This TV series, originally broadcast in the UK in 2010, "chart[s] design's evolution from the birth of industrial design, through to the plastics invented in the 50s and 60s and, finally, the 'designer decades' of the 80s and 90s and the digital revolution" (Azure blog http://azuremagazine.com/newsviews/blog_content.php?id=2054).

Watch the PBS documentary about the beginnings of Tupperware and the changing role of women in American society after World War II. The website also includes articles, interviews, additional film clips, photographs, and primary source materials.

"Planned Obsolescence" focuses on cradle-to-cradle design (rather than cradle-to-grave).

This branch of the UN Environment Program's Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics focuses on the sustainable use of natural resources and the design of sustainable products. Look under THEMES to find information about sustainable product design,

This website provides information about eco-friendly materials and finishes for interior design, product design, and building construction.

This Danish site has a wealth of information about materials, products and manufacturing processes.

The website of this consulting business provides information on "cradle to cradle" design - designing an entire lifecycle rather than merely the product or service.

This research center in the UK focuses on "Studies of surface wear mechanisms and integration of sustainable development issues within advanced in engineering components and systems". Although most of their publications fit within this fairly narrow focus

Maintained by the University of Brighton (UK), the Design Council Slide Collection contains over 13,000 images and "covers most areas of design. The majority of images show products of various kinds (including tableware, furniture, lighting, toys, domesti

Maintained by the University of Brighton (UK), the Design Council Archive contains over 3,000 images representing British design in the 20th century, with everything from pocketknives to wallpaper, from soap packages to furniture, from jewelry to entire r

The National UK Museum of Science and Industry created this site dedicated to the technology and design of everyday objects from 1750 to the present. Over 400 objects are displayed online, from plates to computer keyboards, from pens to sundials, from tob

A digital version of the current issue is available online. Back issues are not available. The blog looks good, and the Directories (Interior Products Showcase and Interior Design Buyers Guide) may be useful.