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 ...

Everyone thinks they understand good design, and while we all understand our tastes, there’s more to making a product well designed than just making it pretty. Form and function have to combine to ...

up with Brooklyn-based retail outlet Carol’s Daughter to design a new home for its bath and body products. “We created a space where you just don’t view the products but experience them as you would ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mood is everything. It's about emotional design - how a space makes you feel is how you judge whether you want to be in it or not.

Form follows function – the central tenant of modern architecture – is an idea most often employed to justify cheap, ruthlessly efficient factories and office buildings. But for everyday living, it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...