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  5 Minutes on The Verge: Yiying Lu

  By Vlad Savov on February 1, 2012 11:01 am + 38 comments

  Aside from being a talented artist and the author of Twitter's iconic "fail whale" graphic, Yiying Continue reading…

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  Nokia's design chief on the future: new user interfaces, phones without connectors

  By Chris Ziegler on January 31, 2012 02:50 pm + 27 comments

  Outside of Stephen Elop himself, Marko Ahtisaari may very well be Nokia's most important employee: Continue reading…

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  Boxx meter-high electric moped promises 80 miles on a charge

  By Jamie Keene on January 31, 2012 07:35 am + 30 comments

  A new electric scooter concept was on show for the first time at the Portland Auto Show last week, Continue reading…

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  Marko Ahtisaari joins Nokia's Leadership Team

  By Jamie Keene on January 26, 2012 07:31 am + 3 comments

  Nokia's chief designer Marko Ahtisaari has been promoted today, stepping up from his former position Continue reading…

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  Why Nokia's Lumia phones are cyan, magenta, and black (and perhaps yellow and white)

  By Sam Sheffer on January 24, 2012 09:19 pm + 39 comments

  We're big fans of Nokia's N9 hardware design (which is quite similar to the Lumia 800 and 900), and Continue reading…

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  Vita designer talks about its development, says it could've been a clamshell

  By Chris Welch on January 24, 2012 10:26 am + 17 comments

  The PlayStation Vita has some unbelievably nice hardware. In our review, we gave Sony's latest Continue reading…

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  Vimeo redesign pictures

  on January 24, 2012 09:02 am

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  Smart Ebook System from KAIST improves page-turning experience

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2012 08:03 am + 49 comments

  Ebooks may be the future, but paper still has the edge in a few key areas — not least, speed and Continue reading…

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  The design history behind Yelp's logo

  By Sam Byford on January 18, 2012 12:06 am + 8 comments

  What do you see in the Yelp logo? A Quora user thought it looked like "ambiguous pizza slices", and Continue reading…

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  Level 10 M Mouse continues partnership between BMW Designworks and Thermaltake

  By Vlad Savov on January 17, 2012 02:34 am + 24 comments

  Thermaltake and the Designworks USA team enjoyed great critical success with their first Continue reading…