In my first week of studying industrial design in college one of my professors turned to the class, and while holding and pointing to a hammer, he said "form follows function." That was the first time ...

Everyone thinks they understand good design, and while we all understand our tastes, there’s more to making a product well designed than just making it pretty. Form and function have to combine to ...

In the wake of last Tuesday’s Supreme Court oral argument in the “smartphone wars” design patent dispute, the justices must decide if a 130-year old law provision (35 U.S.C. §289) means that Apple can ...

A heavily stylised desk with eye catching colours and curves. This comparison explores smartphones and basic phones. Comparing sleek design and multifunctionality of smartphones with the practical ...

Whether it’s a building, logo, website, or software, good design is easy to recognise. Most people may not realise that good design has just as much to do with how something works as it does with how ...

In the world of interior design, there exists a perpetual balance between beauty and utility. This delicate equilibrium is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the realm of household fixtures—those ...