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

The USPS has a new series of Architecture Masterworks stamps featuring Mies, FLW, Pei, Johnson, and the rest of the usual suspects. View full entry

CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) based in Charlottesville, VA will release its new and unique Cradle to Cradle(TM) product certification system which verifies manufacturers' achievement using a robust set of environmental criteria, based on the... View full entry

"He, as brash as he is burly, and infamous for a truly terrifying temper. Legends abound about his hour-long rants. Expressions of fury have been known to include throwing merchandise through office windows, smashing mirrors, or dramatically ripping up sketches submitted by his studio staff."... View full entry

This past Wednesday was the opening for the Design & Technology Thesis Exhibition at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. The exhibit featured amazing thesis projects from both the MFA and BFA students in the department. CoolHunting View full entry

From the Vaults of the Vaguely Trekky: A one-person vacuum elevator that slots into buildings with a minimum of fuss has gone on sale in the US. The tube-shaped transporter carries a person upwards at a steady speed of 15 centimetres per second using turbines to suck air out of a pressurised... View full entry