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Kano Taught Thousands Of People To Build Computers. Next Up? Gadgets
The DIY computer company with a cult following is now selling cameras, speakers, and pixel grids.When Kano launched on Kickstarter in 2013, it quickly earned a cult following. The company's mission...
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Abstractions Of Skyscrapers Inspired These Cozy Blankets
By remixing photographs and satellite imagery, designer Danny Lee turns London buildings into beautiful pixelated patterns.British textile artist Danny Lee often looks to his day-to-day experiences to...
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5 Big Ideas For Better Housing From The White House
The lack of affordable housing is a huge problem in America. The White House has some ideas.Homeownership has been tied to the American dream for decades, but the recession and enduringly volatile real...
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An Algorithm Gives This 3D-Printed Table Countless Permutations
Digital fabrication—with a mind of its own.The Rio table seems pretty conventional at first glance. Designed by the architecture firm Studio Integrate for the British furniture brand Morgan, it has a...
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Designer Hacks A Jig Saw To Invent New Technique For Felting Wool Rugs
"For craft to stay relevant, it must innovate," designer Adam Blencowe says.Product designer Adam Blencowe is obsessed with experimental manufacturing processes, like using ice to cast plaster...
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Architecture Schools Are Failing. This Designer Is Calling For A Revolution
Architecture school wants to be free.Los Angeles–based designer Peter Zellner has an ax to grind with architectural education in the United States. Students are saddled with debt, schools aren't...
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How Can Google Get Away With Making A Phone That Looks Just Like An iPhone?
#Twinning.Yesterday, Google revealed Pixel, a new AI-driven smartphone built to lure frustrated iPhone users away from Apple. And Google is doing it with hardware that's a dead ringer for the iPhone....
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CBS Is Developing A Show About A Badass Architect
It's Robin Hood meets Howard Roark.Television has plenty of cops, firefighters, and doctors. But architects? About as common as a T square in a contemporary practice. (Unless you're talking about...
View ArticleThis Pavilion Will Break The Guinness Record For Largest 3D-Printed Object
"How do we turn a 3D truss into a cephalopod?"The New York-based architecture firm SHoP has built stadiums and skyscrapers. It has planned innovation hubs and entire city districts. Which makes its...
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New From Target And Dwell: Chic, Modern Furniture For $400 Or Less
Modern design finally within reach?Today Target and the the shelter magazine Dwell announced a 120-piece furniture and home accessories line. Available in late December, the collaboration is a marriage...
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A Champion Of Prefab Building Just Sold Off Its Prefab Business
The developer Forest City Ratner has sold its prefab factory and intellectual property to the new startup Full Stack Modular.The 22-acre Pacific Park development—formerly known as Atlantic Yards—is one...
View ArticleThis Strip Of Plastic Cleverly Folds Into 4 Measuring Spoons
The space-saving Polygons measuring spoon is on a mission to declutter kitchen drawers.Recipes often ask for a dash of this and a pinch of that, leaving chefs to fumble through measuring spoons to find...
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How Graphic Designer Louise Fili Creates Timeless Logos
"I think of a logo as a typographic portrait," she says.On Sundays, designer Louise Fili likes to venture into her Manhattan office, pull out her visual diaries—albums of perfume labels, orange...
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4 Parks That Are Making Their Cities More Beautiful--And Sustainable
Here's how Thomas Woltz and company channel site-specific details into meaningful, large-scale parks.When the landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz designs urban parks, it looks at two things:...
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Landscape Architect Thomas Woltz Is Coming To A Park Near You
The principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz is invigorating cities across the country with a new approach to urban parks.On the west side of Manhattan, an armada of cranes and construction workers is building...
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Ikea Lets Kids Design Its New Toys, And They're Delightful
For kids, by kids.Children have amazingly active imaginations, and tend to come up with things that even the most creative adults would never think of. Now, Ikea is smartly tapping into this wellspring...
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The Little-Known History Of Why Washington, D.C., Is A Brutalist Playground
For fans of the oft-maligned style, D.C. is paradise. How did it get that way?Washington, D.C., is a sea of exalted obelisks, elegant monuments, and at least one vaunted architectural expression of...
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In Pictures: 100 Years Of Design At Planned Parenthood
"Our voice is your cool aunt who's going to give you expert life advice."Planned Parenthood celebrated its centenary on October 16. While the group has always stood for reproductive freedom—acting as a...
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Your Personal Shopper On eBay? Artificial Intelligence
The future of online shopping is visual recognition.Part of the thrill of buying vintage design is in hunting down great finds. That process loses its appeal online, where buyers face an overwhelming...
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Designer Hostels Are Coming To A City Near You
Generator—a European brand of design-minded hostels—is embarking on a U.S. expansion. Move over Airbnb?A decade ago, "hostel" was code for lumpy bunks in shared accommodations with questionable...
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