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VW Buys Italian Design Firm
The Volkswagen Group is buying a 90.1 percent stake in Italdesign, the companies announced at a press conference in Turin, Italy, on Tuesday morning.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:12pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:12pm
Barbara Streisand Brings Her Passion for Design to BEA
I don't think I am alone in saying that many people found it inspiring to just be in the same room with her. Hearing her speak for an hour was a different kind of sacred. Well... it was like buttah.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:11pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:11pm
Mercedes-Benz' Head of Design Rolls Out Their Electric Cars for the Future
Mercedes-Benz World is Disneyland for Benz lovers. It is three floors of vintage and new Mercedes, along with a cafe, shop, simulators and a test run. A dream come true for wanna-be Merc. drivers and owners.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:38pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:38pm
A Temporary Makeover for Times Square Plazas
More than a year has passed since the city announced its plan to create seating and pedestrian areas in Times Square. Now those areas are getting a bit of a makeover.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:38pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:38pm
Can't find the perfect fit? Design-your-own sites may help
Can’t find the exact swimsuit you had in mind for summer? Design your own. Shoppers with exacting tastes can now customize an array of products, including dress shirts, handbags and sneakers.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:37pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:37pm
Another Step Toward Green Design
With help from star architect William McDonough, a ''green products'' institute is born.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:36pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:36pm
Blake Lively's Swell Life: surfer fashions
Ah, the life of a Vogue cover girl. For the fashion bible's June issue, "Gossip Girl's" Blake Lively had the adventure of a lifetime when she was enrolled in Vogue's California Surf School for a long weekend. And thanks to surf legend Rob Machado, who tutored her on the finer points of wave-catching, the lithe blonde star quickly cemented her rep as the quintessential American golden girl.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/23 4:04am
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/23 4:04am
Original BioShock design doc hints at the erratic process of game production
Famed PC developer Irrational Games (System Shock 2, SWAT 4) released the first nine pages of the original design document for 2007 critical darling BioShock. Community manager Colin Moore posted the first nine pages on the Irrational Games website earlier this week.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/23 3:36am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/23 3:36am
College Offers Quirky Shirts Designed by Students
Forget the standard college sweatshirt. At Oberlin College, not many students wear college-logo clothes anyway. But now, thanks to a seven-week entrepreneurship project, the college bookstore is about to offer quirky student-designed T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts better attuned to the Oberlin sensibility.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/23 3:35am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/23 3:35am
Denim diapers: Stylish or trashy?
Today, Huggies announced that it's releasing a new line of "denim" disposable diapers.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:27am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:27am
London 2012 Olympic Games' single giant eye mascot design ridiculed
London: The designs for London’s 2012 Olympic Games’ mascots have been ridiculed by critics, who have emphasised that Olympic mascots have traditionally represented native animals of the host nation.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:25am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:25am
Fourth-generation iPhone cases match Apple's prototype design
Photos of new iPhone third-party protective cases show accessories that were designed to meet the physical form factor of Apple's prototype fourth-generation handset.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/19 11:39pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/19 11:39pm
Routemasters old and new - a tale of two buses
The design for London's new Routemaster bus has been unveiled, five years after the iconic bus was withdrawn from service. So how do the two compare?
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 9:38pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 9:38pm
SKD's Zon Hearing Aid Selected for Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Triennial
A hearing aid designed by Stuart Karten Design for Starkey Laboratories has been selected for inclusion in the National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? exhibition on view at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 9:37pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 9:37pm
Cisco Buys a Product-Design Firm, Takes Aim at Consumer Electronics
Cisco--who's best-known for making backbone infrastructure for the internet--is getting serious about consumer electronics. And today, they announced another big step in that direction, the acquisition of Moto, a somewhat obscure design firm.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 9:36pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 9:36pm