employees. By Naresh Chauhan

Information is beautiful: 30 examples of creative infography

The perfect infography must synthetize complex information in a simple visual representation, which is not easy. The following examples take information architecture to another level by making it beautiful. By Mirko

15 Design Tips to Learn From Apple

There is no shortage of companies that follow popular design trends to appeal to a mass market. Much more rare is the breed of company that actually sets design trends. A company that occupies the top of the design food chain: Apple. By Joshua Johnson

The next step in interface design?

From pen and paper to typewriters we traveled onward to keyboards and input devices, and now further onward to touchscreens. But what's after the touchscreen? What new interface will Apple or its challengers be generating buzz about in five or ten years?

UI stencils

If you are a web designer you will probably find these UI Stencils very useful. By Jake Mize

50 Fresh Design Blogs You Should Be Reading

In this article, you will see a list of fresh and new design blogs worth subscribing to and reading. By Callum Chapman

Nexus One: The Story

If you are into mobiles, gadgets and all the latest tech going on out there (especially Android), it’s almost inevitable you didn’t notice these series of short films, that came out lately, documenting the making of Nexus One. By Elephant Squared

The Value of Design

The catalyst for this report on the value of design in business was the outpouring of reader comments that arrived after a bad-tempered blog post. By Helen Walters

Extreme Powersports Vehicle

Inspired by various extreme vehicles around, the extreme powersports concept vehicle has been designed to make it a perfect recreational vehicle.

Why Design Matters

Good business outcomes treat design as a holistic process that pulls in savvy marketing and research, as well as smart ideas, says IDEO's Diego Rodriguez.

Inner city bike

Looks rather catching, but it's not the most practical bike in the world. By Thomas Baekdal

Apple iPad - First impressions

Yes, it's a tablet. Yes, it looks like a really big iPhone. Yes, it's slim. Yes, it's super light. Yes, it has 10 hours of battery life. And yes it can be used as an ereader. It even comes with a new iBook store. By Thomas Baekdal

Bike

Bike design concepts by Ciprian Frunzeanu.

Mobile phone concepts "floater"

Wouldn’t it be fun if your cell phone sits up by itself (or tilt up a little) when put on the desk and starts moving when there’s a phone call or an incoming message?

WIFI wall radio

This is the concept for that. It plugs into the wall outlet and therefore is very easy to install and no counter space is invaded. By Aki Hirota

7 Ways Amazon Could Make the Next Kindle Awesome

Does Amazon have an exciting plan for Kindle 3? It's been keeping totally quiet about the next-gen e-reader, but rumors and leaks have started sprouting that suggest good things are on the way. But how could Kindle 3 be made awesome? By Kit Eaton

How to Create Creativity

‘Creative’ is the most popular adjective in the design world. Everybody wants to be a creative individual, find a creative solution, or discover a creative book. By Martina Skender

Chrome OS tablet

This page contains visual explorations of how a Chrome OS tablet UI might look in hardware. Don't overlook the mp4 file at the very end.