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MercuryHouseOne: The Solar-Powered Pod Lounge of the Future

Why relax in the living room when you could be in a personal solar-powered pod? The MercuryHouseOne, designed by Architecture and Vision for the Venice Biennale, is the latest example of the mobile pod. The space-age, prefab pod ...READ»

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What Is "Industrial Design"?

The demise of I.D. magazine leads Tucker Viemeister to examine the term "industrial design" and what it has meant throughout the years.READ»

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When Design Is Also the Teacher

Can the building you attend school in play a role in who you become? Tucker Viemeister thinks so.READ»

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Designing for Beautility: Where Beauty Meets Utility

Economics grab all the headlines but beauty is just as important, and even has serious financial ramifications.READ»

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Pop-Ups, Pre-Fabs, and DIY: Branding for a New Economy

Branding has changed dramatically in the last year. There's not much that's tangible and nothing is static--and new brands will be open-source experiences.READ»

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Red Bank Restaurant Invites Patrons to Taste Fall Culinary Delights

Red Bank patrons can experience fall culinary delights at Torcello Restaurant on Broad Street. Roasted Acorn Squash Soup with Hazelnuts & Cranberries and Homemade Chestnut Gnocchi with cream of truffle and walnuts are just some of the selections guests can enjoy this fall.READ»

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Red Bank Restaurant Invites Patrons to Taste Fall Culinary Delights

Red Bank patrons can experience fall culinary delights at Torcello Restaurant on Broad Street. Roasted Acorn Squash Soup with Hazelnuts & Cranberries and Homemade Chestnut Gnocchi with cream of truffle and walnuts are just some of the selections guests can enjoy this fall.READ»

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How I Got My Interaction On

Think about interactivity as a way to combine digital technology with real-life experience to make the real world better. But the secret is to blur the boundary between the real and the virtual.READ»

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Thinking Our Way Toward the Future, Faster

Most people don't think about the future much. But the very essence of design is thinking ahead--that’s how we make things better. READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Tucker Viemeister: Industrial Design Is in His Blood

Designers often talk about the moment they realized their destiny lay in design. For Tucker Viemeister, it was pretty much the moment he was conceived. Tucker was born to Read Viemeister, a famous industrial designer (and an activist ...READ»

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The Role of a Designer? Encourage More People to Become Designers

Everyone is a designer, whether they do it professionally or not. The world needs more of them to heed their calling to make the world a better place.READ»

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Robot Bricklayer Descends on New York

Bricks are hot these days, thanks to new feats in technological wizardry. And this week, you can finally see one of the world's most interesting technologies in New York's Chinatown: A computer-controlled brick-laying machine, which ...READ»

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Swimming Cities of Serenissima: Equal parts Burning Man, Kon Tiki and Mad Max

In a colorful case of design performance, a floating metropolis of handmade junk boats cruises into Venice.READ»

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Google Funds New Solar Power Tech, Plans to Cut Solar Thermal Costs by a Quarter

That whole "Google operates a diverse business plan" idea is getting a weird new spin at the moment--news has surfaced that the search engine giant is working hard to improve the tech behind solar thermal heating systems. Technically ...READ»

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Silk and its legendary discovery

It is almost impossible to say exactly when the production of silk began. Recent Chinese archaeological finds have uncovered carved ivory depictions of silk worms thought to be 6000 to 7000 years old.According to legend, the Chinese ...READ»

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Rotterdam: The Smart Delta City of the Future

Much ado has been made about smart grid energy management, but what about smart water management? IBM and the Netherlands city of Rotterdam are collaborating on a forecasting system for water and energy management. The ...READ»

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Sunken Suburban Home Is Accidental Icon of the Post-McMansion Era

The most fitting symbols are often accidents. When flames engulfed the Mandarin Oriental Hotel inside the titanium CCTV tower design by Rem Koolhaas in Beijing last February, it felt like a comeuppance borrowed from a Tom Wolfe ...READ»

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Spin City, Never Mind the Pollocks, Line Drawing

Very Short List delivers one excellent item to your inbox, daily: Books, films, music, web-things, and dispatches on science and technology. Today, spend a few hours in Italy, see what science has to say about modern art, and play the 21st-century version of Pong.READ»

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Brian Eno Paints in Light Using Sydney's Opera House as a Canvas

If you're traveling to Sydney between May and June--or you already live there--you're in for a glittering treat. On May 28th, musician Brian Eno, will unveil his "77 Million Paintings," a light show projected onto ...READ»

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Glass Half Full

Since revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement, Dale Chihuly has continually pushed to new heights and experimented with new forms, creating blown glass artistry that enhances indoor and outdoor environments. His works are synonymous with drenching color.READ»

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Consider This: Art in Healthcare Makes Patients Feel Better

1.Art installed throughout healthcare facilities makes everyone feel better! Art in hospitals, clinics, examining rooms and offices is widely recognised as a valuable asset to healing and a testament to the quality of care being ...READ»

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The Holy Grail of Invisible Advertising

From the day the first ad was placed, the Holy Grail has been to make advertising effective while remaining unobtrusive to the target customer. First came print ads that were easily ignored. Later, the remote control made it easy to ...READ»

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At Home with Luxury... Brief History of Glass

No one knows exactly when or where glass was first made. Glass appears to have been produced as far back as the second millennium BC by the Egyptian or perhaps the Phoenician. According to the ancient Roman historian Pliny(AD ...READ»

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Now: March 2008

What's happening this month: Shiny new airport terminals in London and Beijing take off; why baseball's first pitch is in Tokyo; and Austin's South by Southwest by the numbers.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»