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Augmented ‘Minecraft Reality’ Distorts Virtual Bricks and Real-Life Spaces
Minecraft, the popular brick-stacking, object-building videogame, has had a fantastic 2012. The online world has grown immensely, official Lego kits were announced, 3D printers began turning its...
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E-Ink Case Turns the Back of Your Phone Into a Second Screen
Do you own a smartphone? Flip it over. What do you see? Maybe there's a hole for a camera, a company logo, and some FCC disclaimers? Do you see the cool design of a case you bought for it? Either ...
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Mod of the Week | 10 More Mind-Blowing, Skill-Building Raspberry Pi Projects
Since our last Raspberry Pi roundup we've found 10 more amazing projects that show how versatile this diminutive PCB is. From voice-activated coffee makers to wall-hanging plotters, the Raspberry Pi is...
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Pixar Animator Dreams Up a New Superhero — For Each Day of the Year
Most people think losing 10 pounds is an ambitious New Year's resolution, but Pixar artist Everett Downing set out to create 365 brand-new superheroes in one year. Downing has brought iconic characters...
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Pressure-Sensitive Stylus Gives Starving iPad Artists Incredible Control
Designers have been waiting for a good pressure-sensitive stylus since the debut of the iPad. The Pogo Connect, on display at CES, looks to let them draw circles around the competition with hundreds of...
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Curvy, Sensuous Gadgets Are Dead, and CES Killed Them
Flowing, curvaceous gadgets took a back seat to boxier shapes with sharp, straight lines at CES this year, indicating a spreading design trend that experts say largely originates from Apple.
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Light Up Your Walls With This Programmable, Animated LED Picture Frame
Pixel looks like a mirror that could be found at any suburban furniture store, but behind its two-way glass are 1,024 little lights that can be controlled by an Android device.
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Meet the Woman Who Launched a Billion Clicks
Designer Susan Kare is the icon of icons. Her presence, as screen graphics and digital font designer at Apple in the '80s, helped establish the paradigm of icons as a navigational tool in graphical...
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If Your OS Isn’t Flat Yet, It’s in for a Radical Redesign
Everyone's talking about flat. Flat Windows 8, flat Apple iOS 7, flat Google+ and Google Now—flat is the design trend du jour, yet we're still waiting for its arrival. So what the heck is it?
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Beyond Design Thinking: How ‘Pattern Thinking’ Drives Innovation
Somehow, they are working their way toward a pattern that is mathematically sound, which is another way of saying that it’s universal. The same is true in visual arts. Even the seemingly random...
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Here’s the Polar Opposite of a Smart Watch
Magnets are rare earth miracles that befuddle Juggalos and keep Junior’s drawings firmly stuck to the fridge. But in the hands of South Korean designer Jaemin Jaeminlee they’re fodder for a charming...
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See an Autopsy of the Original Mac and Other Iconic Gadgets
In the new book Things Come Apart, photographer Todd McLellan painstakingly disassembles 50 everyday objects and carefully photographs the results.
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What Would Jony Ive Do? | Dear Jony, The Future of Design Needs to Be More...
The word 'radical' was even tossed around in a few notable places to describe iOS 7, suggesting that design battles around re-flattening interfaces and smoothing out shadows actually advance the future...
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Cashing Out | If Thoreau Were a Modern Design Groupie, This Would Be His Cabin
Unlike emergency shelters that are designed to minimize cost and maximize construction efficiency, Diogene is intended to be a luxury accommodation in the midst of a wild environment.
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Wild High-Tech Goggles Give You Superhero Senses
Eidos is a pair of masks that use off-the-shelf sensors and custom software to augment the vision and hearing of their wearers, conferring superhero-ish powers in the process.
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Designers Spring Into Action to Fix Apple Earbud Flaw
A simple accessory called the Sprng, created by Ohm Industrial Design, could mean musical salvation for millions of Apple fans.
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In Apple Ads, the Allure of the Computer Screen Is in Mirroring Ourselves
Early computer advertisements rarely showed the user. The process of personification in Apple's ads, however, recall the narcissism at the heart of the human-computer exchange. The allure of the...
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Avoid Pink Eye With Pretty iPhone Cleaning Products
You wouldn’t press your face against a public toilet seat, but that would expose you to fewer germs than using your cellphone.
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A Glowing Font Created by Waving an iPhone in the Dark
Marcus Byrne created each character by waving his iPhone like a magic wand in front of a Canon 5D DSLR.
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Charming DIY Kit Lets You Hack Together a Game Console
The DIY Gamer Kit allows you to hack together your own hardware and software to create a handheld console of your own design.
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