Seven Great Cities at Their Most Creative: ‘Design Cities’ is a Grand Tour of Aesthetics

A new exhibition looks at design's biggest movements as seen through 7 great cities.

Seven Great Cities at Their Most Creative: ‘Design Cities’ is a Grand Tour of Aesthetics

The 10 Best-Designed Criterion Collection DVDs

Criterion makes the best DVDs in the world. They also design some of the nicest DVD packaging around. Here, our top 10 favorites.

The 10 Best-Designed Criterion Collection DVDs

The Romance of the Scooter

A steadfast fount of design inspiration if there ever was one: we round up some lovely scooter-related design for you.

The Romance of the Scooter

EcoTrendy: Heading Back to Campus

This year, why not get everything you need, and help save the Earth as well? Here’s a list of the hottest new eco-trendy items that you can either buy or make yourself!

EcoTrendy: Heading Back to Campus

Trip the Light Fan-Plastic

ReGlow lamp design is not only funky and stylish, but allows us to reduce and reuse our waste in a most tasteful way.

Trip the Light Fan-Plastic

The Science of Design

Scientists and artists meet through Nobel Textiles, an organization formed through the colloborative efforts of a few Nobel Prize winning scientists and research fellows at Central Saint Martins College, the University of the Arts in London. The result is functional textile art as never before seen.

The Science of Design

Classic Olympic Logos: On Your Retro Handbag

Some of the best Olympic logos of the past 50 years are brought back as sharp new bag designs.

Classic Olympic Logos: On Your Retro Handbag

This Month in Pixels: July ‘08

Our new monthly feature collects the best examples of pixel art and 8-bit-inspired design over the past month into a digestible little survey.

This Month in Pixels: July ‘08

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This Month in Pixels: August ‘08

This Month in Pixels: August ‘08

31 August 2008

Our monthly feature returns with more of the finest examples of pixel-art under the sun.

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Buzzword: Perkonomics

Buzzword: Perkonomics

27 August 2008

Owners of hybrids and highly fuel efficient vehicles are feeling the love all over the world.

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Finally, A Bike Helmet With Style

Finally, A Bike Helmet With Style

26 August 2008

Danish designer Yakkay joyfully ends the oppressive tyranny of crappy bike helmets.

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Social Networking with a MasterCard

Social Networking with a MasterCard

24 August 2008

Between dates, friends, shopping sprees and the temptations of college freedom, young adults can have a hard time setting limits for themselves. Luckily, edo Interactive has introduced a new prepaid MasterCard to help curb those youthful spending impulses.

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The War on Snooze Buttons

The War on Snooze Buttons

23 August 2008

Millions of people spend the first moments of daylight fighting with their alarm clocks. The wake-up war aftermath often leaves us with lack of time and sanity, clothes that barely match – if at all, a bad hair day, and on the worst days can even cause loss of job. Yes, war is ugly. Lucky for us, designers and clock companies have been working around the clock to shake up your wake up routine.

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Cracking The Desire Code: “Buying In” is your Design/Pop/Science/Psychology Book of 2008.

Cracking The Desire Code: “Buying In” is your Design/Pop/Science/Psychology Book of 2008.

10 July 2008

Rob Walker's "Buying In" is your Tipping Point/Blink/Freakonomics/Long Tail of 2008: a brilliant and entertaining analysis of what we buy and who we are.

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World-Class Architect Frank Gehry Designs Jewelry

World-Class Architect Frank Gehry Designs Jewelry

12 June 2008

Famous architect Frank Gehry scales his work down in a line of jewelry for renowned jewelers Tiffany & Co.

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Comic Books and Classic Literature: Penguin’s Deluxe Covers

Comic Books and Classic Literature: Penguin’s Deluxe Covers

10 June 2008

Comic book illustrators bring their beautifully fresh approaches to classic literature with new Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions.

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Global Fair Guide: May 2008 -  April 2009

Global Fair Guide: May 2008 - April 2009

27 May 2008

A complete list of all the major design, fashion, film and art events & exhibitions for 2008 and 2009.

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Naples, Crime, and Fashion: Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra

Naples, Crime, and Fashion: Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra

21 May 2008

Matteo Garrone's heartbreaking new Italian film says some important, depressing things about Italy and the global fashion industry.

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Best Vintage Selections from the Duke Collection

Best Vintage Selections from the Duke Collection

20 May 2008

Digitized University Archives = endless founts of design inspiration. Here, we present some of our favorite selections from Duke University's amazing Digital Collections.

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Wonderful Vintage Computers

Wonderful Vintage Computers

18 May 2008

The aesthetics of vintage computers are a strain of design that’s rather under-represented both in-print and online. With this in mind, here’s a selection that rises above the cursory nostalgic advertisements and aims for inspiration.

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