Try Reading This Font And You'll Better Understand What Dyslexia Is Like
Good font design can't cure dyslexia. But it can raise awareness.In his last year as a student at the London School of Communications, designer Daniel Britton was diagnosed with dyslexia. When Britton...
View ArticleAnalog Flipboard Displays Your Digital Stats
Flipboards, those hypnotic relics of an analog age, are making a coming back. The latest example, now on Kickstarter, conveys anything from your Twitter followers to your company's beta countdown as a...
View ArticleThis Designer Desk Lamp Has No Moving Parts, But It Can Simulate Sunsets
The articulated desk lamp hasn't changed much over the last 100 years. The Fade Task Light, though, might be one of the best designs in table lighting since the Banker Lamp. It is sleek, it has almost...
View ArticleThis Music Video Brings A Rainbow Of '80s Gadgets To Life
Dropbear Digital is a film and animation studio based out of Melbourne, Austria. Founded by designer Jonathon Chong, Dropbear specializes in stop-motion music videos and commercials.Its latest video,...
View ArticleThis Water Bottle Glows When It's Time To Take A Sip
I'm a chronic drinker. Water, coffee, tea, beer, cocktails, whatever's in front of me: I guzzle it down. It's basically an oral fixation, informed less by thirst than a nervous tic that good ol' Doctor...
View ArticleApple Finally Learns AI Is The New UI
"Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,"Steve Jobs once said. "That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it...
View ArticleLet This Intelligent Oven Cook All Your Meals For You
The big metal fire box in the middle of your kitchen hasn't changed much in the last 50 years. Some convection fans here, some LED displays there, but otherwise, the trusty range remains largely...
View ArticleThis Trunk Fits An Entire Apartment Inside (Plus A Bike!)
Every couple years, those of us with wanderlust feel compelled to throw everything we own into a suitcase and switch cities, states, or even countries. Enter Travelbox, a set of basic furnishings made...
View ArticleFirst Look: Bjarke Ingels' Ambitious New Tower For The World Trade Center Site
After the twin towers toppled on September 11, 2001, it seemed inevitable that two new towers would take their place—a defiant symbol of American resilience. The reality, though, was anything but...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Apps From Apple's 2015 Design Awards
Every year, at the company's annual Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple distributes its annual Design Awards to recognize the best and most innovative Macintosh and iOS software and hardware produced...
View ArticleWhat The Hell Is Going On With Yahoo's Design?
In September 2014, Yahoo unveiled an iPad version of News Digest, a slick iOS news app that only three months earlier won one of Apple's coveted Apple Design Awards.Now, Bloomberg is questioning the...
View ArticleType Legend Hermann Zapf Dies
Hermann Zapf—the legendary German designer and calligrapher behind the Optima, Palatino, Zapfino, and Dingbat typefaces—died in his home in Darmstadt, Germany, last Friday at the age of 96.Zapf, who...
View ArticleThis Ingenious App Helps You Form Habits (The Good Kind!)
About seven years ago, software developer Brad Isaac gave Lifehacker some advice he'd heard on productivity from Jerry Seinfeld:He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page...
View ArticleThe Graphic Designer Behind The 20th Century's Most Influential Book Covers...
If you ever picked up a paperback in high school English class, checked out the New York Times bestseller list, or saw the poster to Jaws, you felt Paul Bacon's influence: Bacon, the award-winning...
View ArticleThe World's Mother Tongues Mashed Up Into A Big Data Bubble
Most maps are structured according to the world's geopolitical borders, but there are other ways to map the globe. In his latest infographic, Spanish designer Alberto Lucas López creates a globe filled...
View ArticleThis Robot Can 3-D Print A Steel Bridge In Mid-Air
In 2017, Dutch designer Joris Laarman will wheel a robot to the brink of a canal in Amsterdam. He'll hit an "on" button. He'll walk away. And when he comes back two months later, the Netherlands will...
View ArticleThe Instagram of News Is Here, And It's Way Smarter Than You Think
Last week, Apple announced News, an algorithmically curated news recommendation app, which has been territory well-explored to middling success by services like Flipboard and Zite. As usual, developers...
View ArticleLike A Rolex For Michelangelo, This Watch Is Made Out Of Marble
Based out of Philly, the Analog Watch Company is no stranger to making watches out of unconventional materials. After starting off with wood watches, founder Lorenzo Buffa started getting worried about...
View ArticleDesigners Critique Jeb Bush's New Logo, And They Kinda Like It!?
On Sunday, a day before officially announcing his bid for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, former Florida governor Jeb Bush tweeted an image of his new campaign logo. Designed by GOP consultant...
View ArticleWhat If Your Furniture Could Make You Money?
What if your furniture had a day job, just like you? What if, when it wasn't being used, it worked to bring in money to pay for your quality-of-life upgrades? That's the idea behind the Aspirational...
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