Continuing our tradition of featuring one of our favorite companies, Lego (see earlier posts "When Everything Just Clicks" and "Lego Plays Well with Grown-ups"), just thought I'd share this item from the Inhabitat.com site. The …

When optimism consists of no more than happy-face buttons and empty words, it may not amount to much. But designers tend to mix optimism with ideas and action, and that blend can be a fuel for progress.

Nice slideshow in New York magazine about the George Lois Esquire covers, in advance of a new book that will feature the best of Lois' work with the magazine. I featured George Lois as one …

Current conventional wisdom is that open floor plans = more creativity. But is it possible that without the help of old-fashioned walls and doors, we’ll have a harder time corralling and capturing ideas?

The times we’re living in are causing us to look around for better ways of doing things. But we need some basic tools to help us do all of that. Design principles can serve as the Swiss Army knife of the “let’s-make-a-smarter-world” movement.

On the eve of Oscar weekend, GlimmerSite reader Sarah MacLennan shares the following:

"I saw a special screening of 'The Cove' last night which is a documentary up for an Oscar on Sunday and it made …

Barbra Streisand is the latest celebrity to proclaim her love of design (in this case architecture and interior design) as she revs up publicity for her November 2010 book “A Passion for Design: A Tour.”

What makes designers try to do the seemingly impossible? Top designers have certain common characteristics, one being their rock-solid belief that reality is subject to change.

On Tuesday I appeared on Alex Bogusky's "FearLess" live-streamed talk show for a wide ranging discussion on advertising, design, creative thinking, and even a little politics.

I opened a parcel from England the other day to see that the shiny, metallic January ’10 issue of Wired UK features Glimmer as one of the cover stories. I’ve always been a huge fan of …

A recent business article in the New York Times talks about how business schools are starting to understand the importance of open-minded critical thinking—the kind of thinking designers do every day.

The European edition of GLIMMER, published by Random House UK, comes out this month. The guts of the book are the same, but I thought you’d be interested to see how differently they packaged the …

CNN recently spoke with me about design, technology, and Bruce Mau. They were particularly interested in whether design really can change the world (and how), as well as the idea that we’re all designers—or could be. Read the interview to find out more…

There’s been an explosion of “social design” initiatives and events this fall, and at design schools, it’s as if “we’re going back to the Sixties,” says John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design. Students who used to dream of making the next iPhone are now plotting…

Today, October 19, is the official on-sale date for the book Glimmer. I’m determined to make this blog about a lot more than just me and my damn book, but on this one day I …

When you tell someone you’re writing about design, they usually ask, What kind of design? And that’s understandable, because there are so many design disciplines (industrial, graphic, interior, fashion, interactive, etc.). But actually, those design …