6 Design Products That May Be the Last of Their Kind

This article is part of our Design special section about buildings, objects and techniques that are fighting to stay alive.
MIT Technology Review

Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical ...

Can we design sports shoes that don’t squeak? Here’s what the science says

Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in ...
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Scroll Saw Pattern Guide

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A piece of cardboard with “Cut 1” ...
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Reading graphic design history image, text, and context David Raizman

Foreword / Steven Heller -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Josef Müller-Brockmann: "schutzt das Kind!" and the mythology of Swiss design -- Koloman Moser's Thirteenth Secession Exhibition poster ...