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Words To Brighten a Wall
Jun Yokoyama has created a piece of design art that he calls 3Decor. They are typographic 3-D panels with words and images and word images that can be used in the home. I was intrigued and asked him to...
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Help Is on the Way
Hurricane Sandy caused terrible damage, but as always in New York, the tragedy brings the best out in people of good will. It was heartening to see all the different power company logos from around the...
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Nominating the Next Thanksgiving Day Balloon
On this night before Thanksgiving eve, here's a thought for a new parade balloon: Bibendum, a.k.a. Michelin Man, is the symbol of the Michelin tire company. Bibendum is one of the world's oldest...
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Keeping Everyone in the Loop: 50 Years of Chicago “L” Graphics
A 1913 map of the Chicago Elevated systemA recent visit to Chicago reminded me of how enamored I am of its rapid transit. It's so much a part of what makes Chicago unique and exciting to me. Chicago is...
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Annual Running of the Santas, Rome
The Roman Santas were zipping through the Eternal City on Sunday, December 16, in a mass bicycle meet-up that brought holiday cheer to the religious and the pagan alike.
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RDA Selects: MoMA Cuts “German Expressionism” in Two
We're running selected projects from the 2012 Regional Design Annual along with quotes from their designers. To submit work for the 2013 RDA, click here—the early-bird deadline is February 1, 2013....
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RDA Selects: Starting a Conversation About Stopping Gun Violence
We're running selected projects from the 2012 Regional Design Annual along with quotes from their designers. To submit work for the 2013 RDA, click here—the early-bird deadline is February 1.Warning...
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Don't Turn Your Back on History
What is disconcerting about the tour of Italian Fascist architecture in Rome I've been on for the past few weeks is that the buildings, signs, and symbols are still intact, more or less undisturbed, as...
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RDA Selects: A “Sustainable Canvas” for Seattle's Biotech Hub
We're running selected projects from the 2012 Regional Design Annual along with quotes from their designers. To submit work for the 2013 RDA, click here—the early-bird deadline is February 1. (And if...
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Electricity, Still Healthy
Electricity is still the most cherished of the world's power sources. Oil, coal, nuclear are all considered threats to health and planet, but nobody doesn't like electricity (thanks Sarah Lee).Most...
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