Pretty iPhone wallpapers to help you remember New Year's resolutions.

Notice all those extras that end up in your shopping basket when you try to buy something online? You didn't put them there. Whilst it might be common practise in the industry to use techniques like this to upsell, in more traditional terms it's called a scam. Can it be stopped though? More specifically: can you put a stop to it?

There's a strange moral arrogance that all designers seem to have. It's important to us, as we have a loyalty to users too - but it is often in stark contradiction to the reality of the clients and companies we work for. Business is rarely about a moral high ground - it's about making money. If more designers understood this I'm sure their lives would be far less stressful. I can't ever remember walking into a meeting and winning an argument against making more money. It just doesn't happen.

If there are to be better attitudes across the whole industry then it has to filter down from the top in a company. Designers are in no position to dictate to their superiors. Naming and shaming is a drastic method and insanely arrogant, but the truth is that if it were effective there are many who would appreciate it - not least of which would be the customers who should not have to tolerate being treated so poorly.

Great idea. Considerate to the actual habits of pedestrians, with gentle persuasion towards a safer path. It also helps drivers to be more aware of pedestrians who take unexpected routes across the road.

In the UK, road design is focused on safety but often overlooks convenience. Where the inconvenience has become too great, pedestrians will seek alternate routes across traffic even if it means putting their own lives at risk. The fault is in the design if it does not make convenience a priority.

It's inevitable.

Gorgeous photos by Laurent Nivalle.

Beautiful animation by Renaud Hallée.

For the iPhone.

This looks really special.

Good win.

Min-Kyu Choi's design is useful, neat and very well thought out. He has was worked within the constraints of existing standards and created something significantly better.

Tesla Motors have sorted out their supplier problems with the Roadster, and now intend to increase production and extend sales into 2012. It's become an iconic car, and I think it will serve them well to keep it around for longer if only for PR.

Opening bid is $1 million. The last time this domain went up for sale it made $14 million.

This is apparently the final design for the PlayStation motion controller. Visually it's much like the Wii controller, but technically it differs as it operates using a camera - the PlayStation Eye (already available). The camera detects the exact position of the controller in 3D space instead of relative like the Wii controller. This means no cheating - it will know if you're only half heartedly attacking that dragon from the comfort of your sofa. The camera also allows for augmented reality, drawing the user further into a virtual world.

Another film to see in 3D!