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Good design in 10 commandments by Dieter Rams.

Good design is innovative
Good design makes a product useful
Good design is aesthetic
Good design helps a product to be understood
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is honest
Good design is durable
Good design is thorough to the last detail
Good design is concerned with the environment
Good design is as little design as possible

Added by Dante Johnson on May 4, 2009 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Clever Design : Hedgehog

Cool Hedgehog, and cool design!

Added by thinkpossitive on July 26, 2010 at 12:25pm — 1 Comment

Simplify your logo design process – Steps to success!!

Logo design is not just a mere creation. It is the result of a comprehensive and long design process. It is the product of a designer’s conception and the process used in its execution.

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Get Inspired!: Masters of Design 2009 by Fast Company

If you're an artist or a designer or just someone who loves all things design, check out Fast Company's Masters of Design 2009. This year's design set features an array of dazzling talent: Coke's pop artist David Butler, Pentagram's infomaniac Lisa Strausfeld, the… Continue

Added by alice on September 18, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Design Must...

Love this poster. As design becomes a part of our everyday life, I like to be reminded about what the best kind of design really does.…

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Added by alice on June 24, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Design's Time Has Come

I read an article this morning about how the Cannes International Advertising Festival is now adding design as a category (along with cinema, digital, press and radio, etc).

I wanted to share this excerpt:

For design is something very close to the human experience of our world. Inside every consumer, there is a designer, not an ad man or media… Continue

Added by alice on June 13, 2008 at 10:24am — No Comments

Occo’s Minimalist Design Imbibes Cultural Tradition

Minimalist design is the most distinctive aspect of contemporary furniture. Physical space being a persistent constraint in modern households most furniture is designed to occupy the least of it in order to prevent any waste.…

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Added by thinkpossitive on June 8, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Clever Design: Tie Tea

no more loosing your string with your teabag in a mug of hot water.

Added by thinkpossitive on June 21, 2010 at 8:06am — 3 Comments

Solar Powered International Design Center By LIN

Located in Saint-Eienne, France, the International Design Centery by LIN is another astounding eco-friendly structure that gets is power from solar energy.

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Added by Mike Gusto on November 25, 2009 at 10:56am — 1 Comment

Modern Design: The Reader's Nest For Any Book Lover

I've always felt that the best modern design items are the ones that make life simpler. The Readers' Nest, by WIS Design, calls itself the "simple but ingenious little shelf for all book lovers." All you have to do is place your book up side down on top of the shelf, so… Continue

Added by alice on February 4, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

London 2012 Ticket Design

Calling all design lovers! The new London 2012 Olympic ticket designs have just been unveiled. Interpublic's brand consultancy Futurebrand incorporated pictograms designed by Someone into the tickets. They also color coded them according to venue. To reduce counterfeiting, a hologram, a barcode and the name of the booker will be printed on the ticket. Love the bright colors! What are…

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Added by alice on May 23, 2012 at 6:30am — No Comments

Dieter Rams “Less and More” Exhibition at Design Museum, London

As the director at the German electronics manufacturer Braun for over 30 years, Dieter Rams is known in the modern design world as a legend. Coining the term, "Less, but better," Rams is known for his simple designs that take the superfluous out and leave only the necessary in. It's even believed that Rams has been very influential on Jonathan Ive, the head designer at Apple or a…

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Added by alice on November 23, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Dwell on Design Event - 6/26-6/28

If you're in or around LA this weekend, hop on over to the LA Convention Center for the Dwell on Design event. Now in its second year, the three-day design festival brings together the best and brightest from the design industry to offer visitors “real live modern design” in the form of an expansive exhibition, design conference, home tours and special events.… Continue

Added by alice on June 26, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

The Dentist's Business Card

This dentist business card design is so sweet it almost gives me a toothache. (Sorry, bad joke.) No really...it's sweeeet. I need to brush my teeth now. (Ok..no more jokes today.)

Designed by Michael Haene and Remo… Continue

Added by alice on March 31, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Innovative and Beautiful Stone and Ceramics Designs

Creative use of ceramics and stones for innovative and beautiful ways for modern design. Check out more innovative ceramics and stones designs at World Interior Design Network… Continue

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Sleepy Lamp by Studio Klass

The Sleepy Lamp was designed by Studio Klass for the company BUSSO for part of the Cosmopolitan design collection 2010.…

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Vintage Children’s Folding Chair

A folding chair for children designed by Mogens Koch in 1932 (available at Retro Modern Design). Love the details!…

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Bucket Vase by Qubus Design Studio

"These vases by Jakub Berdych of Qubus Design Studio comprise hand-blown glass pieces attached to plastic buckets. "…

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Added by thinkpossitive on August 12, 2010 at 6:40am — No Comments

Extraordinary Deer-Shaped Electrical Towers

Across a vast expanse of country land, lofty electrical towers always seem somewhat out of place. They clash with the natural aesthetic of the environment, yet they are needed in this high-functioning world we live in. Moscow-based design studio Design Depot has realized a design concept that has the potential to remedy this visual dilemma—deer-shaped transmission towers. The…