Kikkerland Design and UncommonGoods partnered with Pratt Institute design students for a product design challenge. You can vote for your favorite design through Feb. 2.

The most important discoveries at CES are not things. "As much as I want to have a flying car that does my taxes, laundry and makes the perfect martini, that's obviously BS. However, the timeline discussions on self-driving cars—and how they'll impact our future work—is important," stated Elizabeth Gore.

In 1963, Dieter Rams wanted to surprise his wife Ingeborg with a gift. So, he collaborated with leather companies to produce a one-of-a-kind purse, which is now available for anyone to buy.

A new "minimal chair" can be shipped in a thin flat box and takes just seconds to assemble without tools. Creator of the chair Tong Kim, IDSA, says the chair is part of an effort to transform lean manufacturing with 'smart' furniture and waste and cost reduction.

IDSA member Charles Choi is part of the award winning design team for the Flexco XP Staple Fastener, a tool used to repair conveyor belts in the mining industry.

The demand for those who can design something that is both practical and eloquent will never go away.

The looming threat of an all-out US-China trade war places a new premium on domestic sourcing. If tensions get worse, highly-scaleable manufacturing platforms will make it easier to open up new factories in the US.

During the Great Depression, design was meant to lift the United States out of an economic pit. ID came to the fore when the economy tanked, as corporations looked for new ways to inspire customers to shop.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is presenting an exhibition surveying the career of one of the most influential industrial designers living today, Dieter Rams.

Have you ever wondered how Apple actually ended up leading the design trends when it comes to icons? Are designers sometimes better off fighting against these trends?

The stakes have never been higher for Lyft, which unveiled a new design-focused strategy that aims to reshape the way people get around.

A recent workshop brought engineers and scientists, industrial design students from CCS, and Soldiers from various disciplines to build new ground vehicle concepts to tackle the Army's biggest challenges.

The grim reality is that only 4% of startup’s make it to their second year! So to fulfill your start-up dream, you need a strong plan that will help you realize your dream and actually make you a successful organization.

The BetterBin competition offered designers an opportunity to reimagine New York City’s iconic green wire litter basket. The three finalist design teams will now produce 12 full-size prototypes that will be tested in New York City neighborhoods in summer 2019.

Canada's Industrial Design Act was amended by two federal bills in 2014 and 2015. Read more about the changes and how it could affect international applications for industrial designs to be registered in Canada.

In the wake of the automated theft of AutoCAD designs, some ask, is it also applicable to 3D print designs?

“The Architexture Collection was based on my appreciation of the importance architecture plays in the modern landscape,” Richard Frinier, IDSA, said about the collection winning a Silver IDEA 2018.

The text of “African American Designers” is highly informative, packed, winningly, with some of the personal stories of the designers trying to navigate between esthetic and profit impulses and between cultures.

As forests burn and reefs wither, why must Pantone taunt us by praising the life-affirming nature of all the stuff that’s dying?!