Made in America - The United States of Design
There’s a resurgence occurring in goods made and designed in the US - a comeback long overdue. Fast Company’s excellent “Made in America” series curates stories on the people helping to bring manufacturing and design back to the forefront in America.
Fast Company has created a special section to cover American Design:
 | The United States of Design 2011 | Fast Company From GM to 3M, in boardrooms and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and on Madison Avenue, design matters more than ever. Around the globe, American designers have never been more influential. Welcome to an unexpected and inspiring moment. READ MORE A sampling of design strongholds in corporate America. |
A feature highlighting American designers:
 | The United States Of Design | Fast Company From GM to 3M, in boardrooms and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and on Madison Avenue, design matters more than ever. Around the globe, American designers have never been more influential. Welcome to an unexpected and inspiring moment. Early last November, Scott Wilson was feeling a little gloomy. |
How do you capture the present state of design in one single chart, with only 50 names? Fast Company gives it a good shot with their fantastic interactive infographic:
 | Infographic Of The Day: America’s 50 Most Influential Designers | Co. Design How do you capture the present state of design in one single chart, with only 50 names? You don’t. But, inspired by the effort of those 50, we gave it a shot in Fast Company’s 2011 design issue. In Fast Company’s 2011 design issue, we focused on American design: What it means, where it stands, and where it’s going. |
A slide show highlighting Modern Americana design:
 | Modern Americana | Fast Company Our furniture? Made in China. Our cookware? Made in China. Our knickknacks? Made in China. Is there anything left that is still homemade? We went hunting, and it turns out there’s plenty that is designed, crafted, and finished right here in the United States of America. |
Fast Company has also produced a fantastic iPad app that is the perfect companion to their online series. As an avid iPad user, I can honestly say that this app is one of the best I’ve seen. It’s elegant, beautiful and extremely useful. It differs from the online version in that its focus is more on the curation of US made items (76 to be exact) and includes photos, stories and links to the products, for those interested in purchasing them.
 | Fast Company’s iPad App Explores Best-Designed American Products : TreeHugger Photo: Screenshot of U.S. Design iPad app by Fast Company. If you seek out products that are “Made in America,” seek out this app. It’s called the “United States of Design” and was created by the Fast Company magazine folks. I may have come across it while looking for information on Toby Keith’s “Made in America” song rant. |
