Product Design

Andrea Codrington|Projects

Freeplay Fetal Heart Rate Monitor

Report on the Freeplay fetal heart rate monitor, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Body category.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Peepoobag

Report on Peepoobag, a new self-sanitizing, single-use, biodegradable container for human waste.

Dmitri Siegel|Essays

Lost In the Supermarket

Dmitri Siegel gets lost in the Supermarket and encounters incredibly grippy toothbushes, spouts, nozzles, Thorstein Veblen and Adolf Loos.

Jane Margolies|Projects

Pig 05049

Report on Pig 05049, a book cataloging all of the products made from a single pig, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Playful Learning category

Ernest Beck|Projects

Chulha Stove

Report on the Chulha stove designed by Philips to reduce indoor air pollution in developing countries.

Bryan Mealer|Essays

The Doers Club

Design prodigy William Kamkwamba recalls building a windmill to generate electricity for his village in Malawi, Africa.

Phil Patton|Opinions

Triple-Digit Inflation

Phil Patton questions GM's sustainability claims for its Chevrolet Volt electric car.

Alec Appelbaum|Projects

FLAP Bag

Report on the FLAP bag, a multipurpose messenger bag for developing-world populations.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Sitting Pretty

Design Within Reach is selling a reissue of a Jens Risom chair for $1100.

Ernest Beck|Reviews

Olive Drab: BKLYN DESIGNS 2009

"Burn Lamp," OSO IndustriesI’ve been to design fairs in Paris, London, Cologne, New York and Miami, as a reporter and a plus one, and no matter what the locale, I usually walk away with the same slightly depressing thought: impressed by …

Julie Lasky|Reviews

Back to the Garden

Event poster at International Furniture Fair in Milan, 2009When the Italian design gallerist Rossana Orlandi serves sit-down dinner for ninety during the International Furniture Fair in Milan, she doesn’t mess around. Her table stretches …

Debbie Millman|Audio

Daniel Formosa

Daniel Formosa, a founder of Smart Design, is a member of the design team that developed IBM’s first personal computer, the OXO Good Grips kitchen tools and XM Satellite Radio.