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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

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

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

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

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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Brad Pitt's Hunky House Designs (Photos)

treehugger.com | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Green Architecture, New Orleans-Louisiana, Duplex, Architecture, Design, Green Rebuilding, Brad Pitt, Rebuilding New Orleans, Brad Pitt's House Design, Brad-Pitt-New-Orleans, Green News

Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Foundation has released a new set of duplex designs for New Orleans, by yet another round of big name architects from arou...

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Arne Duncan, It Is Also About the Building

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Arne Duncan, Children, Charter Schools, Architecture, Design, Education Reform, Teachers, Politics News

Many schools in this country are in utter disrepair and the outdated portable classrooms that dot the landscape of the American school system are harmful to the health of our children.

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How You Earn Your Living Can Become The Way You Give Back

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.

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Vertical Vegetecture: Urban Life Plus Farming Equals Cool Design

dornob | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Urban Farming, Design, Architecture, Green Building, Green Design, Vertical Farming, Green News

In increasingly dense urban areas, sometimes the only way to build is up. And with a movement to grow more food locally and to add more green to our u...

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Origin and Destination: Culture Matters

Eve Blossom | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Design, Sustainability, Sustainable Design, Green Business, Business, Culture, Green News

If we truly want to be sustainable, why stop at environmental, social, and financial sustainability?

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Nate Berkus, Design Expert Featured on Oprah, on The Interview Show [VIDEO]

Mark Bazer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Ty Pennington, Bazer, Oprah, Hideout, Nate Berkus, Chicago, Home Design, Design, Style News

The home-design expert featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, stopped by The Interview Show, to discuss his career, his design philosophy and what the show can do to improve its set.

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An Open Letter to GM CEO Fritz Henderson

Gerald Sindell | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Logo, Design, Fritz Henderson, GM Bankruptcy, Business News

Can an organization that has made so much truly ugly stuff suddenly start making great design?

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Audi: What a Difference a Decade Makes

Trevor Traina | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Design, Automakers, Bmw, Cars, Auto Industry, Audi, Mercedes, Business News

April car sale numbers are in: Audi outsold Mercedes and is nipping at the heels of BMW.

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The 10 Best Online Ads Of The Year

Nicholas Carlson | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Design, Publishing, Media, Technology, Advertising, Online, Media News

Besides the nearly infinite amount of inventory out there, probably the biggest problem with online advertising is that usually, the creative sucks.

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Andre Balazs on Inspired Public Spaces and Quirky Design

Dave Pinter | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Design, Andre Balazs, Hotels, Business, Hospitality, New York City, Travel, Style News

Andre is a connoisseur of design whose successful formula mixes the vaguely familiar with the unexpected and unique.

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Educating Youth to Design Solutions for Social Issues

Scott Ballum | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Creativity, Youth, Design, Education, Social Responsibilty, Media News

This article originally appeared on PSFK.com When it comes to utilizing design or creative thinking to shape our society, few avenues are more direct...

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After the Golden Age, Can Car Design Go Green?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Chrysler, 2009 New York Auto Show, Gm, Ford, J Mays, Audi, Toyota, Green, Cadillac, Design, Chris Bangle, Harley Earl, Cars, Style News

In fact, the urgent demand to do something about global warming may bring about a second Golden Age in auto design.

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The Architect's Dilemma: The Architecture of Excess vs. an Architecture of Relevance

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Zaha Hadid, Relevance, Economy, Architecture, Excess, Design, Recession, Ali, Style News

There has been a split forming in the profession for quite sometime. While some pushed the boundaries of how to build, a new younger group of professionals began to question why we build and who to build for.

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STARS of DESIGN: LA vs. NYC

Ashlee Harrison | Posted 05.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Pacific Design Center, Matthew Rolston, West Hollywood, Charles Cohen, Design, Shepard Fairey, Stars of Design, Los Angeles, Style News

Charles Cohen asked Shepard Fairey and Matthew Rolston about the how they're changing business for this economy, what's inspiring them now, and why LA beats out New York.

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Paper Water Bottles: A Brand New Way To Waste!

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Bottles, Paper Waste, Poll, Design, Waste, Plastic, Green Living, Green Design, Green News

Maybe I've got a case of the Mondays, or maybe this is really annoying. I love design. I love green design. But I don't love when people just innovate...

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Sliding-Roof Greenhouse Finds Own Natural Light

dornob | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Design, Sliding Roof Greenhouse, Farming, Greenhouse, Green Technology, Green News

The moving part of this remarkable sliding building is a whopping 50 tons and nearly 100 feet long. Gliding on rails, this enclosing exterior element ...

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Tweet From SXSWi '09: "Pessimists Die Quickly" (Gulp)

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

I believe we need to place trust in one another and create community-based responses to climate change, whole or piecemeal, in the face of constraints that are bound to grow over time.

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Green Walls: 15 Buildings With Vertical Vegetation

WebEcoist | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Design, Green Design, Green Walls, Green Technology, Green Roofs, Green News

Vertical gardens bring lush, verdant life to even the coldest and barest of surfaces, both indoors and out. These 'living walls' increase interior hum...

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Herman Miller's Embody Chair: Fully Considered Furniture

Christine Huang | Posted 04.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Design, Sustainability, Chair, Herman Miller, Embody, Living News

This article originally appeared on PSFK.com. Herman Miller has one upped its own much-loved Aeron with the Embody, its most fully considered chair y...

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PSFK Talks to NOLA's Dirty Coast

Piers Fawkes | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Creativity, Design, New Orleans, Louisiana, Dirty Coast, Psfk, Business News

This article originally appeared on PSFK.com. When PSFK found itself at the far end of Magazine Street in New Orleans, we visited one of the creative...

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