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Among the many topics he teaches at ArtCenter is a concept he calls “multiple domain synergy” which is about moving ideas from one company or industry to another.

The NJIT’s Idea Factory and Material Dynamics Lab is combining seed bombs—balls of organic matter that protect and help seeds packed within them grow—with hydrogel granulates, sucking in moisture and swelling to up to 400 times their own weight in water.

The Atlantic's Sarah Zhang turns to IDSA Member Bryce Rutter, founder and CEO of IDSA Ambassador Metaphase, for an expert opinion on solving a NOT so open-and-shut case.

Objects that can change shape within seconds after being exposed to heat demonstrate a novel 4D-printing technique that could one day be used to create medical devices that unfurl on their own in the body during surgical procedures.

Subaru claims "We've made great cars, but not necessarily the most beautiful, now they're really going to be emotionally appealing, to a level they haven't been before."

"This case is an important step forward for 3D trademarks," reports Lexology. See why.

We often approach signing offer letters with as much caution as we do launching a new app: completely skimming past the terms and conditions and clicking "accept" before knowing what we're really getting into.

As we will probably be interacting with a new generation of machines in the future, maybe “we should not cage them in the same unimaginative and restrictive gender expectations that we humans are still struggling to free ourselves from today,” as suggests Laura Dattaro.

Designers are in for a period of radical change and must learn to adapt. Those who don’t might as well look for a new line of work.

Many of the same principles explored and addressed through architecture can be applied to design of products.

Facebook hires a 15-year veteran of Apple as head of hardware for Facebook Oculus and says it will keep investing in hardware as it pushes the boundaries of VR.

The connected denim smart jacket made in partnership between Levi’s and Google’s ATAP division now has a price tag, but its release date has been pushed from this spring to the fall. The jacket, which will cost around $350—when it goes on sale–is the first commercial product containing ATAP’s Project Jacquard technology, which uses conductive fabric to turn a standard article of clothing into a connected device of sorts that can send instructions to your smartphone.

The word design is used in so many ways that you begin to wonder if it has any useful meaning at all.

"It’s a field that people who are equally left and right brained seem to do really well with." See the 25 Best States for Commercial and Industrial Designers, according to Insider Monkey.

"There's absolutely no reason why good design should be confined to the history books," writes Diana Budds for FastCoDesign. Read more..

Designing for customer delight can lead to competitive advantage and growth.

By bringing their talents to the male-dominated engineering field, women are sparking innovation and making robots more humane.

Ten years ago, the Designers Accord aimed to establish a code of ethics around sustainability in the design industry. Fast forward to the Retouchers Accord, a Hippocratic oath for authenticity in images.

No. 1: Underestimating the importance of intellectual property.

Before 1999 there was no such thing as a sport hijab. Cindy van den Bremen invented one when she discovered a girl was being expelled from gym-class due to her supposedly unsafe hijab.

Angela Yeh, IDSA, weighs in on what to look for when hiring an ID firm. Does YOUR studio meet the criteria?

“I think the world is changing, and I think young people are changing and I think everything is moving quicker,” (Tinker) Hatfield explained. “… It’s hard to predict how design is going to change but you just know it is. You just have to be ready.”

Apple’s icons have that shape for a very good reason.