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When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages
In the early 1950s, a young lieutenant realized the fatal flaw in the cockpit design of U.S. air force jets. Todd Rose explains in an excerpt from his book, The End of Average.
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SensorTape – 3D-aware dense sensor network on a tape
Developed by the team at MIT Media Lab's Responsive Environments group, SensorTape is a sensor network in a form factor of a tape that allows users to create large sensor networks.
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Inside the LSD Museum That the DEA Somehow Hasn’t Torn to the Ground
McCloud surmises that most blotter art was created so manufacturers, dealers, and imbibers could identify the origins of the acid in their possession. By Margaret Rhodes.
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FORMS IN NATURE: Understanding Our Universe
Through scientific study and understanding, we deepen our connection to the natural world. An audiovisual collaboration by Kevin Dart // Stéphane Coëdel // David Kamp // Nelson Boles
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Design and Science
Can design advance science, and can science advance design?
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Google is designing the seats, interior moldings, and even the lighting inside its self-driving car
Will Google's self-driving car come with Corinthian leather bucket seats, fuzzy upholstery, or moon roofs? It's still early, as the robo-cars are currently just prototypes, but Google is already hard at work trying to answer some of those questions, judging by a recent job posting. The company is seeking an Automotive Interiors Engineering Lead who can weigh in on industrial design concepts and define all the car's "interior systems."
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A 250 Year Old Croatian Tower Transformed Into a Home
This tower was built by Franciscan monks in 1761 and it offers an incredible view of the Adriatic Sea.
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Why the Wingdings font exists
Wingdings is the font made entirely out of symbols. But why?
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Limor Fried’s Artful Electronics
The C.E.O. of Adafruit Industries wants to help others see engineering the way that she does—as a deeply creative endeavor. By Nicola Twilley.
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A Fashion Show From Rome. Ancient Rome.
On display in New York, fabrics that somehow survived time’s decay reflect the wealth and social standing of the elite in the Mediterranean world.
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Designing Stages for Shakespeare and Kanye
By creating spaces that are as psychological as they are physical, Es Devlin has become set design’s biggest star. By Andrew O’Hagan.
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The Propaganda of Pantone
Colour and Subcultural Sublimation
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Shakespeare's 21st-Century Makeover
The first volumes of the Pelican Shakespeare’s latest iteration, which hit bookshelves this week, are bold and very different from their more traditional predecessors. Designed by the 24-year-old Indian-born artist Manuja Waldia, each new cover features a single graphic icon, interpreting works including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet through a contemporary, minimalist lens.
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Writing Sci-Fi Could Make Architects Better at Their Jobs
Architects aren't usually in the business of writing science fiction—but maybe they should be. By Margaret Rhodes.
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Japan's Upcoming Train Design Will Be Practically Invisible
Japan’s fast bullet trains already move so speedy that you almost can’t see them coming. The brand new train being designed for the Seibu Railway Co. Via eastern architect Kazuyo Sejima of Sanaa will be difficult to see, even status nonetheless. It’s a chameleon-like train that has been designed to combo into the countryside that it’s far streaking thru. Scheduled to hit tracks in 2018, the latest Seibu flagship train vehicles have an organic shape that is plenty distinctive...
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What's in a Flag's Design?
A new infographic by a pair of Danish designers has everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world’s flags.
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Simon Hanselmann: ‘I hate twee art. Life is not nice’
His cult comic Megg, Mogg and Owl riffs on depression and addiction. Now the TV networks want a part of it. Hanselmann speaks about his love-hate relationship with 4chan, breaking into building sites and life as ‘sentient meat.’ By James Reith.
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Glass house in Boulder listed at $3.99 million
A home with a completely glass exterior that's built into the rocky terrain below Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder has been listed for $3.99 million.
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The First Roman Fonts
The story of the first roman fonts, from Sweynheym & Pannartz to Aldus Manutius. By John Boardley.
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The Cover of George Orwell’s 1984 Becomes Less Censored with Wear and Tear
In 2013, Penguin released in the UK a series of new covers for five works by George Orwell, including a particularly bold cover design for Orwell's best-known work, 1984.
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