Wired: From 1790 until 1870, U.S. patent law required inventors to submit actual physical models of their novel machines along with their drawings and→


Products to amuse and inspire. Dress For Dinner Napkin. Dressing for dinner has never been so easy! Disposable Lighter Camcorder. Perfect for spying on→


Fast Company: The James Dyson Awards, a sprawling event that garners thousands of entries from design students the world over, is a pretty phenomenal→


What other “everyday” packaging could be re-purposed?


Ever wonder how even mediocre-tasting pizza can look delectably mouth-watering in commercials? From the perfect cheese pull to tweezing the mozzarella, Domino’s gives us→


Pour water on a typical greeting card and you’ve got a soggy mess. Do the same to a Postcarden, and you’ve got the beginnings→


You’ve probably seen a lot of variations of bikes already and even perhaps choose one for yourself. But this bike allow you to be→


There are several ways of finding business ideas. According to James Abola over at the Daily Monitor, his favorite source of business ideas is→


At 16, Lindsay Phillips came up with the idea for a flip-flop with interchangeable straps during art class. Today, her company — Lindsay Phillips→


Got a few minutes? Feel like taking your SAT…again? No, not that SAT! “The Stickiness Aptitude Test,” or SAT, was designed by The Heath→


Springwise: Situated in the Windy City’s River North neighborhood, The Doughnut Vault opens at 8:30 am each day from Tuesday through Friday and 9:30→



Melanie Jacober is definitely at the head of her business. Of course, it helps that she is in the business of upholstering headboards. When→


Many homes may decorate with a painting or a small statue. However, how many people can say they own a piece of metal art?→


Feel like changing your look around? There is a unique product that can help you do that. Late last year we mentioned the first→


Have you ever wondered why fancy glasses and goblets were so, well, plain? Kristy Peters couldn’t help but ask herself the same question. She→


Dana Burck and Greg Hill of Cincinnati were a happy young couple who enjoyed traveling, watching movies, and did a lot of online shopping→


Frank Fish was on vacation with his fiancée in Boston when he spotted a fine-art sculpture of a humpback whale in Quincy Market. On→


April over at BlacksburgBelle.com takes a look at some books for creative entrepreneurs you might have missed. The Creative Entrepreneur by Lisa Sonora Beam→


Longaberger is known for its handcrafted maple baskets, so its headquarters are obviously shaped like a giant basket. Not just any old basket, though.→