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Why Design Now?: Mapungubwe National Park Interpretive CenterWhy? Preindustrial construction methods can provide fundamental lessons about sustainable design and environmental impact today. In this site-specific installation, thin tile vaults stretching across large spaces without formwork is part of a 700-year-old construction method that is energy-efficient, utilizes local materials, and achieves high structural strength. All of these factors have important applications in the developing world, where low-cost construction and durability are model standards for any building project. Mapungubwe National Park Interpretive Center, low cost, construction, durability, developing world, application, Why Design Now, Exhibition |
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Bill's Design Talks: Nonobject—A Radical New Approach to DesignDoes form always follow function? Within the world of product design, only a few lone voices challenge this convention. Among this group of visionary individuals is Branko Lukic, Founder and Principal of Nonobject Studio. Lukic's design philosophy presents an entirely new way of developing and experiencing the world of objects and our relationship with them. Branko Lukic, Nonobject Studio, product design, nonobject, intuitive, intangible, product development, research, application, bills design talks, talk, long, public program |
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Monday Enhancement: Virtual BlingThe Man Who Knows Everything is the name of a new jewelry collection from London designer Hannah Martin. The collection is inspired by the Count of St. Germain, an eighteenth-century German alchemist who chased immortality. Hannah Martin, jewelry designer, jewelry, bling, virtual, augmented reality, application, Get Set in Style, Facebook app, Set in Style, Exhibition, Van Cleef & Arpels |
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TYPEFACETYPEFACE is an application that creates a custom font using facial recognition via your computer's Webcam. The sophisticated software even allows you to make silly faces at the camera and watch as the typeface adjusts in real time. TYPEFACE, application, custom font, facial recognition, Processing, open source |
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Designing Media - Mark ZuckerbergMark stares at you from the cover of this week’s Time Magazine with intense green eyes. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, social network, internet, online, Open, transparent, connection, access, community, friends, media, Information, privacy, exchange, application, filter, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media, social impact |
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Armadillo Suits, Soil Lamps, Folded Bikes, Oh My!This year the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s Triennial: Why Design Now? explores topics of sustainable design. Current global climate changes and economic slumps have provided a platform for designers to create even more innovative works to aid the world around us Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, sustainable, innovative, Green, education, museum, programming, learning, Children, application, workshops, communication, health, transportation, design kids, tours, family |
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Mobilizing ResourcesThe majority of India’s poor still live in rural villages, while the many living in the urban areas have increasing purchasing power. India, majority, population, poor, rural, villages, urban, purchasing power, disparity, GOONJ, NGO, clothing, clothes, surplus, re-use, reuse, engagement, community, projects, infrastructure, exchange, impact, systemic, changes, discard, lessons, scalable, distribution, post-disaster, application, worldwide |
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