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Remembering a Heyday in Hi-Fi ID

An ever-expanding buffet of knobs, switches and buttons, were supported by the mesmerizing glow of dials and readouts that made the state of one’s listening situation known with just a glance. The combination of tactile and visual feedback was a thing of beauty then, and still is today—especially in the context of the Jony Ive era, where aesthetic restraint has become marching orders for all.
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Apple Named Greenest Tech Company in the World

Greenpeace has named Apple the greenest large tech company in the world, beating companies like Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
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There Is No Good Design If There Are No Good Constraints

BMW's Benoit Jacob explains that after nearly a century of development cars have evolved into an almost "perfect" form, which has made it more difficult for manufacturers to push the boundaries and create distinct models. In no small part hybrid and electric technologies are changing the way cars are designed after decades of stagnation.
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The Third Industrial Revolution

The third industrial revolution is happening now, with digital manufacturing, wherein a new product design does not require a new factory to be made.
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100 Most
Creative in
Business

In education, games, tech, fashion, food, footwear, furniture—design makes dollars and sense. See who shines in 2015 when it comes to the business of creativity.
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Designed, Not Just Made, in China

There's a new focus on innovation in China thanks to industry and business registration reforms, and the internet.
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Sight Unseen Top 10

Dezeen.com picks 10 designers not to miss at New York City's Sight Unseen Offsite exhibition, which opens May 15, coinciding with NYC Design Week.
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We Are Africa

A design and innovation exhibition through June 7, 2015 in Durban, South Africa is celebrating the creative economy, cultural diplomacy and social cohesion with the work of 55 designers and innovators from 16 countries across Africa.
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Women in Design

"While women were largely unwelcome in architecture and industrial design, male architects and manufacturers found they couldn't live without them," Alexandra Lange opines in Dezeen.
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Can Design Save the World?

The executive director of the Autodesk Foundation the editor-in-chief of What Design Can Do, discuss the impact design movement that has been picking up speed in recent years.
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Nailing that ID
Job Interview

A look at how best to prepare yourself and your work for presentation.
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Pioneering Playtime

Here are 5 predictions for the future of toys.
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LED Light Bulb Speaker

Sony has just unveiled the LED Light Bulb Speaker, which is basically exactly what it sounds like—an LED light bulb which doubles as a Bluetooth speaker.
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Designer Litmus Test

Brace yourself for the truth: product designers are not born with the gift of design.
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Fighting for Market Share

Samsung shipped 20,000 milling machines to Vietnam to match the iPhone's metal.
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Everyone Hates Patent Trolls

...but here’s the root problem with our broken system.
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The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design

A new book from IDEO.org is a 'crib sheet' for better social innovation. Get your copy: www.designkit.org/resources/1/.
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Does it Come
in Black?

One opinion on why designers only wear black.
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Project Above Ground

An ID student is trying to set straight one of the largest subway systems in the world. Will MTA get the hints?
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Like, Like, Like... or Not?

A new study finds input from social media is more distracting than beneficial during the product development process.
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ID Makes Global Impact

Canadian industrial design students are hoping their creation will make a difference in earthquake-ravaged Nepal and other disaster zones.
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Chief IoTOs: At the INTERSECTION?

Infusing connected technology into products means IT departments will have to work with their firm's R&D as well as with product design groups. Can it be done easily with a Chief Internet of Things Officer?
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Ahead of the Pack

Legendary cyclist Greg LeMond and his son race toward a new calling in product design.
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Grounded Furniture...
and More

A British non-profit is turning coffee grounds into furniture, jewelry and coffee machines.
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Van Gogh's Ear,
in 3D

A US biotech startup has debuted a desktop 3D printer for biomaterials. It has created, among other things, a replica of Vincent Van Gogh’s ear.
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2016 World Design Capital

In 2016, Taipei will hold the honor of World Design Capital, an initiative sponsored by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). With the theme "Adaptive City - Design in Motion," Taipei will focus on development issues and how government officials and citizens can employ "design thinking" to improve the quality of life.
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5 Challenges in Wearable Product Design

It may seem novel novel to consumer product design now, but wearable technology is not a totally new concept.
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The "Smartcan"

Say goodbye to dustpans: the vacuum trashcan is here.
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How To Go From
Jr. Designer
To CDO

A savvy designer should treat his or her career like a design problem. Here's how.
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Surface Tablet Started as a Doodle

Microsoft’s Ralf Groene is responsible for the design of Microsoft’s Surface tablet, and he offered some unique insights into the early days of Surface.
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Full Speed Ahead

A Big Three automaker is putting STEM on the fast track by creating four new academies in Detroit focused on bringing 1,400 students up to speed on 21st century careers. Ford plans to serve 7,000 students nationwide by 2020.
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Crafting Skillets through ID

Borough Furnace is a metal casting workshop that designs and individually handcrafts environmentally cautious skillets in small batches.
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May the 4th Be With You

What if Jony Ive gave design tips to JJ Abrams for the new droids? The answer is a clever mashup of Star Wars and Apple designs with extreme attention to detail.
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Serving it Up!

Say it's so. Hungary is hungry for a new takeout bag that doubles as a serving tray.
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Anti-Expo Protests Turn Violent in Milan

Police have fired tear gas at protesters opposing the Milan Expo on its opening day, who have set fire to cars and plastered the city in anti-Expo graffiti.
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The Incredible Markup of the Apple Watch

The chips and sensors and vibration engines and other parts total up to $81.20 in the 38mm version of the Watch, or about 24 percent of the retail price.
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The $80 Prosthetic Knee

Engineer Krista Donaldson introduces the ReMotion knee, a prosthetic device for above-knee amputees, many of whom earn less than $4 a day.
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The End of Product Failure

Bresslergroup's director of industrial design on three technologies that will take the risk out of product innovation.
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Autodesk + HoloLens

Autodesk goes full-on Microsoft with HoloLens and 3D printing pact.
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Wires Are
Really Archaic

Designers predict the future is now in wireless lighting: "Wires are really archaic. Like the light bulb, which looked modern until five years ago when suddenly the LED arrived and now it's history."
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Mainstreaming 3D

Some companies are starting to view a 3D printer as a mandatory part of the design iteration process, akin to a workstation.
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Secrets of
the CDO

IDSA Member and 3M Chief Design Officer Eric Quint weighs in on what qualities make for a great Chief Design Officer.
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Designs for Life

He thought he was going to die. But the ID student who survived an earthquake in his native Turkey now is using his horrifying experience, to help save other lives in natural disasters and war.
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Fake ID

Fake ID plays off of the notion that we as designers intend to sneak into this world using any means necessary, even if it is borrowed, bought or stolen from other fields."
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Has Design
Gone Tooth Far?

Salta beer has designed tooth implants, that function as bottle openers, for the country's rugby players who have lost teeth in games.
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An Office that Commutes?

Self-driving cars will certainly change our habits on the road. But truly autonomous vehicles will also affect how we work, says Tim Brown, chief executive officer and president of design consultancy IDEO.
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The Design Economy

Asked recently what she saw as the single greatest driver of social change, Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation replied: “Design.”
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IKEA HACKA

Although IKEA products have become synonymous with various levels of hackability, the company has been yet to celebrate the “IKEA Hack” movement under their own brand, at least until now.
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Everything
Has a Story

“Design is like a virus for me. It infects everything that you do,” Josh Owen, chair of the industrial design program and an associate at the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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The Future Is One Scary Ride

Can the Dymaxion teach us a lesson today? It does illustrate the difficulty of reinventing the automobile (and the wisdom of keeping four wheels on the ground).
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