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Gushing About L.A.'s Cleverly-Disguised Urban Oil Fields

Los Angeles is the world's most urban oil field, with 41 active--but ingeniously camouflaged--sites where black gold is siphoned from the ground.READ»

Can Designers Stamp Out Rural Poverty?

Designers, corporate leaders, foundation heads and journalists meet next month in Aspen to solidify plans for a national design center in Alabama to study and alleviate rural poverty.READ»

It’s On: A Critic Says L.A. Is Now Architecture’s Leading Light. A Brooklyn Designer Says No Way

Could this be the architecture equivalent of Tupac versus Biggie? Last Sunday Nicolai Ouroussoff, the architecture critic for The New York Times, published an essay (“As Heroes Disappear, the City Nees More”) lamenting the 1970s ...READ»

Change Observer: A New Site Covering the Growing Field of Social Design

A hub for serious design commentary takes on the design field's new emphasis on problem solving for the people.READ»

A Graphic Design User's Manual: Q&A With Adrian Shaughnessy

Graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy lives and works in London where for 15 years he was creative director of Intro then a consulting creative director of This is Real Art. He now splits his time between design and editorial ...READ»