In my first week of studying industrial design in college one of my professors turned to the class, and while holding and pointing to a hammer, he said "form follows function." That was the first time ...

The mechanical engineers doing project work at a high-profile restaurant specified an air conditioner that needed to be installed 12 inches above the roofline due to its size, making it visible from ...

Some of the corporate logos for which Paul Rand is best remembered. (image via irishtimes.com) Before the 1950s, most advertising was just copywriting paired with an image with little thought to the ...

After a landscape design internship in Manhattan last summer, Tess Abbot ’20 has developed a keen appreciation for Smith’s winding pathways and bucolic gardens, the enduring influences of Frederick ...

In the wake of last Tuesday’s Supreme Court oral argument in the “smartphone wars” design patent dispute, the justices must decide if a 130-year old law provision (35 U.S.C. §289) means that Apple can ...

When designing packaging, it’s easy to get carried away with the creative. It’s an involved process, and you can occasionally forget who you’re really designing for. We all have personal tastes when ...