Today, Grant Harrison and Dr. Jay Parkinson launched their design and innovation consulting firm, The Future Well.

A conceptual design by Kwan Sunman offers an softer take on the traditional home scale.

The BBC reports that Frankincense, used for thousands of years as a purifying incense, may have powerful cancer-fighting properties.

According to NPR and the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, watching TV could shorten your life.

Cybersecurity, Junk Food & Facebook – here are a selection of news headlines from around the world.

Withings has partnered with Google Health to connect their Wi-Fi scale directly to your personal record, approaching a realtime picture of overall health and fitness.

A new design causes up to 20% less wear and tear on key leg muscles, especially the shins and hamstrings.

We like this good looking first aid kit by Radius

Fragrance is a sector that has seen a dramatic decline in interest and sales but it looks like the slump has prompted renewed energy and innovation (See our recent ‘ 8 Avant-Garde Perfume Bottle Designs ‘ for more inspiration).

Bike Lanes, Food Banks & Open Data – a selection of news headlines from around the world.

Global architecture firm Foster + Partners designed the modernist Circle Bath Hospital, taking a sharp departure from traditional hospital design.

Gordon Hempton is an audio ecologist who studies the world’s diminishing quiet spaces.

Estee Lauder will be releasing a collaboration with New York institution the Neue Gallery in honor of their forthcoming Otto Dix solo show set to open in March.

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has launched “Pretty Powerful”, a campaign featuring real women.

We’ve compiled a list of innovative perfume bottle designs that caught our eye around the web.