We saw too many work safety vids in school to even consider doing something this stupid, but it's kinda hard not to watch.
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International Design Awards Deadline: August 1st 2008
My Chucks Deadline: August 1st 2008
Adaptive Path User Experience Week August 12-15, 2008 San Francisco, CA
1% Water and our Future June 29 - September 28, 2008 Hasselt, Belgium
"What are some common questions to prepare for as a designer getting interviewed? "
Common Design Interviews, by progee818 Personal Fabrication and how it will affect ID by keifer Footwear as Industrial Design? by lousmith
Project H Design (Anti)Manifesto: A Call To Action For Humanitarian (Product) Design
By Emily Pilloton
The Many Faces of Design Leadership
by Kevin McCullagh
Life and the Big Screen: Media, Design, and the Apocalypse
by William Bostwick
A Pair of Flying Slippers
Phil Patton reviews the Buckminster Fuller Exhibition at the Whitney
It's the Economy, Stupid:
A macroeconomic primer for design(ers) and sustainability, by Robert Blinn
100% Design Shanghai
The inaugural design exhibit in one of the fastest developing parts of the world, by Simon Husslein
Hamburg Harley Days 2008
Custom details, tailpipes and tattoos! by Aart Van Bezooyen
Peugeot Design Contest
"Imagine the Peugeot car of tomorrow's worldwide megolopolis," then draw it!
The State of Design Festival
This Melbourne, Australia-based conference features design and business leaders from around the world
Decoding Design, by Maggie Macnab
Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication
Buying In, by Rob Walker
The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, Reviewed by Robert Blinn
We saw too many work safety vids in school to even consider doing something this stupid, but it's kinda hard not to watch.
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I.D. Magazine's 2008 Annual Design Review winners are published on their website if you haven't had a chance to check out the latest issue. The biggest dilemma for judges this year was whether to acknowledge the iPhone or not, in the end they took a historical perspective and decided it had to be included. Good call!

This is either China's armed police demonstrating their rapid deployment abilities during an anti-terrorist drill for the Beijing Olympics or athletes training for a new Biathlon event combining the segway with shooting.

Today Samsung released their green "Eco-Phone," made of corn-based bioplastics and lacking in harmful lead, mercury and cadmium. They're also Energy-Star-rated, and an alarm feature beeps when the battery's topped off, so you don't leave it plugged in and drawing juice. For now, the Eco-Phones are only available in South Korea.
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Weekly finds from the 3D world:
Inventor
CAD Wars video (in German, but so worth it)
Pro/Engineer
Introduction to SmartAssembly third party scripting tool, for defining templates and UDFs
3D Studio Max
Bend modifier tutorial
SolidWorks
The complete guide to Layout Sketches
Multiple Packages
Google Trends analysis of major 3D CAD companies - results may surprise you

If you've ever seen a construction worker hoist a manhole cover open, you know why they're built the way they are. Here to provide some assistance is the Magswitch Manhole Lifter System, an ingenious combination of a simple lever and an on-off magnet; the 23-lb. tool will hoist 400-lb. manholes with no problem. And the price? "Very affordable when compared to the cost of injury," says the manufacturer's website. Wonder if that means it costs an arm and a leg.
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As more and more design ideas trickle down from the megaplex into our living rooms (and vice versa), futuristic movies become self-fulfilling prophesies. The latest news? Sneakerheads and sci-fi geeks, come together in rejoicing! After years of pestering by concerned fans, Nike has finally dropped the Marty McFly Hyperdunk. Hold on to your hoverboard, this is the shoe from Back to the Future 2 (more or less - no automatic lacing). They're fly alright, but I'm still holding out for the jacket with extendable sleeves.
Bonus sneaker news from The Dieline: check out the packaging on this totally wacky lobster-themed Dunk edition, "inspired by the New England fishing community."

Whether you're a minimal purist or stuck in a small apartment with limited counter space, you might want to consider Plus Minus Zero's latest offering, an electric kettle. Bordering on the ordinary, the small cylindrical kettle would look perfect with a coupe of ±0 mugs.
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Boing Boing TV gets a peek behind the scenes with Charles Ogilvie at Virgin America. As one of the most service focused airlines, they're about to offer wireless internet, and following the spirit of linux used to run their in-flight entertainment system, they're holding a competition for open source game submissions.

Didn't prof's always say drawing shoes was like drawing cars? Take a look at the Virtual Shoe Museum for more proof that ID and fashion are closer than ever before. There's a ton of mind-blowing options you can sort through by color, material, use, type....the list is endless. Here's one of our faves, the Agila City Heels, by Luca Stappers for the launch of Opel's new Agila City Car.
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