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Architecture

TEDPrize winner Cameron Sinclair on TEDTalks

TEDPrize winner Cameron Sinclair is founder of Architecture for Humanity, and author of Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses...

Jul 25, 2006
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Design

An Electric Car is Born

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the death of electric cars, but gearheads ’round the world are eagerly awaiting the July...

Jul 19, 2006
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Architecture

Joshua Prince-Ramus on TEDTalks

Joshua Prince-Ramus is architect of the Seattle Public Library and principal of REX (Ramus-Ella Architects). Previously, he was U.S. Directo...

Jul 11, 2006
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Design

For the collection: Beautiful Evidence

Edward Tufte is deeply suspicious of presentation software. Hans Rosling makes it sing. And they’re both right. In the wrong hands Pow...

Jul 6, 2006
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Design

Hans Rosling on TEDTalks

Hans Rosling is a public health expert, director of Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofi...

Jun 27, 2006
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Design

For the collection: Phaidon Design Classics

I admit it: When I first saw the reviews for Phaidon Design Classics, I was hoping this authoritative 3-volume set would turn out to be over...

Jun 26, 2006
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Design

Lego my Audi

Could digitized analog be the new black? From Pixar’s incredible Zoetrope to the time-lapse interstitial films we saw between sessions...

Jun 15, 2006
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Design

DesignWatch: Building a better wheelchair

An inspired piece of design news out of the UK: Mike Spindle, who’s spent most of his career designing Formula One race cars, spent th...

Jun 11, 2006
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Design

BuzzWordWatch: Sparkline

Sparkline (n.) A small, data-rich, word-sized graphic that can be inserted into text, and understood at a glance. Named by Edward Tufte, and...

Jun 1, 2006
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