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Saul Griffith knows how to deliver grim planetary outlooks with irreverent humor.

On February 24, online retailer Amazon.com begins shipping its Kindle 2, the newest version of Amazon's electronic book reader.

Ever ask yourself, "Is that Arial or Helvetica?" (Or for type snobs, "Is that Helvetica or Helvetica Neue?") Then WhatTheFont may...

One day at Compostmodern equals about a week in standard time, and much more if you add up the many hours' worth of Web-surfing...

With so many green prefab projects out there, designers have to continually up their game to hit the highest standards of...

In this installment of My Favorite Thing, editor Aaron Britt shares a gift given to him by some students, and contemplates its...

Last week I attended a sustainability symposium focused on furthering the dialog about living "green." It's a ubiquitous term...

This coming Saturday, February 21, the second Compostmodern conference will take place at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.

The celebrated midcentury-modern architect’s idea was that steel was the best material for building in a desert.

In the most unlikely of places—rural Missouri—Rocio Romero has designed and built a prefab empire.

It’s not every local homes tour that merits attention beyond a city’s borders.

Camping, picnics, hell, your hardwood floor.

For the past three years, thousands of architecture and design enthusiasts from around the world have flocked to Palm Springs for...

There's an old saying: When life gives you blizzards, make snow furniture. We're paraphrasing, but the sentiment holds true.

The famed Finnish textile brand Marimekko, renowned for simple, bright prints (and owing their original popularity in the US to...

Ideally, our homes would be outfitted entirely with pieces that delight us each time we look at them—the type that bear storied...

Later this month, the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference will take place in New York City, promising as always to convene...

In a world of planned obsolescence, it's hard to convince people to buy a product that can never be one-upped by the shinier,...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in the New York Harbor, and while it may not strike everyone as...

This week's news was riddled with updates on the slow passage of President Obama's stimulus package through Congress.

Plugging a cord into a socket or inserting a battery may seem like the easiest way to power a small appliance but it's not the...

In 2007, Lauren Dolinsky left her marketing position at LePorte Modern Doors to focus full-time on her true passion: botanical...

It may have been a little while since you've thought of splurging on something special.

Diehard design lovers leave nothing to chance when it comes to outfitting their kids and pets.

Last week I sat down over an Anchor Steam with Jurgen Mayer H. of the Berlin-based architecture firm J. Mayer H. at the San...

Last week I took a walk through the new exhibit “Patterns of Speculation” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art with Jürgen...

The folks at Blu Dot have taken a cue from IKEA and issued a new style of modular shelving called the "SHILF." Like the Swedish...

Pieter Weijnen’s brand of maritime modernism brings a touch of magic to Amsterdam’s Steigereiland, where the architect built his...

A special bootleg version of Volume magazine will be available at the opening of Urban China: Informal Cities, an exhibition that...

I met Mark Allen about 10 years ago when he was getting his MFA, and even back then he was a connector.

In keeping with today's impromptu New Orleans theme, Luke Weldon Perry's blog, The Incremental House, is featuring a...

Video games are an often-overlooked realm of architectural ideas and spatial design—the buildings and landscapes through which...

The 1959 gem is a textbook example of the legendary modernist’s classic “binuclear” house.

As demands rise for sustainability and affordability in residential housing, many academic institutions are racing to hold an...

There's been a wallpaper renaissance in the last few years.

As the financial apocalypse takes shape, perhaps at its borders will be the early 21st century phenomenon of insanely expensive...