Bloomberg Makeover

We all know that a well-designed interface can improve productivity, so Portfolio Magazine recently approached three top design firms—IDEO, thehappycorp, and Ziba Design—to re-design a fantasy interface that could replace the existing Bloomberg interface. Bloomberg's data terminals are used by traders all over the world to track financial information such as stocks and bonds in real-time. Even the Vatican uses the Bloomberg terminal, which features …

Eggo Washing Machine

When Brazilian household appliances company Brastemp was drawing up plans for a washing machine specifically made to handle clothes that require more attentive washing (such as swimwear, lingerie and baby clothes) they again called on designer Jun Nakao (a fashion design professor whose last project we featured here) to help conceive a design. (He previously helped the company develop the aesthetics of a mini-fridge.) For …

Sneakerplay Photo Box

Our friends at the sneaker-specific social networking site Sneakerplay recently launched The Photo Box, a widget that allows members to export pictures from their galleries and embed them into personal websites, blogs, profiles and the like. With a clever interface that looks like a shoe box, it allows individuals to take their collections with them wherever they roam online. As usual, you need to be …