DesignBytes

“Design is the rendering of intent.” When the intent isn’t clear, the project stakeholders can’t agree on goals, or two founders veer in two directions to take their company, no amount of design can solve that situation. Design doesn’t work if you don’t know your intent. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself in the land of mullets, half-cafs, cran-grape drinks, platypuses and El Caminos. (Granted, platypuses are pretty cool. But they’re filled with poison.)

"We have a philosophy that less screens is often better. We [technically] have a screen, but that only comes on when it’s needed. The reflective mirrors serves to reflect the home environment."

In an age when every day dumps a new whizbang product—a me-too smartphone, watch, tablet, fitness tracker, sound system, app—on consumers’ laps, there is something critical, something deeply human, being lost: design.

If you were to ask a surfer to pinpoint one issue that they wish they could resolve, it would probably be the fact that it is extremely difficult to transport a surfboard from place to place.

"If we are serious about addressing productivity, then design must be at the heart of this proposal."

The AARP has news for companies like Fitbit, Jawbone and Misfit: Seniors want to buy fitness trackers, but nobody is making the products they need.

Designers at IDEO and weekly public radio program Studio 360 invite listeners of the Redesigns series to challenge designers with their most “joyless moments.”

According to leaked images provided to 9to5Mac, Apple is co-designing packaging for third-party accessories sold in its stores.

Adidas partnered with Parley for the Oceans as collaborators, a group of creators, thinkers and leaders who design projects that aim to end the destruction of our oceans.

What does UI design look like after screens go away? And why is it crucial to the future of design?

Designing a building is "exactly the same" as designing a Christmas card according to one designer, amid signs that designers are encroaching on architects' territory.

Ideas for Elon Musk's high-speed Hyperloop train are blazing ahead in full open source fashion.

By 2030, Legos will no longer be made of plastic. Instead, the world's largest toy company will be using a more "sustainable material".

Chef David Lebovitz follows the whole Le Creuset manufacturing process, from hot metal to color enameling.

Since the days of the disposable razor, more than a few companies have taken a system-based approach to product design, creating a product whose accessories are proprietary.

A new report says Apple Watch 2 could get a new FaceTime video camera. But wait, there's more.

A perfect showcase model to emphasize what 3D printing can do for the field of robotics, with smooth surfaces to optimize movement, easy assembly and programmablity, even dancing! Rock on, Mr. Roboto.

The Wall Street Journal reports Intel isn’t slowing its investments in wearable technology, despite mixed signs about how quickly that market is growing.

The Brooklyn, NY-based Uhuru Design firm ups silicon valley's coolness in part by selecting "progressive" clients.

According to The Wall Street Journal, former Beats hardware partner Monster is claiming it has been blocked from making official peripheral devices for Apple products.

but the software is atrocious. The BlackBerry Classic perfectly exemplifies BlackBerry’s problems.

"In coloring, you've got this physical sensation of the tool you're using touching on the paper. You also have the feeling in your hands and fingers holding this tool, and moving in different rhythms as you fill in the space, you're being mindful, and when you move in a rhythmic fashion for an extended period of time, that becomes a meditation."

Jawbone, which controls less than 5 percent of the wearables market, is suing market leader Fitbit for the second time in two weeks.

As Makerbot struggles, desktop milling machines are on the rise. The maker community is embracing affordable mini-mills designed to machine wood and metal.