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The Unsung Architecture Of 1990s Anime
The intricate hand-drawn worlds of director Mamoru Oshii's films hide lessons for architects.In most films, the scenery is merely a backdrop—the second fiddle to the dramatic tension between...
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This Man Makes The World's Tiniest Modern Living Rooms
For Michael Yurkovic, a maker of miniature modern design, size matters.Michael Yurkovic's studio has all the trappings of a typical craftsman's workshop—soldering irons, exacto knives, a lathe, strips...
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You Won't Believe What BuzzFeed's New Office Looks Like
#OMGMore than 79 million people read BuzzFeed every month and the media company has built an empire on OMG-Cute-Fail-WTF moments that give bored desk jockeys some reprieve from their menial jobs....
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This Skeleton-Inspired Building Brings A Little Gaudí To NYC
The residential building is a mashup of SoHo's classic cast-iron facades and the biomorphic genius of the Catalan architect.It's common for architects to talk compare buildings to bodies—bones stand in...
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Timber Skyscrapers Aren't Fantasy--Here's The Research That Proves It
The results of a new full-scale test by SOM could pave the way for more sustainable high-rises.For years, architects have flirted with the idea of tall buildings made from mass timber, an engineered...
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Virgin America's New App Puts A Travel Agent In Your Pocket
The airline's new app by Work & Co launches in beta this week.Travel agents were among the first casualties of the Internet age, rendered obsolete by websites that let travelers select and book...
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Turn Your MacBook Into A Stone-Cold Stunner With These Marble Decals
Uniqfind's vinyl skins are marbleous.Marble has been prized for centuries for its innate beauty and has captivated creatives for just as long. At the hands of Greek sculptors it can look as supple as...
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Moleskine Has Opened A Cafe. Doodlers Welcome
The famed notebook maker's latest creativity-celebrating venture revolves around coffee.Tucked inside every Moleskine notebook is a slip of paper that tells the brand's history. Picasso, Hemingway, and...
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Why Midcentury-Modern Architecture Endures
A new book on the masterful architect William Krisel documents the golden age of midcentury-modern design.The midcentury-modern houses of Palm Springs, California, are unmistakable. With their strong...
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Pantone's Addictive New App Turns The World Into A Prismatic Palette
Pantone Studio launches this week in the App Store and is targeted to digital designers and the color-obsessed.From its humble roots as a printing company in suburban New Jersey to becoming the...
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Prefab Housing Isn't A Subculture Anymore, It's A Necessity
In the fifth book of her "Prefabulous" series, author Sheri Koones hits upon "the ideal method" for building homes.Housing trends come and go, but Prefabulous Small Houses, the latest book from prefab...
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N.Y.C.'s Next Great Cultural Destination: A Wild Shape-Shifting Building
The Shed takes "multipurpose room" to the next level.Like many of the experimental architects in the 1960s, Cedric Price had ideas so radical that they were destined to the confines of sketchbook pages...
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Why You Should Actually Watch The Opening Ceremony This Year
One of Brazil's most celebrated filmmakers orchestrated the opening to Rio's Olympic games.Over the years, the Olympic opening ceremonies have devolved into obscene pageantry, but tonight's might be...
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A $35 Million Design Empire Built On The Humble Place Mat
Sandy Chilewich started out dyeing fabric in a washing machine in the '70s. Today, her company makes 40,000 place mats a week.The place mat sits low on the totem pole of design objects, but for Sandy...
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Reviving A Failed Design From The 1950s With Technology From Today
It took nearly 60 years for technology to catch up with Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni's vision for the Taccia lamp.Many ahead-of-their-time designers had to wait for technological breakthroughs...
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Turn Your House Into A 3D Painting With These Awesome Room Dividers
Kandinsky would approve.Madrid-based designer Ana Arana is well versed in the game of hide-and-seek. Case in point? Her unassuming kitchen in a box that holds an arsenal of appliances and cooking...
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Google Has A Solution For The UX Design Education Gap: Google
A new degree program with SCAD aims to "fill the gaps" in user experience design education.As a profession, "designer" is constantly evolving. Fifty years ago, chances are you'd either be a graphic...
View ArticleDesigners Sandbag Trump
This group of designers wants to build Trump's wall. Just not where he wants it.In this haywire election season, one of the most absurd "plans" Donald Trump has managed to squeeze in between his...
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The Ingenious Way Push Pin Advertised Its Design Services In The Rotary-Phone...
Essential phone numbers and display type by Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast, all in one retro poster.Push Pin—the graphic design studio founded in 1954 by Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and Edward...
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The Unsung Architecture Of 1990s Anime
The intricate hand-drawn worlds of director Mamoru Oshii's films hide lessons for architects.In most films, the scenery is merely a backdrop—the second fiddle to the dramatic tension between...
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