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Harley Earl was the first "Vice President of Design" at any automaker and was also the first auto executive to advocate the hiring of women. The first seven female designers, dubbed the "Damsels of Design," worked in the color department in the 1950s.

When it comes to brain growth and speech development, a child's first four years matter more than the next 80 years combined.

Design the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games logo and win a million yen plus ringside seat at the opening ceremonies.

Domino’s has been making a reputation lately as a tech company, with lots of innovations in digital ordering. So it’s not too far a stretch for the pizza giant to become an automaker as well.

The New York Times will distribute 1M+ Google Cardboard virtual reality (VR) viewers to its home-delivery newspaper customers in the U.S. as part of a new campaign that includes a launch slate of VR films.

This is the latest step in what has been a fun ride for students and faculty members. “It’s been shown all over the U.S., which is extremely cool,” said Russell Kittel, 23, a CCAD senior majoring in industrial design. “I can’t recall that happening with another student project." The prototype, which students named the Pursuit, is housed at the college after making several appearances around the country.

Concepts of vertically parked cars, sauna-equipped motorcycles and self-shortening coupes by Steven M. Johnson.

The world's first 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam uses a technique that designer Joris Laarman says could soon be used to build "infinitely large structures". The pedestrian bridge is being printed in steel by six-axis robots, which will "draw" the structure in the air. The bridge, which will be eight metres long and four metres wide, will be printed in one piece in a former shipbuilding hangar in the Amsterdam's NDSM shipyard and then transported to the city centre. Work will start next summer. Earlier plans to print the bridge in situ had to be abandoned as it was "just too dangerous".

Every designer is different, naturally, because every person is different. Figure out what inspires, motivates or resonates with that person and gauge a leadership style that will elevate their growth.

The company behind Twine had its last product flop on Kickstarter. Having licked its wounds, it's ready to go again.

f you could make a 3D printed car, surly a bicycle couldn’t be much harder? Interestingly, it hasn’t been attempted to the same degree. Two industrial design students aim to change that.

The idea, Adidas says, is to get to the point where you can walk into a store, run on a treadmill for a few minutes, and leave with a bespoke, 3D-printed running shoe that fits you perfectly.

"When some new technology comes out, we say thats the end of what was there before it. But there’s so much room for objects that are beautifully crafted, and that tap into peoples emotions." - Yves Behar

1,700 individually shaped cardboard sheets were used to create a fully functional replica of the Lexus IS.

Yale, the lock company, unveiled a digital lock that taps into the “smart home” system designed by Nest.

Autodesk signed a definitive acquisition agreement, expanding their software holdings through netfabb, as well as making a strategic investment in FIT Technology Group, netfabb’s now-former parent company.

45 artists applied their skills to the walls of Detroit’s historic Eastern Market area for Murals In The Market.

Through the last 90 years, Chrysler vehicles were known for innovative engineering, groundbreaking style and “looking more expensive than they were."

“No longer can we say that West Michigan is just about making stuff — that’s only part of the equation,” said Nate Young, VP of global innovation at Newell Rubbermaid Inc.’s design center.

The research investigated several forces affecting the wider automotive ecosystem, including increasingly connected vehicles and the entry of tech giants like Google and Apple, autonomous cars, the rise of the sharing economy and a greater interest in sustainability.

Some cheeky fun at how the world views different designers.

Startup invention company Quirky Inc. has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy to launch a sale.

Last June, Montblanc announced the M, the product of a new partnership with Marc Newson, arguably one of the most influential designers alive today. With this partnership, the first of its kind for the luxury brand, fountain pens take a long-awaited step into the future.

In many ways, 50 years ago at the founding of the NEA, a door was opened into the creative economy and innovative cultural communities to come. Art stimulates, engages and makes us whole.