Architecture
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Materials Quiet Panic
Assa Abloy’s panic-door device suits up security with sophisticated form.
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March 2018
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Art School Redux
Emily Carr University’s new Vancouver digs look to the future while remaining faithful to the past.
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March 2018
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Community Colleges Step It Up
With major architecture firms getting involved, these formerly neglected institutions are having a design renaissance— and showing us how design could transform the American education system.
8 min |
September 2017
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Designing Connections
The latest iteration of BIO, Ljubljana’s design biennale, aims at the full socialization of design and miraculously succeeds.
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September 2017
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Scenographic
The recent popularity of architectural collage has led to a lot of cloning and some groaning. But collage is more than an aesthetic—it helps reconceive space in new, often scenographic ways.
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September 2017
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Motley Harmony
The newly reopened Musée d’arts de Nantes, one of France’s great art institutions, unites four centuries of architectural styles.
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September 2017
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The Big Pattern
Schumacher finds fresh purpose in new applications for Frank Lloyd Wright’s textiles and wall-coverings.
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September 2017
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Sina Pearson's Next Act
After running her own textile company for 25 years, the designer is now bringing her brand and inimitable creative process to Momentum Group.
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September 2017
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Mood Light
A quick Google search on Himalayan salt lamps dredges up link after link touting the health benefits of the pink mineral. While some claims are outlandish, like neutralizing electromagnetic radiation from cell phones, others, like mood enhancement, seem a bit more plausible—especially when the light looks as good as Brave Matter’s Archaic Modern pendant. “As a designer, I believe that objects we surround ourselves with have the power to influence the way we feel,” says Christina Zamora, cofounder of the Oakland, California–based design studio. The terraced clay luminaire, topped by a hefty brass disk and rounded salt bead, adds warmth to any space. “I could definitely see them in residential, retail, and hospitality environments,” says the industrial designer, who has also had interest from people designing for the wellness field because of the mineral’s purported effect on well-being. The Archaic Modern light is handcrafted and available in six shades ranging from a deep black Mica Ore to a muted Terra Pink.
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September 2017
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Materials Private Life
Carnegie’s Panorama privacy curtains use innovative manufacturing methods to offer better aesthetics and performance in health-care spaces.
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May 2018
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Building Details Light Relief
USG–Ceilings Plus’s design for a biomedical company auditorium keeps its users in mind, sparing no functional—or aesthetic—capacity.
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May 2018
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Made Opening Number
Preludia, the new contract collection designed by Brad Ascalon for Carl Hansen & Søn, is anything but one-note.
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May 2018
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Building Details Screen Saver
Terra-cotta cladding brings durability, color, and contemporary style to the University of Michigan’s newest building.
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June 2018
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Metropolis Thinktank
Building Resilience From the Ground Up
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June 2018
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Exhibition
Marfa Comes to California
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June 2018
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Book
Designing Women
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June 2018
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Retail
Now You See It
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June 2018
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Design For Aging
Globally, the rate of growth for the 60-and-over population has surpassed that of every other generational group. This presents both an enormous design opportunity and a daunting challenge. In this section, we review diverse strategies and perspectives in the developing conversation around designing for aging.
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October 2018
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Design For Aging-Community
On New York Citys Lower East Side, a new development is rebuilding a community that was lost 50 years ago.
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October 2018
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Design For Aging-Memory
Junya Ishigamis stalled project for dementia patients prompts writer Laura Raskin to reflect on memory and its role in design for aging.
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October 2018
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They're Smart, But Are They Bright?
The building facade is fast becoming one of contemporary architectures discovery zones.
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October 2018
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Nurturing Thoughtfulness
Wanted Design’s founders discuss why a platform for socially and environmentally responsible design is so important.
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May 2019
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Productsphere Neocon Preview
We look ahead to the 51st edition of NeoCon, the annual trade show for commercial interiors.
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May 2019
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New Talent Circular Reasoning
New Affiliates creates visually pleasing design, but its most interesting work is cerebral.
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May 2019
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Building Details Bogie Down
The new cultural hub designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro glides on a unique system of steel wheels, or bogies.
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May 2019
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Playing For Keeps
In the pursuit of design made to last, Fyrn’s Stemn collection—on view at ICFF this year— adopts a kit-of-parts approach.
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May 2019
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Spectrum
An essential survey of architecture and design today.
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May 2019
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Can Building Sector Avert Catastrophic Climate Change?
Why the building sector may be humanity’s best hope for averting catastrophic climate change.
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May 2019
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Rainlight
Two product veterans launch their own studio.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Todd Bracher
In his strategic role, the designer is making user experience a priority in products.
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