3D printers and scanners are not new to the industrial designers of the world. But now hobbyists and small businesses are starting to benefit from low-cost versions of the tools. | nytimes View full entry
Flickr user leifpeng has some great vintage illustrations from the Ford Motor Company displaying some interesting mid-century modernist designs. View full entry
The Airbus that landed at LAX carried water tanks designed to shift the plane's center of gravity in flight. The mayor Villaraigosa, gesturing to dozens of blue metal tanks, said: "You know what's in those big vats? Downstairs it's Bordeaux, and upstairs it's Burgundy." latimes View full entry
The dawn of some crazy map-search-mobility conversion, I suppose... Check View full entry
91 entries were submitted, from 19 countries around the world. A panel of respected judges including Sir Christopher Frayling, Ken Shuttleworth, Frank Lawson, Valerie Kuntz, and Arup's Jo da Silva and David Glover selected the winning shortlist. 1st place - "WatAir" by Joseph Cory (Geotectura)... View full entry
BBC has created a section for ideas to rebrand Africa for media consumption which parallels a three-day summit is under way in Nigeria. View full entry
delicious.salted.com presents an automated Pecha Kucha presentation module for your last 20 del.icio.us bookmarks. View full entry
An inventor has made a bike that travels sideways. BBC View full entry
The German design mastermind Otl Aicher is finally getting the attention he deserves, writes Benjamin Secher. Telegraph View full entry
Blaine Brownell 's transmaterial product of the week (feb 16) has this incredible paper softseating which is made of a flexible kraft paper honeycomb structure with wood side panels. Fan open a paper softseat into a stool, a bench, a loveseat, a chaises, a couch....the possibilities seem endless... View full entry
"Head of LG Mobile Handset R&D Center insisted on an official occasion that Apple copied LG’s handset design." Put your hand up if you didn't see this one coming. | Telecom Korea View full entry
When the Smart Fortwo arrives in the U.S. in early 2008, parent company DaimlerChrysler doesn't want to repeat past mistakes. The first Smart hit the European market in 1998, but the brand has never been profitable. (??)smart, i saw a used one in Izmir. View full entry
Information design guru Ben Schott, author of the Schott's Almanac series, gives a candid and insightful interview over at Radar. Says Schott, "It's astonishing if you start counting the number of times Angelina Jolie has been on the cover 'Us Weekly.' But to have an Almanac that didn't talk... View full entry
An engineer proposes a "user-friendly, portable Muslims in Space calculator." Harpers View full entry
The new Swiss Army knife contains 85 devices, weighs 2lb and costs nearly £500. But can you actually use it for anything? Guardian View full entry