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A Cup of Coffee to Build Sustainable Communities

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Sarah Jones, Majora Carter, Creative Commons, Jehane Noujaim, Allison Arieff, Ted, Architecture, Design, Giving, Development, Richard Saul Wurman, Sustainable Building, Kate Stohr, Impact News
Cameron Sinclair

Through Architecture For Humanity's "Do A Latte Good" campaign, you can bid on coffee with one of our great supporters, and in return they'll contribute to help reconstruction efforts post-Typhoon Ketsana.

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What Women Publish: How Miss Pettigrew Came to Live Another Day

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 11.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, London Bookstores, Female Authors, Out of Print, Design, Bookstore, Entrepreneurs, Prints, London, Female-Run Businesses, Nicola Beauman, Publishing, Period Piece, Persephone Books, Historical Novels, Female-Authors, Books News
Chauncey Zalkin

Here are outtakes from my conversation with the smart and funny-as-hell woman who started and runs Persephone Books. Without her, Miss Pettigrew would literally not have lived to see another day.

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Treehouse Photos: Awesomely Unusual Creations

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Design, Slidepoll, Tree-Houses, Green Living, Green Design, Treehouse-Society, Environment, Green News

Every kid fantasizes about living in a tree house, but some people are making that childhood fantasy into an all grown up reality. Have a look at this...

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Facebook Offices Unveiled (PHOTOS)

Shelterpop | Jaime Derringer | Posted 11.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Photos, Palo Alto, Facebook Offices, Design, Architecture, Facebook, Pictures, Studio O a Architects, Interior Design, Technology News

The brand new Facebook offices in Palo Alto, California got the designer treatment from Studio O+A architects....

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To Hell With 10-inch Stilettos and 3G Smartphones, How About Designing a Better Future?

Warren Berger | Posted 10.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Design Thinking, Hunger, Sustainable Design, Homelessness, World Hunger, National Design Week, Fashion Designers, Design, Green Design, Interior Design, Style News
Warren Berger

There's a lot of soul-searching going on among designers. Many have begun to grapple with the question: What is the role for design in a world that is no longer quite as "fabulous" as it once was?

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Homeless-Inspired Sheets Bring Street Into The Bedroom

Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Design, Homeless, Homeless Youth, Homelessness, Dutch by Design, Centrepoint, Impact News

Dutch By Design, a UK-based modern home goods company, is offering The Home Duvet, a comforter cover, emblazoned with the screen-print of a weathered ...

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The Form of the Book

Peter Clothier | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Design, Book Reviews, Book Publishing, Buddhism, Books, Living News
Peter Clothier

There is something to be said for a great book. There is even more to say for a nicely made book. And the one I'm currently reading somehow manages to be both.

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Women at Work: Insights From Women on the Front Lines of Polish Design

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Furniture, Design, Lighting, Women in Business, Innovation, Gender, Culture, Polish Design, Emerging Economies, Communism, Design Fairs, Eastern Europe, Style, Poland, Eastern-Bloc, Designer-Maker, New Business, Female, Gallery, Soviet Union, Entepreneurship, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

Design is about people -- the handiwork of the creator, human ingenuity, and the social ramifications of design in use.

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Open House New York Map

Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Open House, Landmarks, Mansions, Houses, Open House New York, Parks, Architecture, Design, Buildings, New York, New York News

This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...

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Open House New York: Where To Go This Weekend (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Open House, Landmarks, Houses, Mansions, Open House New York, Slidepoll, Architecture, Design, Buildings, New York, New York News

This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...

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Racing for the Sun: Energy COOL Solar Decathlon Back on The National Mall

A. Siegel | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Design, 2009-Solar-Decathlon, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Inside DC, Green News
A. Siegel

The Solar Decathlon is a biennial, ever-cool event, pitting colleges and universities across the nation in ten contests that "center on the ways we use energy in our daily lives."

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My London Design Fair 2009

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Creativity, Women, Wapping, Independent Stores, Furniture, Feminist, Girl, Bloomsbury, Terence Conran, Galleries, Artisans, Tom Dixon, Design, London Design Week, City, Trends, Innovation, Knitting-Comeback, Recent Graduate, London, Crafts, Skandium, Persephone Books, Portobello, Sustainability, Independent Design, Designers, Designer-Maker, Recycled Furniture, Entreprenurs, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

The week surpassed all expectations. London surprised me. The design energy there is unmistakably moving forward in creative, thoughtful and innovative ways.

