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100 Years of Bauhaus
2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, the iconic school of art and architecture. Bauhaus style is characterized by, radically simplified forms; rationality and functionality; and the idea that individual artistic spirit was not at odds with mass production. Founded in Germany by Walter Gropius the school of architecture was closed in 1933 when…
Damsels of Design
In 2014 General Motors made history by appointing Mary Barra as their CEO, making her the first woman to hold the position for an automobile manufacturer. Yet, GM has made history before for their progressive hiring practices. In 1943 GM hired designer Helene Rother as part of their styling team, to create upholstery, lighting and…
Try Printing Your Notes with this Font!
Typographers have long been aware that the shapes their letterforms take have some influence on how people read and process text. On a most basic level, serifs are believed to aid in the reading of long texts as they guide the eye across a line of text, preventing the reader’s eye from jumping up and…
Art, Authorship and AI
Christie’s, one of the most famous auction houses in the world recently sold an AI generated painting for $432,500 – 45 times higher than its estimate. This event has lead to so many interesting questions about the meaning and economics of art, authorship and the relationship between technology and art. For one, the artist collective…
APPLE DESIGN GURU ON HOW HE CREATED THE NEW IPAD
The new products just revealed by Apple at a special event in Brooklyn this week have several things in common. But most notable is the input of Apple’s Chief of Design, Sir Jonathan Ive, universally referred to as Jony. He is involved in new products across Apple, including radical upgrades of favorites such as the MacBook Air and the…
Forget Dehydration, Give Jelly Drops a Try
Design is at its very best when used for good. Lewis Hornby did just that when he created Jelly Drops. After noticing his dementia-afflicted grandmother was having trouble staying hydrated, a common problem amongst those with dementia, Hornby designed the bite-sized, edible pods of water that look like colorful candy. People with dementia often have…
Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative
From cutting boards to clothing bamboo has been sprouting up all over the place. Bamboo is not only a sustainable material, but it is also cost effective, making it an excellent raw material for designers and architects. Visionary and entrepreneur, Bernice Dapaah, started the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative with multiple goals in mind, in addition…
All Hail the Mighty Carrot!
Move over spider silk, there is a new organic compound making waves in the building world. Prof. Mohamed Saafi of Lancaster University in the UK has collaborated with Scottish sustainable materials firm CelluComp to develop cellulose-based platelets from root vegetable waste, that when mixed with concrete make is significantly stronger and more resistant to corrosion.…
Tech companies use “persuasive design” to get us hooked. Psychologists say it’s unethical
A group of psychologists says kids are suffering from “hidden manipulation techniques” that companies like Facebook and Twitter use. As much as adults are now constantly inundated with technology — those constant Facebook notifications and that next episode on Netflix already cued up — children today are even more primed to become hooked on their…
MAGIC LEAP – A FLAWED GLIMPSE OF MIXED REALITY’S AMAZING POTENTIAL
When you write about augmented reality headsets, you’re supposed to start by describing something impossible — like a pastel dinosaur stomping its feet in a quiet office space in Florida. This dinosaur is made of fist-sized blocks that look like candy, and the office belongs to Magic Leap, a mysterious startup that’s been working in…