There are literally hundreds of things you can do to a room to make it look different, bigger, better and more. Who doesn't want a little change after years of looking at the same old stuff anyway??!? You don't have to spend thousands of dollars just to redecorate your house, there are certain areas that with just…

After a lot of work and research, the typeface that Hotwired Design members received a sneak preview of, EmBauhaus, is finally done.

Since my last posting on this project, I have finalized many glyphs and added various tapers to some horizontal and curved strokes, visually correcting the junctures of horizontal and vertical strokes. I also decided to move several characters into a more traditional…

Out-of-control WIRED stash? Need easy access to it at all times? Need a new coffee table or maybe just want to make something? This easy, sustainable D.I.Y pallet project may be just the thing for you.

More D.I.Y inspiration & tutorials awaits you at ScrapHacker.com…

Gùnter Lange was a german typographic wunderkind, the creator of varied designs ranging from a number of Grotesques to a wonderful Didot inspired design called Walbaum.

He not only created wonderful typefaces, but he eventually shared his vast knowledge with his students at the Kunstschule, Lehristitut für Graphische Gestaltung, and the Werbliche Akademie.…

Typically I don't touch products or packaging design, but this clean and type heavy packaging hooked me.

Check out this Bag created to tote your piscatorial purchase around the hood.

Sure beats the daily news...

Small space living is an art, and designers worldwide have risen to the challenge of making furniture suitable to the tiny homes most city dwellers live in. We're seeing more and more foldable furniture these days, attractive to those living in small spaces because of the ease with which they can be tucked away, so…

Just found this funny little project via My Modern Met. A company called Codeco took the design of the trash can sitting on your desktop and turned it…

Photo via Design*Sponge

Everyone knows that moving is a massive pain. But few people know that special kind of hell that is moving to a new space, often in a new city, for a very short period of time. I just moved from LA to SF to work at WIRED for the summer, and how to…

Industrial designer Igor Chak, who is based in L.A. but was raised in Russia and Japan, channeled his love of vintage video games into his artistic practice. His game-inspired pieces of furniture are clever and incredibly well designed.

Chak's design…

Photographer Santlov's ongoing photography series "ToysRLikeUs," documented in a Tumblr blog, imagines what some of our favorite toys would be doing with their time if they were to come alive. His work features Woody from Toy Story, Bender from…

Most people immediately dump their old coffee grounds into the trash. But Spanish designer Raul Lauri has figured out a brilliant way to breathe new life into those old grounds.…

Art student Yasutoki Kariya looked to Newton's Cradle — you know, that famous desk toy that demonstrates the laws of motion — for inspiration for his senior thesis exhibition installation.…

I'm completely obsessed with making furniture out of unusual materials. Last week I wrote about my love for wooden textiles. Now I bring you Stefan Zwicky's Concrete Chair. Nice take on…

REIGN OF ART - Stefan Guzy / Björn Wiede - english subtitles from Kings&Kongs on Vimeo.

Here's a great short film we found about a German printing duo that specializes in usual substances. Watch as Stefan…

Photo by Sebastian Neeb via elisastrozyk.de

Young German designer Elisa Strozyk's latest works use wood as fabric; she crafts custom furniture with wooden textiles. I first…

How well do you know your brand colors?

A new app called BrandSeen tests your skills at identifying colors associated with some of the biggest brands out there. Select a color for each logo presented, and you'll receive a score based…

Who doesn’t need more color in their life? Our desktops, phones, and tablets often live in the background of our surroundings. We use them to get from point A to point B -- but never really consider them as places to display design.

Thanks to…

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Infographics are everywhere these days, and for good reason—they convey huge amounts of data in the fraction of the time it takes to read a single paragraph of a dry, number-driven report. The information provided is…

Tech-themed DIY's are sometimes the most fun to create; they're always a bit more tricky, but can also be the coolest and most satisfying to accomplish. From mason jar speakers to floppy disk planters, here's 10 rad DIY ideas with a bit of a tech twist.…

One of the exciting things about being a designer is the continued development of an idea.  When my co-founder and I started Bushakan, we were primarily interested in making stands that held multiple pairs of eyewear.  As we started sharing the idea with both individuals and retailers, we realised that…