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Function lists 50 great redesigns in a wide range of industries and product types from logos to automobile design.

A redesign can be worth its weight in gold if you get it right. There is a thin line between freshening up your design, and taking a step backwards with a redesign. Sometimes a redesign can be subtle and simple, and other times it can be a huge re-vamp of a company and it’s goals.

I don't agree with every redesign in the list, like AT&T, but this is a well thought-out and annotated compilation with some wonderful examples of brand and product transformations. Some are subtle, while others are dramatic. All transform the original in very creative ways.

http://wefunction.com/2008/10/50-stunning-examples-of-a-great-redesign/

Gazopa provides image upload and drawing interfaces for image search. The idea of finding similar images by comparing against a submitted image or drawing is not new, but search tools that use this tech have failed to catch on in consumer sites. People with information retrieval background might be familiar with IBM's QBIC, query by image content, technology for instance.

Gazopa looks very interesting, and the results are not bad at all, even with my crude bicycle drawing above. The Flash drawing tool is a little rough around the edges, but I'm sure that will improve as well. Looks like one of the best attempts to bring this to the masses so far.

http://www.gazopa.com/

Inspire is a new site from Adobe Experience Design. With interviews, videos, and examples of work, the site is part magazine, part showcase, part news portal. It's definitely worth a regular watch.

http://xd.adobe.com/#/home