Emilian Dan Cartis, Romi Hefetz, and Cameron Sinclair talk about finding ways of testing new prototypes for humanitarian design in post-disaster areas in this article about designs aimed to bring safe drinking water to affected areas. Read View full entry
Henryk Tomaszewski, whose animated and witty posters for cinema, circus and theater led to the distinctive postwar Polish Poster School style, died on Sunday at his home in Warsaw. He was 91. NYT | related: Paula Scher: Remembering Henryk Tomaszewski View full entry
In a growing trend among big corporations, young talents are sought after for research projects such as this one. Enjoy! View full entry
If you couldn't make it, click here and check out some pics of this event which took place over the weekend. Unlike most design conferences that tend to focus on technology, Semi-Permanent delves into the creative side of design. The conference's main focus is on the passion that creative people... View full entry
Xeni Jardin has just put up some photographs on flickr of military tech devices capable of pointing a sound to an exact location ("a "laser-like" beam of sound") up to a mile away. View full entry
Rethink/Redesign/Recycle - Can a design competition for sidewalk receptacles boost Chicago's flagging recycling rate? lynnbecker.com... View full entry
Take a look at some of the best work from Australia's Workshopped 05 design fair, as parsed by Josh Rubin. And introducing the next darling/star/eye candy of the architecture-interiors-photo-shoots world: the Dennis Abalos Snug chair. View full entry
August 17, 2005 - Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore have developed the first urine-activated paper battery for use in biochip devices. gizmag View full entry
Radio Netherlands surveys the scene on self-healing materials Listen. View full entry
Frame magazine's Anneke Bokern catches up with the Sweedes who graced our feature section last summer. See what they are up to now. View full entry
Yves Béhar does the designboom View full entry
Check it... while you storm your brain for ideas for the Archinect TShirt, you can also work on one for Droog. View full entry
Lorraine Wild assumes the position and reviews the current 10-year retrospective of work by 2x4 at SFMOMA. View full entry
A new design for an exploration vehicle would allow researchers to journey places where they probably shouldn't. From the Spacedaily View full entry
The Björk luminaire uses sunlight-transportation technology to make every room a "room" with natural light. Gizmag l via downunder l View full entry