Topic: Berlin

A Sink That Doubles as a Dishwasher

German designers Wach just unveiled a product concept that any small-apartment denizen will love: A sink that doubles as a dish washer. The piece is part of a show of work by young German designers, called DMY Berlin. ...READ»

Thirteen Designers Work Furiously for Seven Days, With One Material: Wood Veneer

Recently, a baker's dozen of product designers convened to show the impressive potential within an also-ran material.READ»

Zoo Installs Electronic Polar Bears to Replace Real Animals

First we looked at an architect that wants to build a massive artificial mountain in the middle of Berlin. Now comes word that the St. Louis Zoo has decided to replace its polar bears with electronic replacements. Um, what? The ...READ»

Highlights From the PSFK Conference [video]

The PSFK Conference just wrapped last month in New York, and a couple of standout talks have made their way to the web. One poses the question: Is a woman in romantic love with the Berlin Wall really so different from you and me? ...READ»

(Digital) Portfolio of the Day: Siggi Eggertsson

Iceland-born, London-based illustrator Siggi Eggertsson has combined over 400 projects into a wild ride of animation.READ»

Bank Statement

The new main Berlin branch of DG Bank is indicative of the bank's willingness to embrace new realities.READ»

International Federation for Housing and Planning World Congress

Each year, this global group asks the next generation of urban planners to take on a design challenge. This year's is to imagine a future for the site of Berlin's historic Tempelhof, the ridiculously central airport, left, that closed ...READ»

German Architect Asks: Why Build High Rises When We Can Build Mountains?

The Chinese have been engineering the weather for years and plans to geoengineer the climate to delay climate change are in the works, so is it any surprise that a proposal to build a huge artificial mountain in Berlin is gaining ...READ»

Plan G: Should Geoengineering Be Our Weapon in the War Against Global Warming?

Nature stopped being natural decades ago. That is to say, starting the mid-19th century, human activity has changed global ecosystem conditions in ways that fall outside the normal variations visible in geological ...READ»

The Third Golden Age Begins?: Welcome to the Berliner Philharmoniker

Are we at a new Golden Age of the arts with the arrival of a new media? READ»

In Today's Papers:

For bookmarks, digg, and del.icio.us: Sony Reader Fosters Hand-Eye Coordination "The Sony Reader, a hand-held portable device for reading electronic books, went on sale online yesterday after months of delays and technical ...READ»

Now: April 2008

What's happening this month, from the world's biggest lighting show to, inevitably, Tax Day.READ»

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Born Ready

Andreas Reichert is an internationally established designer based in Berlin. I recently asked him to share with me what’s on his mind in this age when design moves at warp speed. When you begin the creation of a new product, tell ...READ»

The Solar Industry Gains Ground

At a time of economic pain and planetary peril, a renewable global powerhouse takes shape. Just when we need it most.READ»

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Do Something Different...

Gerry (my partner at GrowthWorks) and I created a Leading Innovation workshop this year based on our book. We delivered the training for a high-tech company to its top 400 managers around the world. At the end of day one of each ...READ»

Mighty Is the Mongrel

What does it take to win in the global economy? A commitment to mixing people, experiences, and ideas. Companies and countries that embrace diversity to stimulate creativity will be the ones that own the future.READ»

Art and Commerce Meet on Buildings' Interactive Media Facades

The main strips of Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and Times Square are on the cutting-edge of illuminated media façades--emblazoned with hyper-animated, neon advertising. But there's a parallel movement to harness the technology for ...READ»

Cement Bloc

Builders recycle the stuff of Communist-era Berlin.READ»

Norman Foster's No Good, Rotten, Very Bad Week

Yesterday, Norman Foster, the architect behind such instantly-recognizable buildings as "The Gherkin" in London, and the Hearst Tower in New York, got burned by news that a tower his firm is building in Vegas would be halved, due to ...READ»

Furniture That Records the Passing of a Day

Austrian designers create a machine registers the day's sunlight, and then automatically memorializes it in a fabric pattern.READ»

My Favorite Bookmarks - Skip Rudolf

Picks from the director of the Alibris Web store.READ»

NanoMed

Within the next couple of years, "we'll start seeing the benefits of nanotechnology in health care," Dr. Paras N. Prasad says. The University of Buffalo prof will present his big, small vision in the keynote at the sixth ...READ»

Now September 2009

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Fast Cities 2007

From Chicago to Shanghai, urban centers that are shaping our future.READ»

Excuse Me, But I Think Your Jacket Is On Fire

Philips Research wowed audiences in Berlin at last week's IFA with a new line of promotional clothing and furniture. Visitors to the worldwide technology tradeshow saw Philips' Lumalive photonic textiles -- jackets, shirts, even ...READ»