DesignBytes

People who experience social design in action believe it can transform the way we approach and solve social problems, and are investing a great deal of money and energy in developing the field.

The chair of IDSA's Northeast District Design Conference has a few tricks up her sleeve. Ayse Birsel, IDSA, tells Inc. what she believes it takes to throw a conference that inspires people.

It seems there are not enough designers to meet the demand. Startups and mid-sized companies have immense promise, but struggle to find designers.

Helene Rother was the first female automotive designer, a refugee and a single mom. She started at Marvel Comics and ended up at General Motors.

Lego will release a "Women of NASA" set honoring female leaders in space exploration. The five figurines include the first female astronaut, Sally Ride, and mathematician Katherine Johnson, shown here.

Fast food giant McDonald’s is trying to update a tried and true device with the STRAW, or the Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal.

Though the bottom 10% of commercial and industrial designers earn less than $40,000 per year, those at the top end of the scale make more $100,000 annually.

It was a big disappointment for motorists and dreamers alike when the plug was pulled on plans for an Apple car. Designers at Click Mechanic have imagined what the vehicles might have looked like.

The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), in partnership with the Design Learning Network, has recently published an edition of the ChildArt Magazine entitled: “Learning From Design!”

So how does a medical company create consumer-centric, disruptive innovation?

When emergencies arise in space, you make do. With NASA’s Additive Manufacturing Facility, the possibility of 3D printing medical devices could bridge the gap until resupply.

Color can be useful in marketing a product. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) provide protection for color in a design. For over 20 years, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), however, took the position that color could not be a registrable feature of a design.

Immersive virtual reality uses a 23-camera motion-capture system and head-mounted display to virtually immerse an employee in a future workstation.

Happy special anniversary to the "first car ever displayed at the Louvre, selected by the Paris museum because it represented an 'exemplary work of industrial design.'"

The color, materials and finishing (CMF) category of industrial design—which can be loosely defined as the use of color to improve a product’s usability or to elicit an emotional response from the consumer—is fairly new.

You can’t get more tech-excited than attending CES in Vegas each year. But this year, one thing is glaringly clear—cool tech is not enough.

The Economist takes a look at how voice technology is transforming computing.

The developer of the iconic Red Solo Cup—Robert Hulseman—has passed away.

"Nothing short of revolutionary." Forbes finds out whether the future is now when it comes to innovation in government.

Why do consumers like what they like? Raymond Loewy, FIDSA, and industrial design may hold some of the answers. See why in The Atlantic.

MIT’s Tangible Media Group is pushing fabric into the future. Dubbed aeroMorph, this fabric is made of a composite of paper and plastic.

Loewy believed that consumers are torn between a curiosity about new things and a fear of anything too new.

The Chicago Athenaeum unveils the GOOD DESIGN Awards 2016. See what made the cut.