Many graphic design firms, accounting practices, law firms and human resource compliance agencies charge clients like you by the hour and love it when you spend four months on the same subject. When it comes to designing a logo, I know of many graphic design firms that enjoy working with …

A new Swiss luxury watch fair is coming to the U.S. that will combine entertainment, education and of course the newest timepieces from some of the world's best-known brands. Watches & Wonders Miami will be held February 16 – 19 at the Miami Design District, a center for art, fashion and luxury.

Is there any artistic medium that the legendary avant-garde theater guru Robert Wilson hasn’t tackled? As it turns out, exhibition design is one of them. At age 76, Wilson has collaborated with some of the most critically celebrated minds of our time—among them Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits, and Marina Abramovic—and is himself a […]

They reflect one of our most basic human instincts. As infants, learning to talk is one of our first acquired skills, and verbally communicating with others quickly becomes a fundamental part of daily life. But only recently have we started to converse with technology, asking it questions, making requests, and so much more. Since communicating […]

“I always say to start with the shell of the house and then work your way into the fine details,” said interior designer Robin Strickler. The founder of Orange County-based interior design firm Design Works has a soft spot for finishing touches, but only after the “big picture” has been set. To begin, Strickler spoke […]

After serving on countless DesignCon technical program committees and delivering 19 years worth of tutorials and technical papers, Mike Peng Li says the conference has become a part of him. “It takes a bit of energy and passion to do it,” he told Design News recently. “It becomes so much a part of your life, it’s hard to separate […]

There’s a device called the Mosquito that emits an annoying sound at a very high frequency—so high that only young people can hear it. It’s marketed by its manufacturers as a means of discouraging kids from loitering in streets and other public spaces. (Shopkeepers have blasted Barry Manilow, to similar effect.) The UK’s first children’s commissioner, Sir Al […]

Called PathWave, the aim is to have a common software platform for product development, supporting design and manufacturing. It is based on a suite of interoperable design and test tools with associated data management. PathWave is a scalable and an AI-based predictive software platform that combines design software, instrument control, and application-specific test software in […]

A mysterious “blockchain company” just bought 62 percent of a 162 square mile Industrial park near Reno, Nevada. That's 67,000 acres. This land has been bought at the Tahoe/Reno Industrial Center, also home of Tesla's Gigafactory. The Gigafactory is the largest building in the world, with a planned …

Along with the skyrocketing value and gyrations in exchange prices of Bitcoin and other, popular digital cryptocurrencies, recent developments and events have raised serious doubts regarding much-touted claims that blockchain distributed trading and transaction systems are as secure and tamper-proof as they are made out to be. Furthermore, serious doubts are being raised regarding the […]