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Art Center Students Design the School Bus of the Future

Public transit vehicle design has grown in leaps and bounds; consider the accordion-like articulations and sleek streamline curves of one city's rapid bus. But what about the millions of kids getting shuttled to and from school in ...READ»

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(Air)Port of Call II

When traveling, sometimes all you need to do is drive a little to save a lot on airfare, parking, and other business travel expenses. Sunday's New York Times features an extremely useful look at smaller airports that might be better ...READ»

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Looking as Young as You Feel

“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel." - Elizabeth ArdenREAD»

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The Community That Hughes Built

Volunteers flooded My.BarackObama.com -- MyBO, to insiders -- from the day it launched, nearly crashing the site. Under Hughes, it became a virtual system for helping real people do what they wanted to do in real life: elect Barack Obama president.READ»

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BCS National Championship Game

America hates the Bowl Championship Series. Even its fans acknowledge that college football still doesn't have fair postseason matchups, and President Obama has called for an eight-team playoff, saying he's "fed up" with the ...READ»

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Behavior Modification Through Product Design: Oli

Instead of forcing everyone to change the way they shower in order to conserve water, how about using the natural, habitual actions taken in the shower to do it instead? That's the idea behind Oli, a line of concept products ...READ»

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Six Solutions for Saving Water and Saving Lives

Art Center's Designmatters students created six solutions for saving water in impoverished Chile.READ»

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Car Companies "Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic?"

Pasadena's Art Center College of Design is in the middle of a three-day summit on sustainable mobility and the future of the automotive industry, bringing designers together with political leaders like Rep. Edward Markey and LA's ...READ»

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Riding L.A.'s Newest Rail Line

The Gold Line Eastside Extension opens in Los Angeles this Sunday, bringing a major light-rail system to the city's East L.A. communities.READ»

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How L.A. Metro Is Enticing Riders With Better Design

Michael Lejeune heads a 20-person in-house design studio tasked with bringing more riders aboard L.A.'s public-transportation system. He led the campaign design for this summer's expansion of Metro Rail's Gold Line, a light-rail line that connects Pasadena with downtown and East L.A.READ»

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Masters of Design: Kun-Hee Lee

Chairman and CEO, Samsung electronicsREAD»

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The Amazing Race

Can the wisdom of crowds design a next-generation car?READ»

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Search For Speed

CitySearch competes on speed.READ»

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The Big Bamboozle

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

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Mobile Clinics, Kenyan Style: On Camelback

To deliver refrigerated medicines to remote parts of Kenya, one group has developed solar-powered mobile clinics, carried by camels.READ»

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Achieving a State of Trans

Brenda Laurel is chair of the graduate media design program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Co-founder of Purple Moon, a girl-centric, girl-empowerment media company, Laurel also recently edited the MIT ...READ»

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Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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Airport, Data Port III

This edition of Transit Authority is the third installment in Fast Company's airport-by-airport Internet access guide.READ»

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Weak Companies, Strong Mergers?

Untangling the WebREAD»

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Unit of One Anniversary Handbook

We invited 30 leading figures from our first 6 issues to offer one new idea or one innovative practice that can make a difference to you.READ»

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Beach Blanket Books for Business

Five business personalities share their formulas for summer reading -- equal parts information, inspiration and escapism.READ»

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L.A.'s Best Architecture Is on the Ground

Don't go gazing at the Los Angeles skyline if you want to see the most exciting new architecture in town. The 9.5-acre Vista Hermosa Park in downtown L.A. was given the grand prize at the 39th annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards.READ»

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Innovation Scorecard

When it comes to alternative and renewable energy, it's not enough to have the coolest non-oil-using eco-friendly widget.READ»

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Full Text: Open Debate

Can anyone be a designer?READ»

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Caffeinated, Aggressive & Brash, Esq.

Startup attitude can shake up a stodgy industry. Just ask the fastest law firm in the country.READ»