DesignBytes

During the Great Depression, design was meant to lift the United States out of an economic pit. ID came to the fore when the economy tanked, as corporations looked for new ways to inspire customers to shop.

Have you ever wondered how Apple actually ended up leading the design trends when it comes to icons? Are designers sometimes better off fighting against these trends?

A recent workshop brought engineers and scientists, industrial design students from CCS, and Soldiers from various disciplines to build new ground vehicle concepts to tackle the Army's biggest challenges.

The BetterBin competition offered designers an opportunity to reimagine New York City’s iconic green wire litter basket. The three finalist design teams will now produce 12 full-size prototypes that will be tested in New York City neighborhoods in summer 2019.

In the wake of the automated theft of AutoCAD designs, some ask, is it also applicable to 3D print designs?

The text of “African American Designers” is highly informative, packed, winningly, with some of the personal stories of the designers trying to navigate between esthetic and profit impulses and between cultures.

Living Coral has been chosen by the Pantone Color Institute as its 2019 color of the year.

“If design intuitively guides you as you use a product, you get that beautiful feeling,” says Charles Austen Angell, FIDSA. “It’s a sense of mastery that humans desire.”

Before Raymond Loewy, FIDSA, was designing trains, he got his foot in the door at the Pennsylvania Railroad by designing a trash can for Penn Station in New York City. Read more about his life in the new biography.

The rapid expansion of the IoT, is the spark behind the explosion of user data. Some believe that giving users control over their data will precipitate even greater changes in product design.

A new Cultural Center exhibit shows how much design innovation came from black artists in Chicago. The exhibit includes work from the late Charles Harrison, L/IDSA.

“Boeing is committed to inspiring the next generation of innovators and equipping them with the skills they need to excel in the modern workforce,” said Boeing Chairman, President, and CEO Dennis Muilenburg.

“When you’re designing for someone’s backyard, it’s very different from designing a house on a virgin piece of land,” Yves Béhar, IDSA, says.

This years’ ArtCenter College of Design’s annual Car Classic celebrated the 70th anniversary of the College’s Transportation Design Program. The show highlighted 90 cars, motorcycles, trucks and trailers from around the world, an astounding 75 of which came from ArtCenter graduates.

Taking millennial consumer trends and needs into account, personal finance platform TurboTax has revamped the brand’s design and received a Gold IDEA.

A group of Arizona State University design students are collaborating with middle schoolers to bring to life a public art installation that will debut next month.

How do companies deliver exceptional designs, launch after launch? What is design worth? To answer these questions, McKinsey Design conducted the most extensive and rigorous research undertaken anywhere to study the design actions that leaders can make to unlock business value.

“In this case, design was able to bring two groups of people together in the community to accomplish one goal: to improve the mobility and life of a very special dog,” Dosun Shin, IDSA, said.

A student from Gothenburg, Sweden, has discovered “Potato Plastic,” an environmentally friendly, biodegradable alternative to the use of disposable plastic –used for anything from cutlery to straws.

The narrative of the International Design Conference was full of energy and enthusiasm of how designers can impact our world and the consumers of today’s culture in a positive way.

An interview with the real designer behind the iPlane 1.

Submit a design that goes beyond the mastery of shape, form and function, and becomes a solution to overcome challenges. Entries are due Oct. 28, and finalists will earn the chance to present their work at Milan Design Week.

The IDC represented a complete rethink, where the organizers applied their design skills to redesign the whole experience. Their efforts were a success, with many attendees commenting on how this was their favorite conference in many years.

Any physical space can be filled with certain objects and colors to make the experience of being there more enjoyable.