Dieter Rams, The God of Pristine Minimalism
Gizmodo is up with an all too-short excerpt of a book that every last design fan should own or buy, immediately: Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams, edited by Klaus Kemp and Keiko Ueki-polet.
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Eye Candy: A Fantasy World That’s Part Matrix, Part Dr. Seuss
Imagine a future where machines are so sustainable that they creep and grow like plants--and where the world becomes overgrown with sustainable machines. That's what British architecture student Richard Hardy tried to depict in this ravishing short animation, The Transcendent City.
A See-Through Concrete Block, Created With Augmented Reality
Earlier this year, researchers revealed an bit of augmented-reality magic, that allows drivers to see around dangerous corners, by seeing through buildings. And now, two Germans have elevated that trick into pure art.
Infographic of the Day: What Obamacare Means for You
The noxious smell of bullshit still clouds the entire health care debate, so we're still looking for an infographic that will finally make sense of the Obamacare bill.
New Orleans Offers Residents $10,000 to Green the City
We’ve told you about some of the sexier rebuilding efforts in New Orleans. And then there are the ones that aren’t run by Brad Pitt’s 6,000-watt smile. The Growing Home project, for instance.
Iran’s Plan for a Hideous New Embassy Enrages Londoners
Iran, that nuked-up redoubt of Islamic traditionalism, wants to reinvent its image with a sleek modern embassy in London. The problem: They picked the wrong place to do it. And they picked a really ugly building to do it with. Neighbors are so vexed by the design, they've gone and tattled to the father of neo-con architecture himself, Prince Charles.
Gesture-Sensing Tech Will Soon Change Our Everyday Lives
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