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Lady Gaga: Design Groupie in Disguise

If you're into poppy dance music, you've probably heard a track or two from the loopy songstress who goes by the stagename Lady GaGa. But among fans, she's at least as famous for her goofy outfits, which make Bjork ...READ»

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MIT's Mobility-on-Demand Wins Buckminster Fuller Challenge

MIT's Sustainable Personal Mobility and Mobility-on-Demand Systems concepts won this year's $100,000 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, an annual contest that asks entrants to create designs with maximum social impact. This ...READ»

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Nine Ideas to Save the World, Inspired by Buckminster Fuller [UPDATED]

The visionary architect Buckminster Fuller believed that a single design could save the world. That ethos is being carried forward by the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which every year holds a contest to create a design with maximum ...READ»

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Helsinki Design Lab 2010: A Summit Built on History, Focused on Solutions

Beyond its pop art textiles by Marimekko, Artek furniture, and Nokia's mobile phones, Finland as a whole is a hotbed of innovation, home to highly-educated workers, technologically-advanced consumers and ...READ»

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Fuel Economy?

Recently, I was filling up my Beetle and the guy at the next pump commented that I must get great gas mileage. "It gets high 20s on the highway if I'm lucky." I said, rather unenthused.   But he was impressed. ...READ»

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