10 highly innovative bike stands for urban areas

Also known as a bike rack, a bike stand is a device that can securely attach bicycles to it. The bike stands can be designed for indoors as well as outdoors. They come in various styles like the Serpentine, U, Grid, Bollard and Decorative. By DesignBuzz

Design play, student winner for strategy/research

Design Play is Design Thinking for children. It is an open-ended, foundational creative framework that builds on what children already do as they play. By Core77

Michelin announces lightwieghting theme for 2013 design competition

 

Pursuant to the current prevailing business wisdom that less is more, Michelin has announced the theme for their 2013 Michelin Challenge Design Competition: "HALF! Lightweight with a Passion." By Core77

TrackRok

 

TrakRok vehicle is an alternative design solution intended for all season off-roading mobility. Powered by sustainable renewable energy, the vehicle is composed of light weight exoskeleton assembly construction. By Core77

IKEA interior designers dem small space solutions

IkeaMalaysia has started posting a series of videos featuring their interior designers giving tips on how to squeeze every last inch—sorry, centimeter—out of a living space. By Core77

A better world by design

Society needs to "address what we have [in order] to reduce energies," as opposed to continuing to build new architectural projects. Truly sustainable or net-zero buildings should focus on the large steps to reducing energy usage, such as insulation and building envelope, as opposed to the "sexy green" of green roofs and other mostly-aesthetic elements. By Core77

Milestones in mHealth: frog and UNICEF’s Innovation Workshop

As part of our Mobile Mandate initiative, frog hosted a two-day gathering that brought together key stakeholders across UNICEF and its partners to look at how mobile technology for development can help deliver, monitor and mange results for the world’s most disadvantaged children. By Frog Design

The Weekly Digest #001

 

Films, apps, resources, sites and other goodies worthy of your attention. By Frog Design

What Visual Designers Can Learn From Biggie Smalls

 

This post isn’t about the tribulations caused by disproportionate, newly found wealth, but instead about Biggie’s writing process - his creative approach. By Frog Design

Sometimes A Brand Isn't Worth Saving. Here's How To Tell

Five questions to ask before deciding whether to invest in a rebranding campaign or pull the plug. By Jump

A Turntable Made Of Recyclable Parts

To boost brand awareness, Matthew Lim has designed an audio system geared toward a younger market. By Belinda Lanks

What Shoelaces Would Look Like As Architecture

Prime your gimmick radar: Adidas has moved into a new research facility that’s being billed as an architectural visualization of shoelaces. By Suzanne Labarre

Streaming Real-Time Data About NYC

IBM's giant LED screens, streaming real-time data at Lincoln Center, are both beautiful and terrifying. Yikes! Is that really the level of particulates in the air? By Linda Tischler

Fallingwater Turns 75. How Is It Still Standing?!

Frank Lloyd Wright’s career masterpiece is three quarters of a century old. The American Institute of Architects pays tribute with a comprehensive microsite that includes an interactive feature on Fallingwater’s (many) structural repairs. By Suzanne Labarre

An Office Chair With Built-In Video Instruction Manual

Steelcase's ergonomic Leap office chair has a QR code on it that launches a video teaching you how to adjust it perfectly to your posture. By John Pavlus

American Firms Now Embrace Design

Frog's Robert Fabricant argues that American companies no longer stand for real innovation in design--and that includes Microsoft (obviously), Google (okay), and Apple (really?!). So the trick is to empower a new generation. By Robert Fabricant

Sweden To Build World’s Wildest Indoor Ski Park

Sweden plans to compensate for an increasingly unsnowy climate by building a 750,000-square-foot indoor winter wonderland. By Suzanne Labarre

The Secret To Apple's Long-Term Success? It Always Prepares You For The Future

 

With the next update of iOS to version 5 on October 10th, it's going to happen again: Apple is going to invent the future by reinventing the past. And we'll all be ready for it because Apple has spent years preparing us for what happens next. It's part of the company's modus operandi--a part so subtle it goes mostly unnoticed. By Robert Hoekman Jr.

A Stunning Nature Pavilion That Evokes Eroded Rock

 
The Norwegian firm conquers the architecture world while staying true to its roots. By Belinda Lanks

Three Keys That Make Good Interaction Design Great

Janna DeVylder, president of the Interaction Design Association, breaks down a simple product--a reusable coffee cup--and shows how it succeeds in three vital areas: context, impact, and craft. By Janna Devylder