Influx

When I first read about Pepsi's can design challenge, it seemed to me to be more of the same. How many brands are have let consumers, artists and designers play with their pack design?As a marketing concept it appears done to death. The trouble with my cynicism, is that it takes no account for...

Netflix has been hailed as one of the most innovative business ideas in recent history. Much of its success has been down to the brilliant design of its envelope, a very simple, but important element that allows the business to function. It now appears this envelope has been adding costs the United...

Of course this is right on, but the definition of (what's BETTER?) obviously needs a few more store windows to define. Spotted on a store window on the Lower-East side of NYC.Posted by Ed Cotton

One of our designers at BSSP, Vince Montelongo, just got back from Tokyo. He attended Design Week and took shots of other interesting stuff. Here are his photos.Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.Posted by Ed Cotton

Nathan Shedroff is a graduate of the Presidio School of Management's Sustainable MBA program. He presented recently at the  International Council of Societies of Industrial Design conference where he highlighted the problem with design and designers. His presentation highlights the massively...

"Design is so popular today mostly because business sees design as connecting it to the consumer populace in a deep, fundamental and honest way. An honest way. If you are in the myth-making business, you don’t need design. You need a great ad agency. But if you are in the authenticity and...

A film showing 50 years of design innovation from Braun of Germany. If you watch carefully you will see where Apple got the calculator design for the iPhone from. Posted by Ed Cotton

This Sunday's New York Times had a good piece on how McDonald's is changing its image in Europe localizing menus, which it has done for years, but more recent efforts have been focused on store design. The article had a good slideshow, but I dug up some other examples, that show just how far the...

We've been here before, the moment when the design bubble bursts and with it the over-inflated egos and puffery. The August edition of Icon Magazine covers the issue in some detail and includes a number of interesting manifestos from celebrated designers, including this one from Jasper...

A few years ago, the creative career path was characterized by a rigorous process that defined the creative journey; years spent at art school and toiling in a low paying job that could only be gained through access to the right people. Although its become something of a clich�, but the...

If you are intersted in buildings, urban planning, landscape and design, Postopolis! could be the thing for you. It's a three day event curated by four bloggers- Bldgblog, City of Sound, Inhabitat and Subtopia. It's an ecletic event with lots of a great selection of interesting speakers and even a...

Tesla, the electric car darling, is determined to re-engineer not just the concept and workings of the car, but also the buying experience. They openly admit to modeling their new dealerships on Apple and Starbucks and good restaurants where you can see the chef working. Here’s what they...

AvroKO are fast becoming the "environmental/spatial" designers of the moment. They launched their own restaurant, Public in 2004. Last year, they were hired by Smith and Wolensky to create a new concept; Quality Meats. The space and design is a different take on the steakhouse, with its inspiration...

The world of office supplies has seen very little in the way of design innovation, most of the products we buy, look and function the same way as they have done for 50 years of more. The office supplies retailer, Staples has set out to developing a program to bring design innovation to its own...

Miranda July is true renaissance women; an actress, musician filmmaker, artist and storyteller. Miranda is best known for an independent film she wrote and directed, released in 2005, called “Me and You and Everyone I Know.” She has now written a book of stories and is promoting it on...