A Bright Modern Laundry Room We'd Actually Like to Spend Time InOften, we cleanse our duds in a wasteland of half-forgotten detergent bottles and dryer-sheet-detritus.
Yota KakudaA self-proclaimed “collector of old stuff,” designer Yota Kakuda finds inspiration in vintage objects found in junk shops and...
Henry WilsonIf 28-year-old Henry Wilson were not a designer, he would be a skipper.
Max LipseyMax Lipsey always begins his design process by holding a material in his bare hands.
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The Tallest Cake in the WorldTo my joie de vivre, my first Sunday in Paris coincided with musée gratuit dimanche, the first Sunday of every month when museums...
Boston in Your HandsThe latest Play Date at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art was held last weekend, to much applause and hands-on revelry in...
Pop-Up Schmop-UpPerhaps the most beloved prefix these days for events and design projects -- aside from 'eco-' of course -- is 'pop-up.' Where...
Division and DiscoveryI heralded the beginning of my summer with an excursion along the Maine coast, which landed me in Portland this past weekend.
Lightforms, Digitally FabricatedKnown to many architects as that translucent film paper on which archaic hand drawings become worthy of pin-up, mylar is making...
Facade Printer Inkjets the CityTouted as 'an inkjet printer in architectonical scale,' the Facadeprinter works by taking a vector or pixel file, and 'shoots' it...
A Nomadic Future for the Walking HouseFrom gypsies to migrant workers to families in RVs, nomadism has been a constant societal fringe condition throughout the course...
Manufactured LandscapesI had the opportunity to view a riveting film last week on Edward Burtynsky's photography, entitled Manufactured Landscapes.
Recycling the UnrecyclableIt is nearly impossible to talk about materials today without invoking a full-fledged powwow about life cycle analysis, carbon...
At the Verge of CollapseArtist Tobias Putrih gave a gallery talk at the List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts last week, shedding light on...
Color-Changing Roof TilesLiving in a temperate climate, and deciding between a dark roof and a white roof? Trying to calculate if your summertime benefit...
A New Nørreport for CopenhagenWhile I was studying abroad last spring in Copenhagen, every morning on my way to school I passed through the busiest train hub,...
STREB Dancers Are Action ArchitectsConsidered neither modern nor contemporary dance, but more circus or rodeo with a dash of extreme sports and Hollywood-esque...
Rail-Volution 2009: Building with TransitAs a nod to the home of the nation's first subway, Rail-Volution rolled into Boston this past weekend.
Marimekko in Harvard SquareStrolling down Brattle Street in Harvard Square, one can't help but notice the new vibrant swathes of color and fabric trumpeting...
Shanghai Living by Hu YangAt Dress Codes, the current exhibition and third triennial at the International Center of Photography in New York, I saw a...
Better x Design: Emeka Okafor"Makers with
Ph.Ds stood next to makers from the side of the road - it is not about who you are or where you come from, but what...
Better x Design: Teddy CruzProvidence is all abuzz with "A Better World By Design" this weekend, a three-day conference thrown by students at Brown...
A Coastline Gem in Ogunquit, MaineAs I trekked northward to Maine last month for a lobster-filled weekend getaway, I stumbled upon the Ogunquit Museum of American...
Kirei Instead of Wood?Among the ever-expanding sea of wood alternatives, Kirei -- the Japanese character signifying 'beautiful' or 'clean' -- makes...
"I Live in a Steven Holl"How many people can say that they've lived a chunk of their lives inside the walls of a starchitect-designed building? In light...
Windows of Opportunity in UKAs a product of our financial climate, cities all over the world have been experiencing a surge in one of the most unattractive...
Summer Hotel Pops Up OvernightA temporary summerhouse has opened in Amsterdam.
Welcome to my HabodePrefab design has had its ups and downs over the last year or so, but a challenged housing market hasn't stopped creative...
Unauthorized Moss ArtFrom Banksy to Katsu to Iz the Wiz, we often hear about guerilla graffiti artists who've taken their social critiques to the...
The 1FormtableWhile multifunctional furniture systems that open and unfold and morph into fifty different pieces are quite cool and impressive,...
Unpeeling the Egg KitchenStarting as a dormant, unassumingly giant egg, Romanian designer Vlad Icobet's conceptual product hatches into an elegant,...
Gems from the Renegade Craft FairThe second annual Renegade Craft Fair swooped into San Francisco's Fort Mason Festival Pavilion last weekend, delighting Bay Area...
NYC Post-Disaster Housing RequestIn 2007, New York City's Office of Emergency Management launched an international housing design competition, What if NYC?,...
Museum of RobotsWelcome to Museum of Robots, where androids are the muses for Richard and Vicky Küng's collection of modern housewares and home...
NYC Vertical Neighborhood?In the highly contested 53 West 53rd Street site in Manhattan, Axis Mundi has revealed an alternatively 'diverse' design for the...