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West Elm Reinvents Its Office--And Itself
West Elm's new HQ signals the company's ambitions to evolve from residential retailer into design behemoth.West Elm's new office in a converted warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront looks, in a word,...
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Would You Put Your Baby To Sleep In A $1K Robotic Bassinet?
Designed by Fuseproject's Yves Behar, Snoo uses AI and robotics to soothe infants to sleep. But at $1,160, it isn't cheap.The shrill scream of an infant isn't just a nuisance, Dr. Harvey Karp argues;...
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The Most Famous Task Chair Ever Gets A 21st-Century Update
The Aeron chair from Herman Miller achieved cult status before it debuted in 1994. How do you improve an icon?Decades ago, the symbol of executive success was a lavishly tufted leather throne. That all...
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Why Being A City Geek Is So Cool Today
Once the unsung workhorses of cities, infrastructure is now a lifestyle trend. Can it actually help cities?Earlier this year, Pentagram partner Marina Willer and a cadre of her colleagues roamed...
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The Other High Line Effect: How N.Y.C.'s Glitziest Park Spread Extreme...
Urban revitalization has a dark side, as a new film about the much vaunted—and widely copied—High Line shows.The High Line is a beautiful, bustling elevated park built on a former railway. Planted with...
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Can A Building Engineer Innovation?
With the newly minted Pennovation Center, the University of Pennsylvania and architecture firm HWKN certainly think so.Innovation is a buzzy thing in architecture today. It's nearly impossible to avoid...
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What Do Trump And Clinton Carry In Their Bags? Here's A Guess
Spoiler: Hot sauce and self-tanner are involved.Keys, wallet, phone—there are a few common essentials that most of us lug around daily. But beyond that, the contents of our bags are a psychographic...
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This Dutch Company Turns Demolished Buildings Into Beautiful Materials
Razing old structures creates huge amounts of waste. StoneCycling transforms it into usable material.One of the newest buildings on Gouvernestraat, a road in Rotterdam, is actually one of the...
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MoMA Adds Emoji To Its Permanent Collection
The Museum of Modern Art has acquired 176 emoji designed by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999, calling them "humble masterpieces."<3Pictorial communication has been part of human culture for thousands of...
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The Midcentury Sculptor Who Changed The Way Kids Play
"What I was trying to get across was to provide an environment to play together," Jim Miller-Melberg has said of his "sculptures for play."No one doubts the importance of play in childhood...
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How One Florida City Is Reinventing Itself With UX Design
"Like great companies, great cities need to think about user experience."When we think of urban design, it's often the physical that comes to mind—the parks, infrastructure, neighborhoods, and...
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How Cities' Most Underserved Neighborhoods Are Making Themselves More Resilient
Informal settlements are producing their own resiliency efforts, and cities could learn a lot.As the aftermath of disasters that have been fueled by climate change—like hurricanes Katrina and Sandy or...
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Creative Block? Try Thinking Like An Architect To Build Great Ideas
Ideas don't come out of the blue—they're created contextually. Here's how Snøhetta built a foundation for creativity.The Oslo-based multidisciplinary design firm Snøhetta has been steadily leaving its...
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What If Trump's Infamous Wall Was A Monument To Mexican Architecture?
Blasphemy turned Barragán, courtesy of a beautiful magenta wash.Not that we need reminding, but this election has been one of the craziest of all time. If there is one "positive" side effect of all the...
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How Trump Made Architecture (And Cities) Worse
From inflating building heights to stiffing contractors on their fees, Trump has consistently disrespected the architecture profession.Before Donald Trump made a name for himself as a peddler of...
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Dieter Rams's Lesser-Known Genius As A Furniture Designer
Before modularity was a design buzzword, Dieter Rams made it matter.In the 1970s, Dieter Rams began formulating his 10 principles of good design, which designers today still interpret as gospel—a...
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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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9 Brilliant Student Ideas That Augur The Future Of Fashion
Graduates from the Design Academy Eindhoven imagine the future of fashion.While the "don't judge a book by its cover" metaphor rings true in many realms, fashion isn't typically one of them. The way we...
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Visionary Landscape Architect And Urbanist Diana Balmori Has Died
"Landscape is becoming the main actor of the urban stage, not just a destination," Balmori wrote in 2010's A Landscape Manifesto.Architect Diana Balmori died in her sleep on November 14, according to...
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How One Design Studio Is Keeping Traditional Craft Techniques Alive
Who would've guessed a boiling cauldron and molten wax could make such a delicate pattern?Designers Nicholas and Rachel Cope of Calico Wallpaper draw inspiration from all kinds of unlikely places. For...
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