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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of last Tuesday’s Supreme Court oral argument in the “smartphone wars” design patent dispute, the justices must decide if a 130-year old law provision (35 U.S.C. §289) means that Apple can ...