If you haven’t tried it yet, check out Wordle.net for an amazing gallery of word pictures. Create a Wordle by typing in a bunch of words (the more you repeat a word, the bigger it …

One of the featured companies in Glimmer is Smart Design, the design studio responsible for OXO Good Grips products and many others. An article by Kate Rockwood in the October ’09 issue of Fast Company …

WIRED magazine recently featured a hilarious, short Top 10 list of the worst evolutionary designs, written by David Wolman. And some of these designfails are doozies. Even as a kid, you realized that infant kangaroos …

There are big designfails (bridges, levees, buildings) and small ones. This one here is a small one.
What happens when the pull tab on a can of garbanzo beans snaps off at first tug? First, lots …

This is a minor Remix item, but it cannot be denied that this fits in the “recombination” category (not sure about the "smart" part).
The NY Times (among other places) reports that Mitemite Unnecessary Objects Lab …

From Yanko Design and designer Tobias Franzel comes the "who thought of this?" ping pong table which is also a functional door. You have to admit, it’s one step better than Wii tennis …

In a recent issue of the incredibly-shrinking-but-always-interesting New York Times magazine, Rob Walker’s Consumed column "Favor Enhancement" explores if it’s possible to cold-bloodedly design customer loyalty by random acts of kindness and generosity. The Hyatt …