The Open Source Washing Machine Project aims to create different washing technologies based on various cultural, economic and environmental variations across the world.

Here is a look back at some standout design stories from the past week.

HDR Labs’s Open Camera Control project aims to let photographers add new camera abilities to their Digital SLRs.

Nokia has embarked on an ambitious three-month project to crowdsource design specs for a concept smartphone.

Yves Behar’s fuseproject design studio has developed a new conceptual watch for fashion designer Issey Miyake.

Boston’s Pop-up Design Museum re-imagines the idea of a museum with the goal of furthering the general public’s design literacy.

Solar Plant is a charger that converts sunlight into electrical energy to power gadgets.

The Florida-based design group Naranja Studio has come up with a novel solution for traveling photographers.

A name badge carries a ‘Warning: Coffee Is Hot’ notice.

Taking IBM’s “Smarter Planet” campaign further, Ogilvy New York and Motion Theory have partnered on a remarkable new advertising spot for IBM which uses generative art.

A collaboration between Eastpak and the Quinze & Milan design studio has resulted in a strange, but intriguing hybrid piece of furniture.

As primary building materials, the doors of East German panel flats which had to yield to wrecking balls have been salvaged and re-appropriated for use.

Photographer Alexx Henry, along with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung have produced an amazing motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag, an all digital magazine.

A new kind of color changing contact lens could help wearers monitor their diabetes.