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Fast Company on The Kitchen in 2025

August 26, 2013 By Steve Borsch -

Fast Company, the magazine about innovation, collaboration and design, has so radically overhauled their publication online that it has become one of THE most useful and thought-provoking publications we view daily. As you will see below as well, there is a lot more than immediately meets-the-eye … [Read more...]

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Stratasys & Partners Go Far Beyond With 3D Printed Clothing

January 23, 2013 By Steve Borsch -

If you think that 3D printing is only for making prototypes, then you're undoubtedly not seeing the exponential increase in its use. Sites like Mashable have this 3D printing category with lots of stories, MAKE magazine has their Ultimate 3D Printing Guide, and there are even videos about this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Thinking, Technology  

SmartThings & LIFX: The Smart Home is Real

September 16, 2012 By Steve Borsch -

After all of the past predictions about the "smart home" and "your house of the future," the home as we know it is finally poised to undergo the most rapid shift ever seen and you need to be ready for it. Our homes will become as smart as our mobile phones have become in the last five years and at … [Read more...]

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Why ‘Design Thinking’ Matters

September 2, 2012 By Steve Borsch -

In an executive client meeting some years ago we were discussing technology innovation for their company and an executive vice president blurted out, "We just have to design an iPod-like product for our industry and revolutionize it!" Upon closer examination it was clear he was focused on just the … [Read more...]

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Corning’s “A Day Made of Glass”

August 27, 2012 By Steve Borsch -

Techies the world over are well aware of how Corning's "Gorilla Glass" was so core to the iPhone. Others became aware of it when Walter Isaacson's book on Steve Jobs debuted telling this story (from Wikipedia) on what became known as "Gorilla Glass": In 2006, while developing the … [Read more...]

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Licensing International Expo 2012

August 3, 2012 By Michelle Lamb -

Compiled by Project Partners Network for The Trend Curve Trends from the Licensing Show included various permutations of vintage and nostalgia, co-branding and cross-licensing, and the continued emergence of properties from the digital world. Here are a few of the highlights: Vintage … [Read more...]

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Functional Advances

April 19, 2012 By Michelle Lamb -

If consumers multi-task as a way of life, why shouldn’t furniture do the same? For the past few years, consumers have been rewarding designers and companies who created pieces with more built-in functionality. Even during the Great Recession, consumers have been willing to pay up for tables, beds … [Read more...]

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The Arts & Innovation

November 1, 2011 By Steve Borsch -

All the talk about Steve Jobs passing has included much discussion about the essence of his innovative genius: that it was due to him living at the "intersection of technology and humanism" or technology and the arts. As a consequence, in the last week or so there have been numerous articles out … [Read more...]

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Philips Luminous Textile

July 13, 2011 By Steve Borsch -

As we constantly scan for innovations in materials, approaches and products which are clients can use for inspiration or incorporation in to their own creations, Philips is one of the companies we watch closely. Philips just announced that it will partner with Kvadrat Soft Cells, to bring an, … [Read more...]

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Acceleration in Design & Manufacturing

June 28, 2011 By Steve Borsch -

An acceleration in tools, techniques and approaches to design and manufacturing is occurring right now and many of us are almost completely unaware, unless we've been paying attention. These revolutionary developments have been quietly shaping the future of both design and manufacturing and will … [Read more...]

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