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Are These the 10 Buildings That Shaped America?
The PBS special, 10 Buildings That Changed America, examines the buildings that define our cultural history and shape the cities and towns we live in. Should these have made the cut? Find out which 10 won and why. Architecture matters, just not in the way it does to architects. Show More Summary
Adobe: There Will Be No Creative Suite 7
No Illustrator CS7? No Photoshop CS7? What’s going on?? Many design firms buy the new Adobe Creative Suite whenever it comes out. After all, the software is a mainstay for anyone who creates on computers. But today, Adobe has announced that there will be no Creative Suite 7. Show More Summary
Infographic: Visualizing All 168 Cover Versions Of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Peter Crnokrak listened to lots of Joy Division wannabes to put this together. “I first heard 'Love Will Tear Us Apart’ in a basement nightclub in Detroit in 1985,” Peter Crnokrak tells Co.Design. “I was quite young at the time, and it left an indelible impression--due, in no small part, to the romantic decay of ruins that was Detroit in the '80s. Show More Summary
A Short Survey of Architectural Publishing
The new World-Architects eMagazine includes "A Short Survey of Architectural Publishing," made up of some Q&As I conducted with ten publishers. Click the link above or image below to read the piece. What is the state of architectural...Show More Summary
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A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates:
This week's dose features 101 Spring Street in New York City by Architecture Research Office:
The featured past dose is Art et Industrie in New York City by Architecture Research Office:
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A Micro Loft Designed For Maximum Impact
New York architects demonstrate just how good micro-living can be with their surprisingly spacious, multilevel Manhattan Micro Loft. Design constraints can breed invention. Few have tested this thesis more fully, perhaps, than architects...Show More Summary
How Big Data Is Rewriting Hollywood Scripts
Ever wonder why all movies seem to look the same? Yeah, there’s a reason. I honestly can’t tell horror movies apart. From set and costume design to the trailers that all seem to have the same…tempo…of…HE’S RIGHT THERE, OMG!!--novelty has clearly given way to successful tropes and generic market testing. Show More Summary
Watch: Our Deepest Fears, Revealed By Google Auto-Complete
Google’s Suggest tool is often as hilarious as it is shameful. But in this short video, it highlights the evolving insecurities of life. “I’m 10 and pregnant.” It pops up in the white auto-suggest drop-down before your finger can even leave the zero key. Show More Summary
A Modular Stretcher That Assembles Under Bodies, To Prevent More Injury
A design student reimagines the stretcher with the aim of preventing secondary injuries. Even if you have zero medical training, you probably know this: when somebody breaks a bone, you want to immobilize it as quickly as possible. Danny...Show More Summary
How To Design For The Sharing Economy
How do you become the next Zipcar, Netflix, or Airbnb? Follow these five rules, from Artefact’s Lada Gorlenko. The definition of ownership is changing. We are becoming less interested in owning products and accumulating wealth through long-term purchases. Show More Summary
A Photographer Finds Order And Chaos In Disassembled Gadgets
Todd McLellan tears apart design classics to expose their hidden complexity. It’s kind of insane, when you stop and think, that it’s now completely commonplace for many of us to replace our cellphones every year. Whether you’re a serious...Show More Summary
Stormcloud at SCI-Arc
The following text, photos, and video are courtesy Oyler Wu Collaborative for their Stormcloud installation, as part of SCI-Arc's 40th anniversary celebration.
Designed and built by the office of Oyler Wu Collaborative along with students...Show More Summary
A Designer Coffee Table Made Of Candy (For Emergency Eating Only)
Lollipop tables? Chocolate chairs? Pinto-bean couches? A new concept line from Lanzavecchia + Wai builds the emergency rations right into the living room furniture. Your average table is built to last forever. In moments of extreme crisis, it could maybe even block bullets in a doorway, or serve as firewood during a nuclear winter. Show More Summary
Sneak Peek: Punk Designer Vivienne Westwood Redesigns Virgin Atlantic’s Uniforms
The edgy British fashion designer and soon-to-be space cowboy Richard Branson are teaming up. Flight attendant uniforms have historically been problematic, to say the least. They tend to lean too far toward one end on the matron-to-sex-kitten continuum--and at their worst, they can even provoke a cultural outcry. Show More Summary
Infographic: The Amazing Evolution Of Video Game Controllers
A thorough family tree of the gear we use to game, from the Playstation Move to the Power Glove. Like the games we play with them, video game controllers have grown more complex throughout the years. They’ve become more ergonomic, and their buttons have multiplied. Show More Summary
For Green Design To Have A Chance, It Should Be Beautiful
In The Shape of Green, architect Lance Hosey argues that the way toward green design is through aesthetics rooted in nature. Editors’ note: The following is an excerpt from The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design (Island Press). Show More Summary
An Eco-Friendly Lamp That’s Actually Beautiful
Ugly, greenwashed products are a dime a dozen. Here’s a lamp that doesn’t lean on its eco-friendly nature to be desirable. The word “bohemian” comes to mind. The Drawstring Lamp is full of understated cool, a casual conveyance of “oh,...Show More Summary
The Evolution Of The Disco Ball Is Now Complete
Dynamic sculpture? Projection mapping? Interactive light art? Fluidic is all of the above. You walk into a dim room. You become aware of a mass hovering in the distance. As you draw near, you see that it’s a cloud made up of thousands of ping-pong-ball-sized spheres--and you see that it’s hovering over a pool of water. Show More Summary
A Rugged, Clip-On Speaker Takes Siri Out On The Trails
Who knew she could get her hands dirty on a mountain bike and still hold all your calls? Chris McKleroy was biking up a mountain in Northern California one day, a portable speaker linked to his phone, when he got a call. Not wantingShow More Summary
The Images of Architects
For the 2012 Venice Biennale, Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati curated a selection of "Pictographs—Statement of contemporary architects." The inspirational images from well-known architects were displayed on a large table in the Arsenale,...Show More Summary
