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Autodesk Hires Facebook's Director Of Product Design
Today, Autodesk—the multinational software company behind AutoCAD and dozens of other design and engineering apps—announced that it is hiring Maria Giudice as vice president of experience design. A...
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This Luxurious Cabin Getaway Is Only 160 Square Feet
In Slåttevik, Norway, plum trees shade a patch of garden that overlooks a crystal lake. The view so enchanted Norwegian architect Todd Saunders that he helped the garden's owner complement his little...
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9 Top Designers On What Every New Grad Should Know
'Tis the season. Caps are flying all across the country as the latest generation of design graduates collect their sheepskins. Soon, they'll hit the pavement, looking for their first real jobs. Should...
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4 Ways Elevators Will Get Totally Insane In 2016
On May 29, the One World Trade Center Observatory in New York will open up to the public. To get passengers to the 94th floor as quickly as possible, 71 elevators designed by the German conglomerate...
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Which U.S. States Workout The Most?
Which U.S. states are most active has a lot more to do with access to trails and state parks than anything else. So suggest the results of data gathered from 22 million users of the MapMyFitness suite...
View ArticleInfographic: You're Drinking Your Coffee Wrong, Stupid
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: scientifically, you're probably drinking your coffee like a total idiot. Here's a nicely streamlined explainer, courtesy of YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE, to...
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The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck
Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that, in its singular focus on the purity of e-reading, even Dieter Rams could love. The iOS and Android apps...
View Article9 Famous Logos Reimagined As Sadvertising
The currency of branding is one of optimism. Logos and slogans are designed to be relentlessly cheery, and the intended effect of viewing them is that of Ren and Stimpy'sHappy Helmet. Be happy! No!...
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These Modern, Elegant Vases Were Made With Discarded Marble Slabs
The mining of the world's most beautiful marble is a majestic affair, but it's also a wasteful one: because of minor discolorations, damage, and prominent veins, only 30% of marble quarried ends up in...
View ArticleHow A Small Dutch Town Made Fake Bridges On The Euro Real
Just outside of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, there is a small island township called Spijkenisse that's criss-crossed with imaginary bridges. But how can bridges be imaginary when they physically...
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3 Weird Optical Illusions Inspired These Lovely Home Objects
Everyone loves a good optical illusion. Here are three good ones, based on shadows, motion, and perception, which Japanese design firm YOY has turned into a trio of fun, cool home furniture...
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Google Unveils The Gmail Of Photos We've Been Wanting For Years
A couple weeks ago, Yahoo unveiled a new update to Flickr that made Flickr worth taking seriously again. But, as often happens in the world of tech, it only took two weeks for someone to release a...
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How Google's Material Design Will Come To Cars, TVs, and VR
A year ago, Android lead designer Matias Duarte announced Material Design. A system for designing apps graphically beautiful apps across all platforms and screen sizes which used motion and animations...
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Google I/O Was Boring This Year, And That's Okay
Let's admit it: Google I/O is boring this year.I know! I'm here! It's boring!To put things in perspective, last year, Google announced a new universal design language, an overhaul of Android built on...
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Control Your Next Smartwatch With A Wave Of Your Hand
We don't want big screens on our wrist, but small screens are tough to interact with unless we use a precision tool like a stylus. If smartwatches are going to be a thing, they'll need to offer users...
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Meet Project Jacquard, Google's Plan To Turn Your Clothes Into A Touch Screen
One of Frog's big predictions was that 2015 would be the year that textiles got techy. Maybe it heard rumblings of Project Jacquard, Google's new venture to weave touch controls into textiles right on...
View ArticleA Cardboard Room In A Box You Can Set Up In 10 Minutes
When they descend upon campus in September, the next wave of doe-eyed froshes will face, for the very first time, the blank slate of an empty dorm room. It is a blank slate usually filled by the...
View ArticleFrom MIT: Learn French Or Spanish While You Wait For IMs
"John is typing..."These are the unrecoverable moments of anticipation that are the cornerstones of our digital lives. But a new Chrome extension from MIT wants to change that. WaitChatter is an app...
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A Visual Encyclopedia Of Literature
A common stereotype about writers is that they're always drunk. Let me tell you from a first-person position of authority that this isn't true: sometimes, we're merely hungover. Regardless, more than a...
View ArticleType Legend Erik Spiekermann Designs Graph Paper You Can Wear
German typographer Erik Spiekermann is a legend in his field, and until recently, the closest his work would ever get to the fashion world was if someone licensed the fonts he'd designed for a baseball...
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