Designers
The Set Designer From Game of Thrones Hints at What's to Come in Season Five
Production Designer Deborah Riley discusses the influences behind the intricate and imposing sets of the hit HBO show
Neanderthal Jewelry Is Just as Fiercely Cool as You'd Imagine
A re-examination of a cave find indicates that the early human species sported eagle talons like some kind of prehistoric punk rockers
Celebrating the Women of the Supreme Court With LEGOs
What better way to hail the female trailblazers of the bench than miniaturizing them into tiny toys?
A Kit to Make Robots Out of Drinking Straws and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Perhaps a three-dimensional paper mount of an animal is just what your living room needs
This Teeny Chair Can Assemble Itself
A tiny prototype developed at MIT marks one of the first steps into a world where we’ll never need an Allen wrench again
Craziest Airplane Cabins of the Future
These airplane cabin designs—both real and conceptual—show what might await us on flights in the near future
In an Era of Superstorms, This Exhibit Captures Our Shifting Relationship with the Earth's Rising Seas
"Sink or Swim" shows how we're learning to be smarter and more resilient in our response to increasingly unpredictable oceans and rivers
The Smithsonian Design Museum Tells the Story of User-Centered Design Through 120 Beautiful Products
A thermostat, a wheelchair, a prosthetic arm and razors are all a part of "Beautiful Users," now on display in New York City
Nearly Two Million Years of Innovation, As Told Through Tools
Cooper Hewitt, the Smithsonian Design Museum, will exhibit 175 objects that range from Paleolithic tools to space-age satellites
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Makes Its Grand Re-Opening in New York City
The old and the new crash into each other beautifully in the former Carnegie mansion
This Artist Makes E. coli-Shaped Popsicles
For those who prefer plants to pathogens, there's popsicle cacti, too
Designing for Seniors and Soldiers, Toward a "Silver" Architecture
Going green is good, but could architects be doing more for two segments of our population?
A Label You Rub To See If Food Has Expired and Other Finalists for the Dyson Award
There's also a pen that lets you know when you should reapply your sunscreen and a device called Luke Stairwalker
The People’s Design Award Promises a Very Cyborg Future
This year's nominees focus on wearable technology
Designers Remake Our Oldest Tool Using Our Newest Tool
More than a million years old, the hand axe is over due for an update
To Redesign a Design Museum Start with the Typeface
The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum is renovating and rebranding with a tailor-made typeface
With a New Name and New Look, the Cooper Hewitt is Primed for a Grand Reopening
Journalists got a sneak preview of what's coming up when the new museum opens its doors this coming December
Remembering Massimo Vignelli, the Innovator Who Streamlined Design and Changed the Industry Forever
The famed designer passed away Tuesday at the age of 83
Cooper-Hewitt Gets Crafty and Honors Etsy with a National Design Award
Other recipients of the National Design Museum's prestigious award include fashionista Narciso Rodriguez and writer Witold Rybcznski
Architects Give the Classic Chess Set a Radical Makeover
The designer behind the traditional kings and queens would resign if he saw these avant-garde game boards
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