See Google Glass, designed by Isabelle Olsson, onstage at Dwell on Design.

Data Furniture This interactive voting system showcased the race for best film at the Haikurts: Festival de Micrometratges in Barcelona.

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A view of the kitchen, with a glimpse of the spiral staircase in the background.

The courtyard offers a glimpse of nature from nearly every angle, including up.

The firm also designed the kitchen, which was fabricated by Thomson Cabinetry.

A glimpse of the dining room at Spoon.

A small kitchenette comes complete with a cook top and oven. White oak wood flooring is used throughout, as a standard feature.

A glimpse of gravel pit workings.

Q&A With Google Glass Design Isabelle Olsson We chat with Isabelle Olsson, Google Glass Designer, about new possibilities, women in design, and that one piece of technology that everyone is buzzing about.

Avanti A durable chair that comes in ash or walnut, the Avanti can be upholstered with fabric-covered foam that is woven into the seat for extra comfort. $600

Noveni A wall version of the Folio, each powder-coated steel arm holds one magazine. $300

Folio A streamlined side table holds up to 16 magazines. $400

The "Tippy Cup Rain Chain" teaches the children about water conservation.

In the third-floor bedroom, peekaboo windows offer a glimpse of the surrounding fields.

Visitors scale a series of outdoor staircases that wind their way up the structure. Volume and Studio Terpeluk turned the risers into a teaching moment about energy use and the impact of every day activities.

Mithun designed the tree house so that it would tread lightly on the land. The firm originally considered prefabricating the entire structure offsite but, in the research process, concluded that craning large modules into place would potentially harm the canopy. A combination of a bolted-together prefab structure and site-built wood housing yielded the least intrusive construction option. The Summit Bechtel Reserve is located in West Virginia's coal mining country. The architects looked to the local structures—bridges, mining apparatus, and other industrial buildings—to inform the tree house's design. A 166-ton Cor-Ten steel megastructure supports the 125-foot-tall building. The use of regionally appropriate materials, like steel and black locust wood, was important to the architects.

Mithun wanted to engage the scouts with all elements of the forest: the floor, the canopy, and a perspective above the tree tops. In one of the viewing rooms, visitors get the feeling of being fully surrounded by leaves.

The structure's mission is to teach visitors about the environment and sustainability. San Francisco–based studio Volume designed the exhibition program, which offers interactive displays about water conservation, energy use, recycling, and more.

Completed in 2008, the rectilinear home features a roofline with a dramatic parabolic curve that creates two bulbous volumes inside the home, one of which houses a curved skylit shower.

The same location in 2012, four years later.

Another intersection in Los Angeles, 2008.

Though Detroit is often associated with urban decay, it too has seen its share of development in the past five years. This image was taken in 2007.

An empty building in Detroit, 2009.

In 2013, a residential conversion has emerged across from a different, new residential building.

A street corner on Kent Street in Brooklyn, New York, 2007.

The same block in 2013.

Six years later, a fresh bike lane runs down the street opposite the new headquarters for the LA Police Department.

The view down Spring street to City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, 2007. All images by Google Maps Street View.

Formerly known as the Android Market, Google Play is a an Android phone-exclusive digital application that allows users to browse and download various types of media, such as music, books, movies, television shows, and apps published through Google. Here, Gison's design on the Android phone.

A balancing act, an earlier concept.

Tablet version.

Illustration for the launch of Google Play Music All Access by San Francisco-based graphic designer Zachary Gibson.