DesignBytes

The Miami Herald takes a closer at IDSA Member Franco Lodato, PhD, IAM Foundation, Masters of Design Summit and Miami College of Design.

“Design is the process of going from an existing condition to a preferred one. Observe that there’s no relationship to art.”—Milton Glaser

Some businesses are using circular-economy principles to create products that are durable, easy to reuse or recycle—and profitable.

Linen-bound and hardcover, Designed by Apple in California, chronicles 20 years of Apple design through 450 photographs illustrating the company’s design process as well as its finished products.

It's easy to underestimate the superpowers of the tiny plants we all know as algae. The trend of integrating algae into product design grows more efficient and exciting.

Facebook appears to be building an organization that could conceptualize, design, produce, ship and sell hardware, and even deal with customers after the fact.

Mexico City is currently one of the hottest centers of global design, and its forward-thinking and civically minded local scene recently earned it the title of 2018 Icsid World Design Capital.

Flax Chair combines flax with a biodegradeable plastic made from lactic acid, the result is a rigid chairs that hold a person's weight without a frame.

“We need to make solar panels as appealing as electric cars have become,” Elon Musk said. “It needs to be beautiful, affordable, and seamlessly integrated."

Over the past 20 years, Americans have discarded 14 million tons of clothing. For more than 40 years, it has been Patagonia's mission to combat this type of environmental harm.

Design sprints have been consuming conversations over the past year, amongst all sorts of makers –from authors testing out new book concepts to software teams working on the next VR breakthroughs. I mean, who wouldn’t love a prescriptive framework that enables you to validate your biggest ideas in 5 days?

The brain's creative circuitry holds some unexpected secrets that scientists are only just beginning to understand.

Kodak unveiled its EKTRA smartphone this week and they’re definitely shooting for the photography crowd with this one.

SNOO was designed by Yves Béhar, IDSA, of fuseproject in collaboration with the author of The Happiest Baby, Dr. Harvey Karp.

While discussions of intellectual property in China’s manufacturing centers once focused on how brands and investors could protect their designs from China’s rapacious copycats, things have changed.

In a landmark decision, a state judge has dismissed the lawsuit against Remington Arms filed by families of victims of the 2012 shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. “In the present case, the defendants argue that the plaintiffs seek wrongful death and personal injury damages allegedly resulting from product design. ’To prevail on a design defect claim a plaintiff must prove that the product is unreasonably dangerous...'"

David Bowie—the late English singer, actor and all-around icon—was also a big fan of Italian architect and industrial design mastermind Ettore Sostsass and, more generally, Memphis Design.

Apple's CEO meets Nintendo's video game franchise creator, as well as Japan's prime minister, and announces Apple's new tech center in Japan will open in December 2016.

A federal lawsuit was filed by Blu Dot to protect alleged IP rights for a floor lamp against Canadian Rove Concepts' “strikingly and confusingly similar” floor lamp.

Samsung recalls all Note 7s and suspends production on the line.

Millennials (Generation Y) seem to ignore shifting values and have a shorter attention span regarding traditional print and television advertising.

Nearly 300 million tons of plastic are created each year in the US—including 40 billion plastic utensils and 25 billion plastic cups—and only 8% is recycled. Enter Loli.

The New York Times finds the work of IDSA Medical Design Conference keynote speaker and renowned neurologist Adam Gazzaley, PhD, MD, "commands respect." Find out why, then register for #IDSAMedical.