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Hand-Knit Merino Wool Scarf

As someone who knows as much about fashion as I do about gravity—I couldn’t explain either, but I trust that both exist—when I think of a scarf, I imagine freezing weather, blustery winds, and red nos

WIG: Kyocera Ceramic Chef’s Knife

Ceramic knives are deceptively powerful: compared to steel, the zirconium oxide blade is 50% sharper and holds its edge roughly 10 times as long. They are also deceptively light, especially in the han

Kyocera ceramic chef's knifesplit

Kyocera ceramic chef's knife

ceramic knivessplit

ceramic knives

ChallengeHalf: HEADLINE

HEADLINE is a mobile news app meant to get to the core facts of a story quickly and simply. The home page interface displays headlines written to tell you what the story is about, not make you click o

What I’ve Got: Verilux Desk Lamp

The “Verilux® Natural Spectrum Desk Lamp” is the ultimate college desk lamp: it proudly eschews traditional aesthetic in the name of function. It’s neck maybe remind one more of a piece of plumbing to

What I’ve Got: Bed Lifts

Bed lifts are so useful that many students use them, yet so unobtrusive that many also forget about them after placing them during move-in. Available in varying heights, bed lifts provide a simple but

Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt “Treasure Hunt” is an immersive experience that combines the teamwork and pressure of an “escape the room” style outing with the excitement and energy of a scavenger hunt. To participa

Google News Preference Algorithm

What I’ve Got: iPhone 4

There are a lot of things to be said about the iPhone 4, but I’d like to focus on a few of its key qualities, which have kept it my (still) current phone (for 6.5 years). The most important quality f

Philanthropme

Introducing PhilanthropMe. Better Saving for a Better World. The purpose of our service is to provide a creative and appealing way for millennials to save money, while simultaneously incentivizing ch

What I’ve Got: Double-Stick Photo Mounting Squares

These double-stick mounting squares come with a slight but unexpected learning curve to use most efficiently, yet used properly they are extremely useful. The packaging design itself is well thought o

Challenge 4: Seed

Seed is a platform targeted to aspiring members of the landscape industry. It is primarily an educational outlet, though it also matches users with potential employers. The program contains several di

Challenge 5: Facebook + Pinterest Social Media Marketing

We focused our engagement strategy to target women between the ages of 22-35 in urban areas who are looking for discounts and use social media. This was based off our interpretation of the images in t

What I’ve Got: Adams Bow Tie

With housing day coming up on Thursday, everyone’s readying their house gear to wear when storming the freshman dorms. One of the more unique house gear items is the Adams House Bow Tie (which some ca

What I’ve Got: Playbill brand

The theater program has long been part of the theater-going experience, telling audience members who’s in the cast, production staff, crew, pit, or other teams that helped produce the show. Often, the

Challenge 7: Get Set

Background: Originally given the challenge of looking at some kind of “signaling” mechanism that people use in a survey, we settled upon the concept of how people without traditional secondary or post

What I’ve Got: “Attachable” Hangars

Though they may be shaped similarly to any old hangar, these hangars have two key design features that make them much more useful and desirable. The first is the subtle but important hook that comes

Design Sensibility

Drone

What  I’ve Got: Lowepro Photo Hatchback

Since I most enjoy wildlife photography, when I bought my camera, having a good way to carry it around was something I considered just as much as which camera I wanted to buy. I ultimately settled on

What I’ve Got: USPS flat-rate boxes

Living over 3,000 miles from home while I attend college means I’ve had to become well acquainted with the cross-country shipping options. One of the most useful, and simplest, is the USPS flat-rate b

Challenge 10: Food Truck Interiors

Food trucks, ever popular, carry an air of delight a stationary restaurant will never attain. A fascinating kitchen on wheels, the food-truck customer experience is a unique trope of the urban dining

What I’ve Got: Yamaha Clavinova

Freshman year, myself and my roommates were the fortunate recipients of one of the freshman piano “grants,” which meant we had a clavinova in our dorm all year round. While most people would prefer to

Challenge 9: Seashell Headphones

VISUAL EXPERIENCE HERE. (watch this first, please!!). SONIC EXPERIENCE HERE. These headphones are meant to embody and embellish the digital nomad movement. The movement, which is relatively recent (t

What I’ve Got: 2-Color LED Headlamp

Though I’m not doing any spelunking, this (very affordable) 2-color LED headlamp light is extremely useful, for a couple of reasons. Functionally, the headlamp piece detaches from the band, which is q

What I’ve Got: The KAZbrella

The recent rainy weeks have many students using umbrellas, but they all have a fundamental annoyance: when it comes time to walk through a door from outside, one has to either stop, back away from the

What I’ve Got: Kyocera Ceramic Chef’s Knife

(This is a repost of http://designsurvivor.tumblr.com/post/156342727540/wig-kyocera-ceramic-chefs-knife with the proper #whativegot tag instead of the tag #WIG.) Ceramic knives are deceptively powerfu

Challenge 10: Bettah Food Trucks

Food trucks: the quirky, less traditional alternative for grabbing a meal, often promising a specialized cuisine or unique location. Perhaps you use them simply for the convenience, or maybe you’re on