DesignBytes

Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, says that it's collaboration that makes us humans fun in his interview with Project61.

This year’s Olympic medal design takes its inspiration from the Korean alphabet, as well as from traditional clothing and architecture.

Trying to succeed as a startup is hard enough. Getting a frivolous patent infringement demand letter in the mail can make it a whole lot harder.

Paul Hatch, IDSA, describes his design firm's expansion from ID to fields like UI and the IoT and explains why product nurturing will become more important than actual product design.

Google’s $1.1 billion deal to acquire most of HTC’s smartphone design division has officially closed. The deal involves more than 2,000 HTC employees transferring to Google.

Wendell Castle, the whimsical designer who coaxed wood into mind-bending shapes that blurred the boundary between furniture and fine art, died on Jan. 20 at 85. (Shown with Pattie Moore, FIDSA)

As we age our homes can become an unsafe place to live. Judd Lord, IDSA, discusses how homes can be retrofitted to achieve a universal design that is safe for an aging population.

For designers, smartphone screens are one of the most challenging elements to design. Google creative lead Alberto Villarreal, IDSA, explains his vision of creating the perfect phone and the future of smartphone design.

IDSA International Design Conference 2017 speaker Marlisa Kopenski says that business and design don't speak different languages. They just use different vocabularies.

Designer Carol Catalano, IDSA, is interviewed by HermanMiller WHY Magazine on her two decades of experimenting with molded plywood.

Samsung and Intel will supply February's Winter Olympics in PyeongChang with everything from custom designed smartphones to drones, VR and AI.

A wearable, ultraviolet light sensor produced by L’Oréal and designed by Yves Behar, IDSA, is in the media spotlight, along with products ranging from robotic dogs to self-flying taxi concepts!

Here are 10 apps and tools that kept me productive, informed, creative and impactful in 2017.

Of the thousands of new products on display at CES, these lucky 21 are the standouts identified by PC Magazine that will help define the next year in technology.

The Global Industrial Design Services Market Research Report 2018–2022 recapitulates the factors that will be responsible for the growth in the market in the forecasted period.

Dozens of companies and awards programs recognize new product innovations. The International Design Excellence Awards was recognized as one of the top awards programs for new products.

Dieter Rams’s design principles get a 21st-century update.

'Tis the season to travel! From ping pong and board games, to innovative workspaces and pet friendly attitudes, the hotel lobbies of today are not just for checking in. See how design plays a role.

IDSA SF's Linda Jiang's Essential phone design is among Bloomberg's Best Gadgets of 2017. "For a combination of performance, price and stunning industrial design, nobody came close to the Essential." See why, and what other products make the cut.

According to research by Kiersten Muenchinger, IDSA, head of product design at the University of Oregon in Eugene, there are four emotional drivers of sustainability.

A design studio is breathing new life into old computer parts. See how.

New research finds 3D printing of human tissue scaffolds has "tremendous potential" for regrowing bone.

"I went to the first ever [IDSA] Women in Design Summit last May. This was a tremendous place to meet other women in the field and I left feeling so inspired and connected. It made me realize that I was not alone in the struggles, nor are you—there's a tremendous community of support out there," Nichole Rouillac, IDSA, tells Forbes magazine.

As IDSA gets ready to kick off its Student Merit Awards 2018 competition, ApplianceDesign and Lou Lenzi, FIDSA, take a closer look at the 2017 winners who set a new record.