Italian industrial design provocateurs Industreal has released their Dream collection for 2006. My favorites are Wadachi Doki by Natsuko Kuma, Shen by Jim Hannon-Tan, En cas de Divorce by Julie Pfligerdorffer, and The Little Alchemist Set by Stefano Citi. View full entry
Results of the Tiffany & Co. / Frank Gehry collaboration: Here View full entry
It was launched by a French automotive engineer, it took its name from the site of a nuclear test and it was an instant failure. Provocatively, his garment revealed the navel, a part of the female anatomy banned as indecent from Hollywood films under the so-called Hays Code in the 1930s.Australian View full entry
Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, which is the new ad industry craze, and the Potshots Fly; article. DO you wanna direct an SUV ad? View full entry
British lawmakers question the relevancy of their 17th-century headpieces. Others feel wigs are an all-or-nothing matter: everyone wears them, or no one does! wash-post View full entry
WM$NA talks to 28-yr-old Peder Burgaard (Innovation Lab) master's student and, let's see...what else...gadget hunter, technology designer, event planner, exhibition coordinator and more. View full entry
The technology, eventually could make it possible for passenger airlines to fly between London and Sydney in just 2 hours.BBC View full entry
New technology aids in the harnessing of the small electronic output from trees. Yes, trees as the source of electricity. Boston l Thugger View full entry
Meet the Katrina cottage and a coversation with the designer. View full entry
When fantasy meets reality you get transformers! View full entry
Ahh...that great time of year again. Eindhoven graduation show. "Dying to see who will graduate at the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2006? And what their graduation projects will be. Well here you are." (Reluct) View full entry
The NYT takes a look at the research-driven process behind SF-based design company IDEO, in particular, their latest trajectory -- 'Smart Space,' the company's real estate division -- which can be described as designing as much for an activity as for a space itself. Going Off the Beaten Path for... View full entry
"Sottsass is one of the greatest designers of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets of design of all time," -Paola Antonelli, curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art.latimes View full entry
Check out the winners of this year's Plagiarius awards -- a dubious honor given to the best counterfeit products. bizweek View full entry
Eichler was the first California builder to hire progressive architects to translate Frank Lloyd Wright's and the experimental Case Study House custom designs into affordable tract houses.latimes View full entry
