This week at Fast Company, we looked at an upcycling service for unrecyclable items, Wal-Mart's small strides towards big advances in sustainability, Monsanto's fish oil-filled soybeans, and the future of virtual doctor care. Full Article at Treehugger

The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design has announced at their World Design Congress that. Fast Company has a nice photo series of design highlights from the Finnish capital, and they are dazzling. Full Article at Village Voice

Perhaps, when you think of design, your thoughts turn to “high street gadgets and museums with fancy products in them”. In which case, Tim Brown would like you to think again. Mr Brown is an industrial designer by training. Full Article at Times Online

John A. Byrne, for years one of BusinessWeek’s most prolific writers and later one its most admired editors, is leaving the magazine to launch his own digital media company. Full Article at Business Week

Uygur doesn't look like a rebel, but there is something revolutionary going on here. Full Article at mediabistro.com

At least a dozen of the company's current offerings are essentially unauthorized reproductions of a foreign design. Full Article at Apartment Therapy - LA