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How Disney and Threadless Built a 200K-Person Design Team

Joseph Flaherty — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:24 +0000

Designers love creating homages to their favorite Disney characters (e.g., turning the iconic princesses into zombies and hipsters), but if they ever tried to sell those designs they would be faced with a foe scarier than Cruella de Vil — ...

BMW Guggenheim Lab Maps the Trends Shaping Our Cities

Nathan Hurst — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:51 +0000

The BMW Guggenheim Lab released today their full list of urban trends gleaned from almost six months' worth of workshops held in Mumbai, Berlin, and New York City.

Why Buy When You Can DIY? This Startup Lets You Do Both

Joseph Flaherty — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:56 +0000

Craft magazines, websites, and TV shows inspire the imagination -- big box craft retailers, not so much. Go to an art supply store and the endless sea of beige linoleum, harsh fluorescent lights, and surly staffers will conspire to squelch ...

Autodesk Purchases, Revives 3-D Design App Tinkercad

Nathan Hurst — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:37 +0000

On Saturday, Autodesk announced it is purchasing Tinkercad and reinstating the service. The move comes in time to prevent the previously announced shutdown of any accounts or services, and users can start creating new accounts immediately.

Building of the Week | How a Massive Glass Casino Represents Traditional Native American Forms

Nathan Hurst — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:42 +0000

Each week, Wired Design brings you a photo of one of our favorite buildings, showcasing boundary-pushing architecture and design involved in the unique structures that make the world's cityscapes interesting. Check back Fridays for the continuing series, and feel free ...

A Watchmaking Renaissance Is Yielding the Most Complicated Timepieces Ever

Jonathon Keats — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:36 +0000

New materials. Outlandish technologies. Insane movements. Today’s watchmakers are engineering the most complicated mechanical timepieces ever.

Push Back Against the Elements With New Flexible, Super-Strong Umbrella

Valentina Palladino — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:00 +0000

Anyone who has spent time in blustery, rainy climates knows the frustration of an umbrella defeated by the elements. In 2009, designer Federico Venturi experienced this frustration firsthand and, instead of throwing away the broken umbrella like everyone else does, ...

Celebrate Penny Arcade’s Revived Podcast With 10 More Awesome Design Web Shows

Joseph Flaherty — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:44:11 +0000

Design freaks (and freaks of any persuasion, really) can find a digital treasure chest of entertaining content in the realm of the podcast. Allowing for interested parties to expand beyond radio/tv/print restrictions, the format continues to grow in professionalism and ...

This Is How You Get a Kleiner Perkins Design Fellowship

Nathan Hurst — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:51 +0000

Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers is launching a fellowship program for design students, announcing today the assignments awarded that will connect some of the best students from some of the best schools with some of the most design-influenced startups (and ...

Cashing Out | Sheathed in Gold, This Is King Midas’ iPad

Nathan Hurst — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:53 +0000

Offered by Amosu for around $4,300, this iPad wears a 24-karat jacket and a Apple logo made of 360 Swarovski crystals, and is otherwise just like every other iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.