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Photographer Andreas Gurksy's Ocean Series Was Shot From Space

In his new series of large-format works, the photographer works with satellite imagery to illustrate the vastness of our oceans.READ»

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Top O' the Market: A Consumer's Guide

  Trump World Tower Richard Meier's Perry Street towers 20 Pine The Jade Miraval Living William Beaver House The pitch "The Greatest Condominium Building in the ...READ»

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With the Advent of Edge Architecture, the Old Boys Are Making Way for Newcomers From Mumbai and Burkina Faso

Move over Foster and Stern: tomorrow's design stars are the ones building schools and community shelters in their native countries.READ»

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Design Thursday: Partying on at the National Design Awards

“First, I’d like to apologize for my attire, and its lack of festiveness,” Paul Simon, wearing a tasteful, but banker-like business suit, said to the largely black-clad crowd at last week’s National Design Awards. Simon was ...READ»

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Design Learning From Shantytowns

Where others see squalor, architect Teddy Cruz sees a blueprint for dynamic communities.READ»

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Legends of the Fall: Patti Smith, Marc Jacobs, and David Rockwell Headline Pratt Gala

"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award ...READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Steve McCallion: Consumer Experience King

When we named Steve McCallion as a Master of Design in 2006, we called him "The Mind Reader"--a title you don't just toss around haphazardly. But in his role as executive creative director at Ziba Design, in the burgeoning creative ...READ»

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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»

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The Future of Design

From the $300,000 table to the $30 teakettle, design is dressing up the American way of life. READ»

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Built Brave

How will terror and its aftermath reshape the design of office buildings? The new federal center in Oklahoma City offers some surprising (and surprisingly hopeful) answers.READ»