Fisker Automotive with it's first model, the Karma, is one of the new innovative car companies that is approaching the challenge of sustainability holistically, from emissions and production all the way to extending the life of the vehicle.
With a name like PIN-UP, it comes as little surprise that this publication is sexing up its chosen industry. But a quick flick-through soon uncovers ...
Salone del Mobile is the largest design trade fair in the world, held annually in Milan. This year offered a glimpse into the future. From 3D printing...
Since we first met Philippe Malouin at last year's Salone del Mobile, the Canadian designer's career has gone from strength to strength. After being n...
Design is key in understanding many aspects of the restaurant industry and the food system at large, from the shape of a fork and the ways kitchens minimize environmental impact, to the visual elements of a dining room and the sustainable organization of food purveyor networks.
Design could contribute greatly to discovering anti-fragile opportunities and creating matching solutions by being included in the process from the beginning.
As a member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board to the National Endowment for the Arts, I was pleased to read about the recent unveiling of the Rosa Parks statue in the U.S. Capitol Building's National Statuary Hall.
When I attended the opening of Sculpture, Pleasing Curves, Charlie Kaplan's exhibit at PYO Gallery in Los Angeles, I realized the full intensity of my collaboration as an architect with this talented artist.
The man behind the Jambox, the UP band, and, soon, the OUYA (say it "Ooh Yah!") gaming console is changing the business of product design.
As our world has become flatter and competition hotter, design has grown increasingly international to better leverage resources across markets while cutting cost. For a layman though, it has become exceedingly hard to tell the difference between an Apple, Samsung, and Sony or Microsoft product.
Any thought to the strategic trajectory of China and its according infrastructure must take into essential consideration the bleak reality of its environment. Polluted air is a threat to its widely perceived inevitability to equal and then surpass the economic and social edge of America.
It was not an accident that Newton formulated his theory of gravity while relaxing under an apple tree. And, speaking of Apples, it was not a coincidence that Steve Jobs' casual interest in calligraphy stimulated his world-changing technological innovations with a typographic design focus.
It all began in Paris.
Because I create/burnish brand stories for a living and because I have an outward appearance that causes strangers to pull out cameras and snap away in my face, I spend a lot of time thinking about brands, branded things and experiences.
Each season, after showcasing Tibi's new collection at New York Fashion Week, my design team and I travel to Paris to source inspiration for the next collection. I deeply value this type of creative collaboration and consider it to be one of the keys to Tibi's success.