our population is filled with experimenters, tinkerers, and developers who will unleash a new world of apps.

our Internet personalities have evolved into amplified personas that aren’t truly us.

thoughtful, well-made design to the work and play space.

an accent on design in NY gift fair, Pantone brings more colors to home

headphones are the design focus of the year: urban ears scored a first by establishing its own booth at gift fair.

FLW foundation archives is the most complete collection of the architect.

its’ all about small particles | 10 > 13 March | chicago

of course, it does require a love of big, bold shapes.

how did we sell computers 60 years ago?

luxe leather meets old school craftsmanship.

small spaces can be optimized and be comfortably lived in.

floating homes: city access, waterfront view.

feel the freedom of zero g.

northwest master architect most comprehensive collection.

maison & objet honors design’s ‘technopoet’

are people in lindau happy, sad or indifferent?

Hoarders beware.

hometown also home to first vipp flagship store.

a great public space serves everyone equally.

industry leader for home and office furnishings.

the only adobe structure designed by frank lloyd wright.

5 young architects battle it out for top prize at MoMA.

the ten principles of good design move east.

you’re rich and famous and yet you still can’t save the world

excellent example of duality: getting arrested or providing a public service.

nature inspired: looks good, just don’t try to sit in it.

designer’s 2011 collection for fasem now available.

six taxi drivers will be given a nissan leaf ev for a year.

for galerie bsl | paris

a 72-foot-long glass window wall utilizing over 150 transparent colors.

retro, geeky, hip, sexy.

how about bury and place a park over it?

a statement of appreciation for a level of care and professionalism.

haworth presents new products that mark collaboration with italy’s poltrona frau group.

once again architecture which must disappear without a trace.

eat with your hands – or underwater.

available until this friday, October 14th, through Idea.me for a contribution of $800.

gives students opportunity to design art that expresses their own unique perspective.

nothing good has ever been yellow: urine, dead skin, um, hippy’s shirts, the desert… you get the point.

oops, almost forgot the logo

solomon — there is no new thing under the sun.

knitwear-meets-furniture trend?

a video update. demolition slated for october 10.

recognition of a lifetime’s contribution to design and the city.

2011 – chicago architect among 22 fellows honored @studiogang

who really needs (or USES) all those colors?

michael ganterk residence

debuting an interactive co.design 50 most influential designers in america.

1946 single-family modernist gem.

the cars are still lower than other all-electrics in the U.S.

22! stores discovered to date.

a serendipitous happening, with 9/11 fresh in mind lunch box appears.

chicago architect leaves us with many good stories and objects.

Paul Rand was the only designer Steve Jobs approached. Jobs asks if the designer would show him options. The response was, “no.”

introduced july 31, 1961, it captured 75 percent of the usa business market.

apple top smartphone manufacturer and android top platform.

a patron, not los angeles needed to rescue.

speculators, perhaps the latest clues.

a storage piece that bridges Cedar shake shingle and the Cedar storage closet.

the stainless steel and aluminum sculpture stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds.

ultra sharp lightweight precision tools.

designed by carsten jörgensen, ipod-compatible scent diffusers emit a soothing mist and engaging LED light display.

located in japan’s first open-air museum.

two new “design-driven” big ones thus far in 2011.

fifii’s were new to me—the top awards of the fragrance industry.

six feet, six inches tall sculpture was displayed at 1932 olympic games in los angeles. on sale 2 june.

a five-meter high chair for human rights.

concept is both novel and brilliant. the structures will mimic origami cranes.

interesting but meaningless info.

part of recent commission to refurbish Paris’ Royal Monceau Hotel.

first project might just be her best.

make-over of ubiquitous, cold, uncomfortable, horrid-looking metal folding chair.

as inviting as a pile of freshly raked autumn leaves.

of course, good design comes at a price.

a startling lack of chimneys in recent residential construction.

a combo prius and veyron?

an iPhone dock and case that allows you to print out the photos.

architecture critic christopher hawkins says “surprisingly permanent and surpassingly urban.

a family of light and airy outdoor/indoor lighting solutions.

numi is a very square toilet, man.

blurring the line between indoors and outdoors.

one good looking water heater. maybe the only one.

this could be a life changer for someone.

with braun, everything begins with a history lesson.

billy. button. lizz. al bombo. kasbah. fat fat.

The work not only groundbreaking, it’s absolutely necessary for the future of the environment.

an alberto alessi history lesson. @whatwomenmake

pop culture is often maligned as fleeting, but history shows that sometimes what is pop in one culture has time-honored resonance in later ones.

when disposable goods are generally considered a big no-no, why should a USB drive be spared?

for design addicts, yet another thing to visit while at milan 2011.

the brother dressler do beautiful things with wood.

works praised for their careful use of natural materials and their unexpected dashes of color.

i love the intentionally crooked, over-sized nails sticking out of the stand, as if the carpenter missed and bent each one out of shape.

designer has specialized in furniture, lighting and architectural products with distinct Islamic influences.

reusable booth communicates their design roots.

imagine a joseph cornell diorama but with a lid on it.

new algorithmic generated logo has 40,000 permutations

lamp shades simply placed in a wooden board.

watch breathes the same air that you breathe.

reducing CO2 – UK plan via procurement, transport and homes.