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Idea Log: Cardinals Stadium

Nine years in the making, the new home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals represents a leap forward for stadium design. Starchitect Peter Eisenman explains its evolution.

Project credits: Client Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority Design Builder Hunt Construction Group Design Architect Eisenman Architects Facility Architect HOK Sport

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Design's Rising Stars

40-year-old architect, David Adjaye, makes his United States debut next summer with his Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. While other architects choose marble, maple or glass, Adjaye opts for cheap poured concrete chipboard, sawn plywood or ashphalt, and anti-graffiti paint.

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Telly Visionary

To counter the magnifying effect HDTV has on blue tones, Jim Fenhagen ordered up last-minute tweaks for the September debut of CBS's The NFL Today: posterized graphics of players, and panels in a deep, arterial red. The set boasts a skull-busting total of 47 TV screens.

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Virgin Comics Recruits Celebrity Creators

Celebrities sell. Everyone knows that. But for billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and spiritual guru Deepak Chopra, the purpose behind getting celebs involved runs a little bit deeper. Directors, writers, artists and even musicians are inherently creative personalities, and they're proving excellent candidates for involvement in the comic book industry.

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