Edward Tufte's newest book on information graphics is filled with hundreds of illustrations from art & science -- and sums the aesthetics of evidence with a quote from British typographer Eric Gill: "If you look after truth and goodness, beauty looks after herself." NPR interview + Tufte's... View full entry
Nikki Frazier, Sam Kragiel, Jesse James Arnold make up the Brooklyn-based group Brave Space Design... Outside of gaming circles, the Brooklyn design trio is probably best known for producing gorgeous, modern, environmentally-friendly furniture using FSC woods, bamboo and water-based finishes. Read View full entry
FEMA provided more than 118,000 trailers to victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita -- primarily in Mississippi and Louisiana -- who lost their homes in the storm. Complaints of health issues living in the trailers have been pouring in. Time to conduct air quality tests on the trailers, which are... View full entry
A Web site that made a splash among consumers by helping them bypass companies' automated phone systems is now leading an effort from the corporate side to ease the problem -- and with some heavy-hitting backing. aol, gethuman View full entry
Tattoos have become a fad among many young Iranian women who proudly display them in private but must keep them under wraps from authorities. TRIB View full entry
amusing article/diary entry by Kenny Schachter (art dealer, patron and car enthusiast?) where he writes about the z-car, the "digital diva" and the "egg on a hot tin roof". Schachter is founder of ROVE a publication with the ambition to get an artist, designer or architect to design a car for... View full entry
Light-gauge metal framing gets sexier and a much needed performance upgrade through a process of rolled ribbing--dimpled for your contractors pleasure. UltraSteel View full entry
The National Design Awards are one of the top honors in the design world. Not only do you get to pick up your award up on the museum mile in NYC, you also get to have snacks at the White House. Last month 5 finalists, all communication designers, snubbed the white house reception and wrote this... View full entry
SF based Graphic designer Wendy MacNaughton is currently on route to DRC (Congo) for the forthcoming elections. In 2000 she help instigate a 'get out the vote campaign' in Rwanda. Here is her story (via Designers Without Borders) View full entry
Researchers say they have found a way to build cheap, sturdy homes in one day by spraying a quick-drying ceramic onto flimsy frames. The technology could help the world's 1.3 billion poor.WORLD SCIENCE View full entry
Turn in that craftmatic, Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has produced a hovering sleep slab (aka bed) for those that really like magnets and have $1.5 mill to burn. | engadget | sooo View full entry
Ever so versatile Jumbo Jet is on another mission. This time flying low and more useful ways.afp View full entry
Harry Potter-style, just five years away! (... or does the emperor have no clothes ...?) telegraph | via View full entry
New York Times reviews some of the emerging designers from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. NYT View full entry
The Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, has landed at London's Heathrow Airport for the first time. BBC | photos . Amazing plane but what about the enviroment? View full entry