Usability Is King For Your Product. Here’s How We Can Finally Measure It
Businesses live and die by the usability of their services, writes Continuum’s Rick McMullen. But how do they know when there’s a serious problem?
Long-Exposure Pics Make Trains Look Like Laser Beams
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This Short Film About Letterpress Will Make You Yearn For An Ink Roller
What is it about letterpress that inspires cult-like devotion among its practitioners, and burgeoning curiosity among the rest of us?
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Loomstate To Parsons Students: Design A Zero-Waste Garment, And We’ll Make It
The clothing brand schools budding designers on the eco benefits of waste-free fashion.
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A Surgical Light For The Developing World
A clever low-cost light fills a clear gap in the market--while also providing a new business opportunity.
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Openarch Builds House Of The Future, Filled With Gestural UI’s
Far from being a lifeless marketing piece, Openarch is a living laboratory. On their site, they invite companies, artists, or organizations to come "evaluate their products and services through the infrastructure and the participation of the house’s inhabitants."
A Ski Lodge Should Be Cozy. But Sexy? Why Not?
Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance’s Chalet Béranger in the French Alps is a traditional chalet on the outside and a hot TriBeCa loft on the inside.
Emily Oberman, The Branding Force Behind Jimmy Fallon, SNL, And Orbitz, Is Pentagram’s Newest Partner
A native New Yorker, she specializes in savvy, humor-infused design treatments that span all cultural corners and mediums.
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Charting The Life And Death Of Our Greatest Companies
An astonishing visualization project by Fathom throws light on the ebbs and flows of American capitalism--and offers an unexpected window onto our present doldrums.
