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Reigniting creativity in business
Creativity is hard! Traditional brainstorming sessions more often than not fail to spark the innovative solutions they are thought to bring about. Yet creativity is critical in today’s business landscape and the lifespan of a good idea just seems to get shorter and shorter. So what is one to do in order inject a dose…
קרא עודMercedes EQ brand defines the future of beauty for electric mobility
From the ‘vision mercedes maybach ultimate luxury’ to the mercedes-AMG ‘GT 4-door coupe’, the german automobile brand’s design philosophy of sensual purity has spread across their portfolio over recent years. the mantra aims to establish the characteristics of intelligent emotion – ease, respect, trust and love – through a balance of hot and cool styling. luxury is at…
קרא עודPatient neglect kills. AI could help stop it
In the vast majority of hospitals, nurses are required to check on patients at least once an hour. This practice, called hourly rounding, is designed to reduce the number of patient falls and pressure ulcers, which happen when bedridden people don’t move enough. But there’s no way to know whether nurses are checking every hour–or even…
קרא עודFloating neighborhoods on city canals to create affordable housing for students
When marine architecture meets the need of spear land in a crowded city some architects are building floating neighborhoods on city canals to create affordable housing for students. read more >>
קרא עודNino robotic bartender can make “any drink in seconds”
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. Nino is an updated version of Makr Shakr‘s existing Bionic Bar, which debuted at Milan design week in 2013 and has since been put into use in cruise liners and hotels. Nino has the capacity to mix an infinite variety of cocktails from up to 170…
קרא עודNissan electric crossover utility with AWD 2020
A future Nissan Leaf crossover utility will be the company’s “breakthrough” model, said Mamoru Aoki, the head of Nissan’s Design Europe group, located in a small building alongside a canal near London’s Paddington Station. learn more >>
קרא עוד10 reasons why every designer should learn 3D
Are you already designing in 3D? If not, this is a list of 10 reasons why should probably consider learning some 3D skills – and thanks to the available software and training, today is the best time ever to start. Despite all the advancement in digital technologies, as you have probably noticed most design-related websites…
קרא עודTradition vs Progress: The Art of the American Fire Helmet
There is an old adage in the firefighting community that the profession is 150 years of tradition unimpeded by progress. The original fire helmet, then called a fire cap, was designed in 1731 by Jacobus Turk for the Fire Department of New York in order to distinguish the department from competitors. (Scarily enough, firefighting was…
קרא עוד“Change like we’ve not seen in decades” high-end auto designers go electric
“Change like we’ve not seen in decades” high-end auto designers go electric Whoever you ask, EVs mean far greater freedom for designers, engineers, and marketers. read more >
קרא עודBecome the creative you’ve always wanted to be by embracing these seven habits
On a new article on Quartz magazine: The most commonly held belief about creativity is that it’s elusive, esoteric and unique only to the anointed few…. Today, we deconstruct and analyze even the most elusive of processes. We come to understand that there are specific behaviors and mindsets which anyone can use to reach a…
קרא עודMicrosoft just doesn’t get the design for consumer market
Microsoft just doesn’t get the consumer market — and that could be a fatal flaw Microsoft may have a fatal flaw. Despite a record of innovation and introducing new technologies, it repeatedly misinterprets the consumer market. see more >
קרא עודNew Paradigms of Beauty
On the 29th James H. Belfer Memorial Symposium, on the subject of “Design and Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 Era” on Monday 28th of May, 2018 Prof. Ezri Tarazi the chair of Design-Tech Initiative at the Technion has been lectured on the topic of ‘New paradigms of beauty – aesthetic and functionality in digital design’. In…
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