Hester Street Collaborative: Bad Design Darts

Hester Street Collaborative, the non-profit devoted to improving NYC's physical places and spaces through community participation, has been coming up with innovative solutions to urban problems since 1997 when it was founded by the architecture firm Leroy Street Studio. Some of their approaches, including "Bad Design Darts," a game that targets unsuccessful elements of design and "Step on Your Neighborhood Pavers," neighborhood-specific imprinted concrete blocks, …

Call For Entries: ICFF Studios

New York's ICFF joined forces with Bernhardt Design to create a new design competition that helps emerging designers bring their prototypes to fruition. Winners of the juried award will exhibit their entries during this year's ICFF, from 20-23 May 2006, in a ICFF Studio booth to help hook them up with manufacturers and expose them to the press. Contestants can submit in any of ICFF's …

ReadyMade Blog

The ineffable ReadyMade Magazine is the ultimate do-it-yourself (DIY) publication. Each issue is packed with how-to do-it-yourself fashion that’s easy, inexpensive, and always creative. You can get more than a light sample by checking out the brand-new ReadyMade blog. There’s a wide range of samples here, everything from costumes for your iPod to designer vases made from recycled wine and liquor bottles.