Building your design business: promotion

There is no one way or magic bullet to building a successful design business. You can surf for “how to” links, follow marketing gurus looking for ideas about how to promote your business, and use a ton of great online and offline tools and tactics. By Logo Design Love

Brochure Design Tips for Your Business

Some good tips on brochure design. By Logology

The Tower of Droplets by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham

The project, a conceptual design for Taichung in Taiwan, features a tower with a series of steel cages attached that will be covered in algae to produce biofuel. By Dezeen

What Your Web Design Says About You (Infographic)

Font and color choices in a website say certain things about the owner of the site. By Dona Collins

Dazzling Digital Ads: 12 Interactive Storefront Displays

In a world where advertisements are plastered all over every surface, from benches and stairs to pedestrian crosswalks, businesses are turning to high-tech interactive displays that all but reach out and tap us on the shoulder as we pass. By Web Urbanist

Bike Folded Sharp as a Razor

One bike might fold to a small size, one might fold in a way that allows you to wheel it around. This one folds down max, max, max. By Yanko Design

One fantastical technology campus

Those architecture masters over at UNStudio have their work cut out for them, and they’ve got the knives to do it. By Yanko Design

FailForward: Why Successful Innovators Have to Learn How to Fail

It is common knowledge that most new products and services fail when brought to market. Charles Kettering, Board Member of GM (1920-1947) famously noted that when it comes to innovation: “You don't know when you are going to get the thing, whether it’s going to work or not and whether it’s going to have any value whatsoever." By Design Mind

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Frog Design Makes Twitter Activity Gorgeous

A heatmap of real-time tweets around the globe. By Co.Design

Clever Park Benches and Fire Hydrants Make Life Easier for the Disabled

Five design teams tackle a thorny challenge: Making the circuitous cobblestone paths around Boston's Faneuil Hall more friendly for the disabled. By Co.Design

A 21st Century School on the Cutting Edge of Learning

Bosch & Fjord create a school that integrates cutting-edge thinking about how kids learn, and how teachers want to teach. By Co.Design

Blackberry Empathy Phone adds emotions to social networking

In recent past, social networking has emerged as a popular medium, especially among gen-next, to interact with friends and associates and discuss their day-to-day or business activities. By The Design Blog

Audi RB-1200 S motorbike adds luxury to the thrill of biking

The growing popularity of motorbikes among young auto enthusiasts has attracted the attention of big car makers as well as designers, looking to add luxury to the thrill of biking. By The Design Blog

Aquafit drinking fountain adjusts to suit the height of the user

Usually kids, or even tall people for that matter, have to struggle with standard drinking fountains, as they do not suit the height of every user, which often results in wastage of drinking water. By The Design Blog

Design trends: Nokia E10 concept phone with rollout display

With modern gadgets getting minute in size and big in function, contemporary designers seems to follow the catchword “small is the new big,” which is equally supported by latest advancements in technology. By The Design Blog

Nokia 2030 cellphone in polished titanium case is future perfect

With the latest technological advancements, features and functions of mobile phones change more frequently than any other portable gadget available on the market, as we see something different and new in a cellphone every few days. By The Design Blog

Hospital of one

The healthcare landscape is rapidly changing. Chronic illness has become the true burden on the healthcare system — accounting for over 75 percent of national health expenditures. By Continuum

Helping Maryland reducing energy 15% by 2015

Looking for a fresh take on how to cut back on the amount of energy you use? By Core77

Thomas Vu's lunch box concept would make a great toolbox

Product design student Thomas Vu's Lunch Box concept features a dry-erase surface for doting moms and creative kids to scribble on. By Core77