Like a lot of things, the takeover of “the blob” wasn’t noticeable at first. Sure, you’d see the blob here and there, but you didn’t think much of it. At the time, you didn’t even know it had a name.

Our built environments tend to feel harsh and angular, defined by straight lines and strict rectilinear geometries. But look to nature and our own bodies, and you’ll find soft, amorphous shapes that ...

A smart new solution from a recent grad at the Design Academy Eindhoven challenges that. Elsa Sier designed a router that you’d actually want to leave out, and not hide between the couch and the wall ...

The humble-looking blanket raised over $4.7 million on Kickstarter in May 2017, making it one of the 20 highest-funded projects to date. The blanket promised to do more than just keep you warm–it was ...

They have now confirmed that the distinctive geometric shapes of some clusters, as well as the irregularity of amorphous structures, can be fully identified mathematically. The insights gathered by ...

Chairs, chairs everywhere, but not a place to sit. The Design Miami fair opened across the street from Miami Art Basel and runs concurrently with it, until December 4. The theme is “The Golden Age: ...

Francisco Castro won professional recognition for his Mechanical Engineering Outstanding PhD Dissertation in 2009. His research interests include the mechanical characterization of polymers, ...