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This Designer Invented The Ultimate Font Finder
There are certain celebrity fonts that get so much play, they're instantly recognizable. (Looking at you, Helvetica, Comic Sans, and Times New Roman.) But it can be frustrating to sleuth the true...
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The Making Of N.Y.C.'s First Great 21st Century Park
New York has some of the most beautiful parks in the world, but when you're in them you're always aware of the urban thrum. Even in the great Olmstedian masterpiece of Central Park, you can't quite...
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5 Rules For Designing Great Cities, From Denmark's Star Urbanist
The web of pedestrian streets, narrow alleys, and picturesque canals in Venice have lured tourists to the Italian port city for hundreds of years. There's a near constant hum of activity as people...
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Coming To Market: An Apartment In A Box That Morphs At The Press Of A Button
Space is a luxury, and apartments aren't getting bigger any time soon (sigh). But a new company called Ori thinks that we don't necessarily need to think larger; we just need to think smarter about...
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Saving The Last Of California's Spectacular Googie Windmills
While most restaurants are eager to adopt the latest design fad, a Denny's in Southern California spent a cool six figures resurrecting a beloved piece of its 1960s design: a spinning windmill.Designed...
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Jamba Juice Just Got Some Serious Design Cred
Along the main drag in Pasadena's historic downtown core, Jamba Juice has opened its newest store. When you step inside, the expansive space—with its terrazzo floor, sinuous oak bar, minimalist...
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The House Divorce Built
It's a fact of life that people fall in and out of love. Around 40% to 50% of marriages in the United States end in divorce, and it's rarely a clean break. Studio OBA, an architecture firm based in...
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An App That Reminds Smartphone Zombies To Look Up
Between Facebook, Pokémon Go, Snapchat, and the myriad apps we have on our phones, it's easy to keep our eyes glued to a screen at the expense of paying attention to what's around us. Designer Ekene...
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Nest's Latest: A Security Camera That Uses AI To Analyze Threats
Today, Nest announced the newest addition to its product line: a security camera called Nest Cam Outdoor.The camera's weatherproof industrial design is slick, but it's the software that has the...
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You Can Now Pay $2,000 To "Glamp" On This Midtown Manhattan Roof
Imagine sleeping under the stars, the gentle hum of crickets lulling you to sleep. Sounds nice, right? The W Hotel in Manhattan is attempting to channel the charm of camping with what it calls the...
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MasterCard Gets Its First New Logo In 20 Years
Today, MasterCard revealed a redesign of its consumer-facing logo, the first in 20 years. The way we buy and pay for things has changed dramatically in the past two decades ago—think about the...
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Samsung's Unexpected Design Hit, The Serif TV, Is Finally Coming To The U.S.
When the Serif TV by Samsung launched last year, it turned the heads of nearly everyone in the design world, an instant and unexpected design masterpiece. But while it was available in Europe, the...
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How Urban Design Perpetuates Racial Inequality--And What We Can Do About It
Cities are complex organisms shaped by myriad forces, but their organization bears the fingerprints of planners and policy makers who have shaped them for decades. At the root of many of these...
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The World's Most Famous Piano Factory Is In Queens, New York
Grand pianos are works of art and feats of engineering composed of over 12,000 individual parts. It takes hundreds of hours to carve, forge, assemble, and finish one—a process that relies on skills...
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4 Ways Your Office Is Crushing Your Creativity
Is your office stifling your creativity? A recent survey, conducted by the global architecture firm Gensler, suggests as much. The good news: You can do something about it.The online survey, called the...
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The Mad Scientists Of Vinyl Record Design
Making a vinyl record out of coffee grounds was an ambitious—and weird—request, but Gotta Groove Records entertained the idea. A client of the Cleveland-based record press wanted something that smelled...
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Knockoff Marble That's More Beautiful Than The Real Thing
While alchemists never succeeded in their quest to turn lead into gold, crafty builders since the Roman age have been transforming inexpensive plaster into far more luxurious materials, like...
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Etsy's New Headquarters Will Fill You With Envy
Etsy started out in 2005 as a small online marketplace for makers and DIYers, but the company has turned into an e-commerce behemoth that's enabled housewives to knit their way to millions. Along the...
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6 Ways To Make Your Indoor Plants Look Like Modern Art
As science has shown, nature offers restorative effects on our brains and can be a visual break from our often harried and frenetic lives. The research behind houseplants and their health benefits is...
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Finally, A Subway Strap Design That Eliminates Awkward Hand Touching
As subway offenses go, there's plenty to scoff about: overcrowding, frequent delays, odious smells, and crumbling infrastructure, to name a few. Another annoyance that can have serious safety...
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