Where Designers Rule

Electronics maker Bang & Olufsen doesn't ask shoppers what they want. Its faith is in its design gurus.

Design Vision

A conversation about the role of design-driven leadership.

Yahoo! Design Week: What makes design seem intuitive?

The always entertaining & insightful, Jared Spool- founder & principal of User Interface Engineering- spoke at Yahoo! Design Week about what makes designs...

Yahoo Design Week: Orgasming Flowers and Space Invaders

Evolution of the iPod...6 years later

Sunday will mark 6 years since Apple first released the iPod. This gallery takes a look at the evolution of the iPod and the changes that have been introduced throughout the last 6 years, culminating with the Touch.

Design Moves the Conversation Forward

If good design matters to the bottom line, why aren’t designers central to the business process?

That was the question three innovation design consultants from Stone Yamashita Partners (SYP) asked the standing room only audience in the Apple Store theater in downtown San Francisco, in the first of eight monthly presentations on the topic of “Why Good Design Matters.”

Timeline

Frog Design is a remarkable design institute. Their integrated process of strategy and design helps Fortune 500 companies evolve, expand, and envision their businesses.

Take a look at their past work via this timeline.

Streamlining HP

Sam Lucente's [ Hewlett-Packard's first vice president of design ] business is corporate design. Persuasion is his game.

Aptera's Future Car Set for Production

The Aptera could easily be named "The Official Car of the Future". The design references every space-car from the Jetsons' runabout to the cars from Woody Allen's Sleeper (pictured above. It's the one on the right).

See Aptera's website.

Blackbird Rider

San Francisco industrial designer Joe Luttwak, who is also an avid musician, wanted a portable steel-stringed instrument to take to the woods on camping trips.

IDEO interview

IDEO is one of the world’s most decorated design consultancies. Apple’s first mouse was IDEO’s work. The firm employs experts from disciplines as disparate as graphic design, mechanical engineering and anthropology to create human-centered design solutions for some huge clients.

Read the interview conducted by Good Magazine, where they asked an IDEO team to create the graphic statement—a blank canvas to interpret the issue’s theme: Design Solutions.

National Design Awards

The National Design Awards were conceived by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to honor the best in American design. First launched at the White House in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, the annual Awards program celebrates design in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and seeks to increase national awareness of design by educating the public and promoting excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement. Go here to see the 184 nominees.

The Fine Art of Designing a Clean Presentation

Both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have given their fair share of slide show presentations. It's fair to say that there is a fine art in designing a presentation, let alone present it to a live audience. What follows is an article one how Bill delivers the message and how Steve delivers. You be the judge.

Designing for Diabetics

Inspired by consumer gadgetry, medical-device makers are creating slick tools for insulin injections and readings.

LifeStraw purifies water instantly for under $2 a year

There are gadgets that make life more fun, and then there are gadgets that make life possible. The LifeStraw from Denmark's Vestergaard Frandsen Group has the potential to fall into the latter category. A device about the size of a large pen or drinking straw, the LifeStraw is a complete water purification kit that draws its power from the person sucking down the water.

Jonathan Ive

Here's an article where Jonathan Ive of Apple, gives an interview discussing the fine art of great design. Even though the interview took place in December of 2006, Jonathan's feedback is worth noting.

Frog-Inspired Bike Design

Alex Suvajec’s concept bike design takes its inspiration from nature. It’s a fascinating adaptation of a frog’s motion and structure.

Why Designers Rule

I found this nice little list of reasons why designers rule over at Design Stamp. Read the rest of the article here about why designers rule.

Masters of Design 2007

Innovation and inspiration. Beauty and profit. Management and creativity. Fast Company's fourth annual report on the intersection of business and design.

EVO Cycle Concept Bicycle Bike Design

Digital Water Pavilion

The Digital Water Pavilion will be built at the entrance of the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. The digitally-controlled 'water curtains' will display messages and act as doors to enter and exit the building, which will house a tourist information centre, a cafeteria and an exhibition on the 'digital mile project' that will be a feature of the Expo. Check out the website, where you can watch a video of how the final thing should look, see a video of the real thing as a prototype, and find more information about the project.