We’ve seen Coca-Cola’s efforts to be a more sustainable company range from various material usage changes to even designing an upcycling kit for discarded plastic bottles. While any effort is a step forward, perhaps they should take a look at designer Ryan Harc’s concept for a new Coca-Cola can: it uses 3D texture rather than…
In case you haven’t been keeping up with your Finnish lately, Karuselli translates to ‘merry-go-round’…which is fitting for a spinning chair that brings child-like joy to the adults who have the pleasure of sitting in the Karuselli chair. Designed by Finnish architect and furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro and released in 1964, the timeless piece is…
Developing a narrative to craft around a product design can be one of the more difficult pieces of the design process. When I was in school preparing my final year industrial design project presentation, my teacher at the time drew what looked like a cross-section of ocean waves arriving to shore on the dry-erase board.…
My BFA was useful in landing my first job. Since then, it’s been about as useful as the “most likely to get into an argument” high school superlative. (True story.) By now it’s a truism that the cost of college in the US is unreasonable. Very few would argue otherwise. But most of the debate…
Well, well, well. We had LOADS of feedback on the new SolidSmack site design we launched last month. Some liked it. Some hated it. And some wanted to see more cats. There’s no way we’re showing more cats… at least, not after the one above–dang that thing’s cute, with little angry Psy screaming at him from behind a regurgitated kitty toy. And like that gnarly toy, we’ve gnawed, chewed, digested and re-digested the feedback you provided through the SolidSmack survey, spewing forth new updates to make the SolidSmack experience even more enjoyable. Here is the low down on what’s new, what’s improved, along with the winner of the iPad Mini.