What Aspiring Designers Need To Know About Strategy
This is an exclusive excerpt from my new book, Success by Design: The Essential Business Reference for Designers, which was recently released by HOW.As I read through his resume, the designer stared at...
View ArticleMan Invents Mechanical Hand To Help Children Without Fingers
[Click here to view the video in this article] When Richard Van As first lost four of his fingers in an accident, he immediately set to work on designing a mechanical replacement hand that would...
View ArticleArtist Imagines Disney Characters All Dressed Up For Prom
We’ve seen what Disney characters would look like in university; but artist Kathryn Hudson has imagined Disney characters like Snow White, Belle, Lilo and Ariel a few years younger at their high school...
View ArticleSamsung Challenges Commuters To A ‘Stare Down’
[Click here to view the video in this article] In its recent ad campaign to promote the Galaxy S4, Samsung challenged commuters in Zurich, Germany to a ‘stare down’. Using the S4’s ‘smart pause’...
View ArticleGive Us Your Best Caption: Facebook Or Twitter? I Can't Decide!
Today’s ‘Image of the Day’ belongs to Darryl Bernstein. Congratulations!To help you get off on the right foot every morning, DesignTAXI will be featuring an image everyday from its social network for...
View ArticleA Multi-Functional, Versatile Bookshelf Shaped Like Fusilli Pasta
Handmade in Italy by the creative team at andViceVersa, this multi-purpose bookshelf doubles as a coat and bike rack.Ingeniously shaped like a piece of fusilli pasta, this shelf can be moved up and...
View ArticleBio-Degradable Ramen Bowl Expands When Water Is Added
Swedish design team Tomorrow Machine have teamed up with sustainable material research institute Innventia to redesign the humble ramen bowl.The “100% bio-based and biodegradable” bowl starts off...
View Article10 Illustrators To Follow This Week
Whether it's watercolor, pen, ink or on the computer—they employ art, design and creative skills to produce astounding visual images—expressing ideas, emotions, concepts and messages that are difficult...
View ArticleIn Support Of Craftsmanship ‘Renaissance’: ‘The Modern Craft Project’
[Click here to view the video in this article] In our rapidly modernizing environment, many of us have been happy to go along with the times, freely adopting the latest gadgets and gizmos into our...
View ArticlePhotographer Captures Intense Emotions By Literally Taking Candy From Kids
Photographer and artist Jill Greenberg has created a controversial portrait series—by giving lollipops to toddlers and then taking them away, she was able to capture the intense emotions that the young...
View ArticleA Quirky Lamp Featuring A Tiny Chandelier Encased In A Light Bulb
While most chandeliers are large-scale lighting options admired for their elaborate designs, British design company Mineheart has created an unusual lamp that features a tiny—but no less...
View ArticleIn Mexico, An Affordable Hostel Housed In A Gorgeous 17th Century Palace
Located in the heart of Mexico City, Downtown Beds—promoted as “the newest and trendiest hostel” in the city—is a designer hostel established in a gorgeous 17th century colonial palace.A “one stop...
View ArticleImaginative Pencil Drawings Add Fantasy To Black & White Photographs
A collaborative project by illustrator Annica Klingspor, photographer Robert Nilsson and stylist Anna Klein, Phantasmagoria is a collection of artistic images that combines imaginative pencil drawings...
View ArticleLamps Transformed Into Abstract Paintings In Photoshoot
Based in Stockholm, professional photographer Carl Kleiner decided to present FLOS’s lamps in a new light. Instead of photographing these lighting fixtures against a white background, Kleiner decided...
View ArticleCities of Moldy Bread Create A Decaying Dystopia
After reading an article that imagined what the world would be like if humans went extinct, Swedish artist Johanna Mårtensson built an edible city made of bread in her studio.By photographing it once...
View ArticleTea Strainer Takes Cue From The Design Of USB Stick
[Click here to view the video in this article] If you have ever had the experience of running out of tea bags, the design team at Japanese firm Kinto has a solution for you.Inspired by the design of...
View ArticleElectrifying Circuit Board-Like Illustrations Of Animals
French illustrator YoAz has given animals an electrifying makeover in his series “Electro Animals”. Looking very much like circuit boards or cybernetic animals from the future, the colorful, geometric...
View ArticleTo Improve Self-Esteem, Restaurant Lets ‘Beautiful’ Women Dine For Free
We’ve already learnt that women are their own worst beauty critics and most of them don’t view themselves as beautiful. So for International Women’s Day, Brazilian fast food restaurant Spoleto decided...
View ArticleArtist Gets Up Close And Personal With Sharks To Paint Them
Critically acclaimed wildlife artist Jonathan Truss believes that he has to do something different to stand out from the crowd of other wildlife artists.So, he decided to hop into a cage in the...
View ArticleInfographic: How To Negotiate For A Higher Salary
With the cost of living constantly on the rise, it won’t hurt to have some extra money in the pocket—but how do you negotiate for a higher salary from your boss? According to an infographic by Grad...
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