A point cloud of a large old tree with green indicating branches preferred by birds.
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Trees are better at designing habitat than we are. Can we use machine learning to get some tips?
Activists protest outside the Supreme Court before arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson on April 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
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Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
Individual rules against activities such as camping or just resting on a ledge may not seem like a big deal. But taken together, they make life more difficult for people without shelter.
Robert Rosenberger
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
Hika Rakuyo by Art Space Eternal hovers above the waters of Cockle Bay as part of Vivid Sydney 2024.
Destination NSW
Vivid Sydney is back, with its spectacle and challenges. What can we expect from the festival now and in the future?
Zendaya at New York’s 2024 Met Gala, which marked the opening of the Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion exhibition.
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The Met Gala explored fashion’s complex relationship with nature and the passing of time.
Enzo Mari in front of his works, The Nature Series. Left is No. 1: La Mela with Elio Mari and right, No. 2: La Pera (1961).
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The exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get close to Mari’s design process.
A perfectly imperfect tea bowl.
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‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories, but they are rarely used together in the way Western designers have come to use the term.
Peering into the past.
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If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today.
The Tesla Cybertruck.
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The angular shape, flat surfaces and triangular roof line look like nothing else currently on sale.
The glamourous aspect of fashion obscures the health and socio-environmental issues of the textile industry.
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The production, use and end-of-life of clothing all have an impact on our health. But greater ecological awareness could turn the tide.
Siggi’s Dairy keeps its yogurts simple with white packaging, black text and a dab of color to indicate the flavor.
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Pared-down packaging designs send a subtle yet powerful message of purity to shoppers – and they’re willing to fork over more cash for these goods, regardless of the actual number of additives.
The Limerick medium-security prison.
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In the mid-20th century, civil servants in Ireland recognised the harms incarceration wreaks not just on individuals but their families and society at large.
WeChat aims to be everything to everyone but remain mostly in the background.
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The design philosophy of the everything app WeChat may seem paradoxical, being simultaneously pervasive and inconspicuous. But this idea of “everythingness” goes back to ancient Taoist philosophy.
UC Davis students learn the fundamentals of both engineering and brewing coffee.
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In an engineering course at UC Davis, students learn all the nuances that go into brewing ‘a truly excellent cup of coffee.’
The See Monster art installation, a repurposed gas platform.
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The 35 shortlisted structures from around the world showcase engineering ingenuity and big ideas for making construction more sustainable.
As July temperatures soared to triple digits, hundreds of homeless people lived on the street outside Phoenix’s largest shelter.
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As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
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People in the First Nations fashion industry see their work contributing to cultural tradition, economics and cultural sustainability, and blak pride and storytelling.
So far, Twitter’s rebrand = X + why?
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A scholar of design who researches brand campaigns critiques the social media platform’s new look.
A newly built accessory dwelling unit in Los Angeles.
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Though accessory dwelling units have been around for centuries, a recent survey found that 71% of Americans were unfamiliar with the concept.
The many colour ways of the 8th Street Samba shoe.
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In a saturated market, fatigued by gratuitous partnerships such as Nike x Tiffany & Co., this collaboration has been praised for its timeless authenticity.