Where in New York City can you meet students from all five boroughs who have amazing notions on how to make our world a better place for everyone? You heard that right. It’s Emoti-Con, the most ...

Inventions occur when preparation meets opportunity. In the substantial literature on invention and innovation the distinction between these two aspects of generating new ideas has somehow become ...

"I thought there should be a way to easily change the brush head on a paint brush," said an inventor, from Aviston, Ill., "so ...

"I have worked as a healthcare professional for 32 years. During this time, I had to wear a blouse tucked into a skirt every day. I quickly grew tired of the constant struggle of the blouse shifting ...

Jessica Helfand’s thought-provoking new book of essays, Design: The Invention of Desire, is more than a design book or a book about design—it is a treatise on humanism, a critical philosophy of the ...

"Design has always prided itself on being relevant to the world it serves, but interest in design was once limited to a small community of design professionals. Today, books on "design thinking" are ...