Product Design

Observed|Events

Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America

Michigan was an epicenter of modern design in postwar America, this summer the story will be told through a symposium at the Cranbrook Educational Community and an exhibition at the Cranbrook Art Museum.

Rob Walker|Essays

Bill for a Bowl

Considering dollar value as one of many things a bowl might contain.

Kate Cullinane|Essays

The Original Paradox

The value of creating new designs, rather than being "original".

Alexandra Lange|Essays

After the Museum: The Tumblr

To create metamuseum.tumblr.com, a multi-museum, multi-curator Tumblr @MADMuseum, I saw it as a kind of curatorial game: Show Me What You’ve Got.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Louise Fili

Louise Fili discusses the importance of sketching, her obsession with typography and why she prefers working with small organizations.

Observed|New Ideas

The Square

A new water bottle from Clean Bottle.

Rob Walker|Essays

De-weaponization by Design

Riffing on their weird resonance of a violent object: brass knuckles.

Observed|Shameless Promotions

Live/Work Contest Winner

Amanda Ip 's Innermix Desk design is the winner of Dwell on Design and Design Within Reach's Live/Work Contest.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Charismatic Megafauna of Design

Identifying the "charismatic megafauna" of design and the critical uses of their popularity.

Nancy Levinson|Essays

Design Indaba 2012

Design Indaba 2012 gathered creative people from graphic and product design, architecture and landscape, film and video, not to mention Danish gastronomy and Bollywood movies.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Round Thermostats and Crystal Lanterns, Revisited

Old designs, new tricks: updates on lawsuits filed against the new Nest thermometer, and on behalf of midcentury masterpiece Manufacturers Hanover.

Debbie Millman|Video

Malcolm Gladwell

A live episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman withe special guest Malcolm Gladwell.