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10 Best Playgrounds for Fun-Filled Adventures

Darell Hammond | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Parks and Recreation, Healthy Living, Living News, Children, Playground, Design, Community, Children's Health, Outdoor Exercise, Living News
Darell Hammond

Children spend their free time inside, lured by television and computers. If there was greater access to quality playspaces, more people would spend time outdoors.

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Artist As Citizen: Judge Our Climate Contest

Richard Reiss | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Art, Education, Filmmaking, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sculpture, Design, Artists, Climate Change, Photo Essay, Global Warming, Artist as Citizen, The Future, Risk, Communication, Mit, Green News
Richard Reiss

Over the summer, we set a couple of dozen creative students the task of describing the risk from climate change, as framed in the most recent IPCC and MIT reports.

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"Get Your Creative On" (A Friendly Suggestion)

Richard Laermer | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Theo-Van-Gogh, Good Branding, Creativity, Lucid Incorporated, Businesses, Bad Branding, Design, Starbucks, Business News
Richard Laermer

In many firms creativity is seen to be an add-on rather than a must-have and is treated with Rodney Dangerfield levels of respect.

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That Downturn Chic

Steve Ross | Posted 09.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Style, Humor, Satire, Design, Fashion, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Comedy News
Steve Ross

In keeping with the theme of this season's Expo -- "Donations: Past and Present" -- a recent show's audience of fashionistas and former financiers paid tribute to this year's movers and shakers in Downturn Fashion.

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Dying To Work: Human Trafficking and the Construction Industry

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Skyscraper, Uae, Dubai, Zero Carbon, Ethics, Design, Building, Architecture, Human Trafficking, Business News
Cameron Sinclair

What good is building a zero energy, carbon neutral complex if unethical labor practices are jeopardizing the lives of those who build this architectural wonder?

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Architects Go Back to School and Design the Classroom of the Future

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Architecture, Green, Design, Learning, Classroom, Back to School, Sustainable, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge brought together more that 7000+ students, teachers and building professionals to work on upgrading and expanding their learning environments.

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GM Creates 'The Lab' Blog to Test Transportation Concepts

Dave Pinter | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Open Source, Design, Auto Industry, Blogging, Crowdsourcing, Green Cars, General Motors, Gm, Hybrid Cars, GM Cars, Cars, Future of General Motors, General Motors News, Business News
Dave Pinter

The theme of the 'Bare Necessity' is, as GM Designer Therese Tant writes, a back-to basics approach, less is more, less cost, less complexity = efficiency.

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Clothing Company to go Logo-less and Brand-less

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Design, Clothing, Branding, Logos, Style, Business, Punk Rock Ethos, Freshjive, Brands, Rick Klotz, Anti-Branding, Style News
Piers Fawkes

Rick Klotz, the owner and designer for Freshjive states disillusionment with the world of branding and marketing and a desire to return to the essence of design as reason for this bold new move.

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Driven to Design

Todd Greene | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Gary-Larson, Motels, Design, Willy Wonka, Designers, Hannibal Lecter, Europe, Hearst-Castle, Interior Design, San Francisco, Living News
Todd Greene

If you want to experience design, go off the beaten path, and be accepting of design that permits ease of use while you ponder the relationship we all share with it.

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Facebook HQ Designed Through Facebook Platform

Dave Pinter | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Sri, Style, Work, Design, Office, San Francisco, Studio O+A, Facebook, Interior Design, Redecorating, Decorating, Facebook HQ, Business News
Dave Pinter

The design brings together seemingly disparate elements to form a cohesive pattern and uses color and interior spacing to create neighborhoods within the open plan space.

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Winning Designs in China: Standing Out to Fit In

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 08.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Giorgio Armani, Fashion, Apple, Nokia, Design in China, Anta, Chinese Culture, Ford, Successful Design in China, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Design, Fashion in China, Mont Blanc, China, Style News
Tom Doctoroff

Western-style individualism is like Eve's apple -- succulent, enticing, desired. Biting into it, however, risks banishment to the Land of Outcasts.

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Design Goes to the White House

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 08.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Michelle Obama, Design, National Design Awards, Architecture, Michelle Obama Fashion, Michelle Obama Designers, White House Design, White House Architecture, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Style News
Cameron Sinclair

The White House's recognition honors the work of individuals from around the world who are committed to working together through the power of design to improve the lives of others.

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The Greatest Architecture Photo Ever Taken

Stephen Drucker | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Mad Men, Photography, House Beautiful, Stephen Drucker, Architecture, Design, Julius Shulman, Los Angeles, Home, Style News
Stephen Drucker

The photographer Julius Shulman died this week at age 98, and I think someone should just say it: Julius Shulman was responsible for the greatest architecture photo ever taken.

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