An article/photo essay running on Wired.com features an assortment of designed objects from undergrad students at the California College of the Arts, each one addressing everyday problems involving health. The clever creations run the gamut from stress-relieving dolls to a drinking glass specially designed for someone who has MS.

Jane Fulton Suri, a trained psychologist now working at IDEO, ended up in the design world by accident, though more precisely it was due to a series of accidents.

By asking “What do they REALLY need?” British designer Hilary Cottam is creating new solutions for senior citizens, including helping them design communities and support networks so they can age in place.

I’m heading out to Colorado this week to speak at UC Boulder and also to visit Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the remarkable ad agency that started out in Miami and now has a thriving business …

I was doing a radio interview about Glimmer last week and someone called in to the show to say that design had changed his life. That’s true for all of us, of course, but this …

By now you’ve perhaps encountered the story of William Kamkwamba, who is having his media moment (and deservedly so). He’s got a book out, his story has been featured in Wired and on CNN, and …

While working on Glimmer, I became interested in learning more about how we take in information, visually. So I talked to Colin Ware, one of the leading experts on this subject, about the mysteries of what see and what we don’t…

Shelling a peanut? No big deal. But what if you had to do that all day long, by hand? It can be a painful business, as Jock Brandis learned.
  
Brandis, 63, is an inspiring figure I …