Furniture Rises From The Ashes

For industrial designers, craftspeople, or anyone who creates, the question of what can be...

January 29

Introducing the Six Project Finalists in the 2020 Lexus Design Awards

Each project centers around either social impact or environmental issues

January 29

To Help Improve the Refugee Experience, This Design Team Created a Tangible Welcome Committee

by Raphael Katz, Abhishek Kumar, Rina Shumylo, Juliana Lewis, Sareena Avadhany for CIID

November 25, 2019

FREITAG Launches Online Platform That Lets You Swap Their Upcycled Bags with Other Customers for Free

The app, S.W.A.P., stands for "Shopping Without Any Payment"

October 17, 2019

DOTIfest: 'Festival of New Design Ideas' coming to London 

UK-based service design trailblazers, Snook, take their 'Design on the Inside' talk series to the next level with a day long 'festival'

September 23, 2019

The American Prison Uniform: A Snapshot

In the late eighteenth century, when American colonists established detainment centers for criminals, they...

September 4, 2019

Design Student Proposes a Simple, Hook-Based System to Make Refugee Bunkers More Livable

A simple but powerful way to improve the daily lives of socially vulnerable individuals

August 30, 2019

Liz Jackson Doesn't Want "Design for Disability"—She Wants Disabled People to Be Part of Designing Better Products

August 1, 2019

Pupul Bisht Wants to Decolonize the Future of Design Using Storytelling

"When it comes to design methods, 'one size fits all' is the thinking that colonizes our work—that's what we need to challenge."

July 26, 2019

Call for Entries: 2019 Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant

Deadline is July 19

June 21, 2019

This Bra Combines a 16th Century Craft with Parametric Design to Provide Post-Mastectomy Comfort

The project won the Grand Prix at this year's Lexus Design Awards

May 31, 2019

A New Game That Aims to Change How Kids Learn About Periods

The Period Game features all the different aspects of getting your period and teaches how to deal with them

March 15, 2019

At SXSW, New Dutch Wave Presents an Optimistic View of the Future

A series of projects explore how design and technology can be harnessed for positive impact

March 11, 2019

How Holistic Design Can Help Break Stigmas Around Therapy

Two Chairs is a new mental health model that prioritizes access and client-therapist relationships

February 7, 2019

The 2019 Lexus Design Award Finalists Shine a Light on Social Consciousness and Impact

We look forward to the Lexus Design Award finalist announcement each year not because...

January 31, 2019

Sprout Studios and Draper Unveil Three New Projects at Engineering Possibilities 2018

The EP18 exhibition will be on display at Draper's Boston HQ until tomorrow

October 5, 2018

Japan's Litter-Cleaning Samurai

It's like plogging, but with more style

July 5, 2018

Crash Footage Shows Two Well-Placed Bollards Saving Pedestrians' Lives

Design for antisocial impact

June 14, 2018

Making a Ding in the Single-Use Plastic Bag Universe

One designer's approach to making sustainable change

June 5, 2018

British Company Designs and Builds Staircases That Transform Into Wheelchair Lifts

Sesame Access turned an unlikely idea into a successful product line

May 28, 2018

Access+Ability Exhibition Features Products Developed by and with People with Disabilities

The Cooper Hewitt is using their platform to educate the public on the growing movement toward accessibility and inclusive design

April 4, 2018

A/D/O's Water Futures: A Safe Space for Scientists and Designers to Address Our Water Crisis, Together

This past Wednesday night kicked off Water Futures, a first-of-its-kind research program hosted by...

March 26, 2018

Looking for a Valentine's Day Gift?

These parody videos will give you a design alternative!

February 14, 2018

If You're a Product Designer Who Wants to Have Social Impact, You Belong Here 

An MFA in Social Design from DSI at the School of Visual Arts can help you transform your career

February 5, 2018

The Give Back Box Organization: A Free Way to Upcycle Those Cardboard Shipping Boxes

…and de-clutter your home at the same time

December 28, 2017

A Look at Pop-Up Vehicle Blockers as a Potential Solution to Automotive Attacks

Design vs. death, again

November 2, 2017

frog's 'Yona' Project Reimagines the Awkward Gynecology Visit Experience

And a redesign of the speculum, a medical instrument that hasn't been refined in years

October 10, 2017

Tutorial: How to Create Tough, Lightweight and Waterproof Gear Bags From Dyneema and Tyvek

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make a variety of useful zippered...

October 6, 2017

Design Experience That Matters: Equipping A Local Social Enterprise to Communicate Ideas Using Prototypes

Listening in the hardest market

October 6, 2017

Tesla Sends Hundreds of Powerwalls to Puerto Rico, and Elon Musk Says He Can Power the Island

On Wednesday, Earther.com ran an article pointing out that with its power grid mostly...

October 6, 2017

Suggestions for Physical Anti-Vegas-Shooting Countermeasures

Lasers, grenade drones and more

October 5, 2017