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Back Stage at the Machine Theater

Back Stage at the Machine Theater

A look at the theatrics guiding user interaction
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Tim Hwang
A Precise Imprecision

A Precise Imprecision

The design and aesthetics behind Japanese cuisine
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Benjamin A. Wurgaft
Rebranding the Business of Farming

Rebranding the Business of Farming

How a new perspective on an ancient occupation could give small farmers a leg up
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IDEO.org
Light From a Pipe

Light From a Pipe

Portland’s experiment in generating energy from the city’s tap water system
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Sam Dean
Design for South Paws

Design for South Paws

After a history of marginalization, product design is finally catering more directly to left-handed users
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Sarah Baird
The White Building

The White Building

How Dutch design students are helping prisoners transition back into life on the outside
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Mona Lalwani
What Makes a Bike Rack?

What Makes a Bike Rack?

With urban cycling on the rise, cities are trying out a every imaginable configuration for bike parking
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Paul Lukas
Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

What your brain gets out of building in the forest
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Heather Hansman
Industrial Training with Video Games

Industrial Training with Video Games

Factory I/O teaches engineers how to troubleshoot factory floors by mimicking videogame UI design
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John Pavlus
Put On Your Beauty Face

Put On Your Beauty Face

Samsung’s new phones automatically “improve” your looks by default
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Chris Stokel-Walker
June Gloom Gray

June Gloom Gray

Who chooses the paint color for graffiti abatement in Los Angeles?
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Ian Besler
Keeping Track

Keeping Track

The political railway graffiti of IMPEACH
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Paul Schmelzer
Social Media Detox: The Album

Social Media Detox: The Album

For one month, a radio producer sent his would-be social posts to a musician, and they became songs
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Sam Greenspan
Design for Dystopia

Design for Dystopia

How seductive designs help “Black Mirror” tell unnerving stories
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Rob Walker
Why URLs Won’t Die

Why URLs Won’t Die

They’re confusing, ugly, and unsafe — and here forever.
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John Pavlus
The Transhumanist Who Would Be President

The Transhumanist Who Would Be President

An interview with Zoltan Istvan
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Ajai Raj
The Iron Lungs of the City

The Iron Lungs of the City

Looking at street tree grates in New York
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Makalé
Is This the Porsche 911 of Smartphones?

Is This the Porsche 911 of Smartphones?

The Blackberry Classic aims to revive the appeal of a product designed for pre-iPhone power users.
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John Pavlus
Where the Real Skyscrapers Are (Hint: North Dakota)

Where the Real Skyscrapers Are (Hint: North Dakota)

The tallest structures in the world are not designed by starchitects, and you’ve likely never seen them
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Casey Tolan
Bringing Up #Babycore

Bringing Up #Babycore

Colliding spaces and the genius of @Genius
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Troy Conrad Therrien
IRL Clickbait

IRL Clickbait

The immensely satisfying sound of snap-fit design
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Paul Lukas
In Pursuit of Digital-Analog Design Education

In Pursuit of Digital-Analog Design Education

Future designers should be equally adept at dissecting old TVs and deciphering code
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Jessica Carew Kraft
Mr. Littlefield’s Battlefield

Mr. Littlefield’s Battlefield

Visiting retired military vehicles in the California hills
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Marcin Wichary
The Timelessness of Snakes and Ladders

The Timelessness of Snakes and Ladders

How a common children’s game has survived for centuries as a moral teaching tool
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Doug Bierend
Say “I Love You” With Mapping

Say “I Love You” With Mapping

A new app turns hand-drawn pictures into guided walks
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Daniela
Time and the City

Time and the City

In New Orleans, hours bend with the topography
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Craig K. Damrauer
Invisible Islands

Invisible Islands

Using offline networks for urban intervention
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Mona Lalwani
Heat Your Home With Data

Heat Your Home With Data

Project Exergy makes you love an overheated laptop
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Ajai Raj
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