Electronic Toy Design

Yury Gitman is teaching a course at Parson's this semester called Making Toys: The Insides and Outsides of Electronic Toy Design. The students spent the first part of the semester dissecting Poohs, Boohbahs and a Learning Friend Tad among others. Now they're just beginning to sketch out their own proojects. Check out the class blog for photos and videos of the dissections and continue to …

Puzzler by Emigre

We love Zuzana Licko and we love Emigre. Her newest font, Puzzler, allows you to create an endless source of patterns based on halftone dots, moiré and floral elements. The samples alone will inspire you for days, and thinking about all of the things you can design with Puzzler will send you into a creative trance. The font ($95), premade patterns ($25) and wrapping paper …

Holden EFIJY Concept Car

The Holden EFIJY concept car was unveiled at the Australian Auto Show yesterday. Based on the spirit and style of the 1953 FJ Holden, it has been reimagined with the latest technology and design and delivers "retro, mumbo and gizmos." The car is built on a Chevrolet Corvette underbody and features a V8 Supercar engine. The pillarless, fiberglass body sports a retro-Hollywood glamour long on …