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Last year, the UK decided to repeal a part of its copyright law that enforced a drastically reduced copyright term for "industrially exploited artistic works" including "works of artistic craftsmanship"—in other words, the industrial design of manufactured objects that are primarily functional, like appliances and furniture.

Designers who have proposed gondolas as an urban transit solution have met a mix of fanged skepticism and derision. But many US cities are considering just that.

FastCo talks to Amina Horozić who came to the US as a refugee during the Bosnian War. Today, she is an industrial designer at fuseproject.

NewDealDesign has designed a digitally connected, mechanical brass coin that you load with money like a MetroCard.

What makes a successful team? Is it a strong leader? Smart people? Good processes?

For the second year in a row, a Loughborough University ID student has been named the UK winner of the James Dyson Award. See how he came up with the lifesaving design.

The USA Today network takes a closer look how The Access Strength won three big IDEAs, almost 10 years after winning three others.

"The project is about more than just having the medication there if someone goes into an overdose,” RISD's Beth Mosher, IDSA, said. "It’s also to help try to counteract the stigma and the shame.”

Karim Rashid wants you to realize how poorly designed everything you own is.

"The journey of finding factories and managing vendor relationships is a long process of hustling, fist-pounding, nail-biting, friendly drinking, karaoke-ing, and most of all, testing the limits of one’s adaptability," writes Ti Chang, IDSA.

Rejection is an inevitable part of startup life. Here's how to use it to your advantage.

THE SCAD Bike Share program had 130 registered users in just its first week. It doesn’t take a degree in rocket science (or maybe more appropriately, industrial design) to understand why.

A big month for funding for digital health companies, and for acquisitions. See why in Mobile Health News.

An Irish entrepreneur has introduced a product designed to reduce football-related contact injuries in the US.

Neuroscience has advanced tremendously over the past few decades, but the field remains a puzzle to most. The Leading Strand wants to help the public better understand the brain and its myriad mysteries.

Priority Designs takes a look at the future of golf. Did someone mention drones?

IDSA's International Conference Chair tells DBusiness about ID in Michigan; the conference’s importance to the region; and the role of ID in the educational and professional worlds.

Here are a number of reasons why Atlanta is great, besides being the host city for IDSA's International Conference August 16–19, 2017.

Every day, stoic straphangers face the crowds, dirt and other nasty stuff in the city’s subway system (when it’s running), and we don’t often consider how the various moving parts of the commuting experience are designed.

More than 100 designers and educators signed on to a new court brief supporting Apple. They include famous fashion names Calvin Klein, Paul Smith and Tony Chambers, the editor-in-chief of Wallpaper magazine.

With this year's Istanbul Biennial, academics Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley aim to reboot the history of civilization and “redesign” the human subject altogether.

This isn't a review of the game itself, but about the effects of it. We will try to look a little behind the curtain from a product & marketing perspective.