Icon-o-Cast: a podcast by LUNAR

Lunar engineers Robert Howard, Jonathan Downing and Wenson Chern take apart two toy helicopters to examine their engineering designs. Watch the video or play/download an audio version. (video version)

Lunar engineers Robert Howard, Jonathan Downing and Wenson Chern take apart two toy helicopters to examine their engineering designs. Watch the video or play/download an audio version.

Lunar's Gretchen Anderson and independent researcher Lisa Leckie discuss how soft research and ethnographic studies affect design.

Cognitive scientist and usability expert Don Norman returns to Icon-o-Cast, joining John Edson and Gretchen Anderson in a Connections segment for a wide-ranging discussion about the design of future things. They also talk about what's right and wrong with TiVo, airlines, Jott, reQall, cell phones and online map services. Business Week calls Don a “cantankerous visionary” for a reason.

Can innovation be taught or is it embedded in creativity? How is India becoming an innovator in the world of outsourcing? IdeaFarms CEO Sunil Malhotra discusses innovation and India with Lunar's John Edson.

In this special edition of Icon-o-Cast -- available in multiple video formats and in audio MP3 -- Jeff Smith, CEO of Lunar, and Nirmal Sethia, Director of the Center for Business and Design at Cal Poly Pomona, present a new way of thinking about the challenges of sustainable design. Includes considerations for businesses, designers and consumers.

In this special edition of Icon-o-Cast -- available in multiple video formats and in audio MP3 -- Jeff Smith, CEO of Lunar, and Nirmal Sethia, Director of the Center for Business and Design at Cal Poly Pomona, present a new way of thinking about the challenges of sustainable design. Includes considerations for businesses, designers and consumers.

In this special edition of Icon-o-Cast -- available in multiple video formats and in audio MP3 -- Jeff Smith, CEO of Lunar, and Nirmal Sethia, Director of the Center for Business and Design at Cal Poly Pomona, present a new way of thinking about the challenges of sustainable design. Includes considerations for businesses, designers and consumers.

Is there a future for magazines? Magazine Editor Andreas Reed and Lunar's John Edson discuss creating a new publication and sources of inspiration in the creative process.

Lunar's Jeff Smith and Cal Poly Pomona Professor Nirmal Sethia introduce a new model for sustainable design and consumption.

Lunar's John Edson, Andrew Zee and Robert Howard respond to listener feedback and discuss working globally, job titles and process www.lunar.com | podcast@lunar.com

Members of the Lunar Team share some of their favorite gifts of the holiday season.

Lunar's John Edson and Gretchen Anderson explore the mysteries and wonder of Interaction Design. podcast@lunar.com www.lunar.com

Lunar's John Edson and Zoe Corneli talk with designers attending the Connecting'07 conference in San Francisco about sustainable design, creating environmentally friendly products and using design to make a difference. (Our first videocast!)

Lunar's John Edson and Zoe Corneli talk with designers attending the Connecting'07 conference in San Francisco about sustainable design, creating environmentally friendly products and using design to make a difference.