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control tower architecture

From "you've seen it" to "that's odd"

a tip of the hat to John

 

architecture for a shaky valley

Design for earthquakes in the Apple campus. 

 

maps for the color blind

London tube maps for the color blind

a tip of the hat to Brian

jean-louis gassée on design

On misunderstanding the role of Jony Ive.  

snip

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Industrial Design goes beyond the fit between form and function that we think of as good design, ID makes sure the product — cars, typewriters, iPhones — can be manufactured in large quantities, meeting cost and reliability targets.

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a bike bridge in the netherlands

Bicycle bridge and wildlife connection; Nigtevecht, The Netherlands from ipv Delft on Vimeo.

 

 

materials for soft actuators

This is neat - a material composed of spores bound together by a glue that responds to moisture.  Then layers are stacked to create surfaces that expand or contract to produce mechanical work. 

 

loopholes in building codes

Explainig the super-tall needle buildings in Manhattan.

snip

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The building and nearby towers are able to push high into the sky because of a loophole in the city’s labyrinthine zoning laws. Floors reserved for structural and mechanical equipment, no matter how much, do not count against a building’s maximum size under the laws, so developers explicitly use them to make buildings far higher than would otherwise be permitted.

The towers benefiting the most from the zoning quirk have all sprouted during the past half-decade: enormous glass and steel buildings with lavish condominiums that sell for millions of dollars. Many line the blocks around Central Park, some of the most expensive and coveted real estate in the city, and have become second homes for Chinese billionaires, European tycoons and out-of-state hedge fund investors.

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it runs in her family

Amy Sedaris' apartment

(you get the idea quickly...  the view on security deposits is novel)

digital news formats for generation z

Some work by the BBC -- this is part 2.  Part 1 is linked in the piece.

A few of the ideas are interesting, but I'd much rather see solid reporting and investigative work rather than what passes for news these days. Of coarse that takes serious money and that's an issue.

 

 

 

 

branding trump's space force

Legendary designer Milton Glaser has a fine proposal.

We need tshirts