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Prism System: 3-D Fixtures in 4-D Color

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 30, 2012
Adam Jackson Pollock's Astro Puff suspension lamps in dichroic film and stainless steel by Fire Farm. More
The Story of Ruth

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 29, 2012
Across the anthology of textile luminaries, the legend of Ruth Adler Schnee is writ large. After fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 for Detroit, she went on to earn a full scholarship from Rhode Island School of Design, intern with Raymond Loewy, study under Eliel Saarinen at Cranbrook Academy of Art, outfit Buckminster Fuller's Ford Rotunda geodesic dome, specify interiors for Minoru Yamasaki Associates's World Trade Center twin towers in New York, and be the subject of the 2010 documentary, The Radiant Sun: Designer Ruth Adler Schnee. More
Sliding Into Sustainability

Edie Cohen, November 29, 2012
Joey Shimoda knows workplaces- whether tight and polished or expansive and raw. This space, more than 50,000 square feet in a Los Angeles former warehouse, falls into the latter category. It's an example of the new "young" office paradigm: an open nonhierarchical configuration with an industrial, pet-friendly aesthetic. More
2000 - 2011: Retrofitting Rampage and Energy Standards for the Present

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 29, 2012
Ironically, today's lighting design practices hinge largely on advances in building envelope design that result in less lighting being used, in part because glass curtain wall fabrication techniques have created larger and more efficient facades that allow more daylight into offices with less solar heat gain. More
1930 - 1958: The Dawn of "Architectural" Office Lighting

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 28, 2012
Having technology to light large spaces did not mean it was always done effectively. Many consider Richard Kelly, the man who pioneered concepts in focal lighting, ambient lighting, and day lighting, one of the world's first true architectural lighting designers. More
The UrbanShade® System by MechoSystem

MechoSystems, November 6, 2012
The UrbanShade® System by MechoSystems has an innovative design, thrusting it far beyond the capabilities of most standard shades in the market. It features an elegant, small-profile, medium-duty hardware system with a universal-bracket design. More
Corporate Transparency

Deborah Wilk, November 1, 2012
The water mirror in the lobby of law firm Baker & McKenzie's new headquarters in Chicago was a problem at first. "A few people walked right into it,"says architect Jim Pendergast, who designed the feature: a flat sheet of liquid flowing seamlessly over a 6-inch-high platform of black granite pavers. More
A Century of Office Lighting in Images

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
The evolution of office lighting design during the past century has brought both art and science into the workplace, changing not only the way offices function, but also the way architects and designers think about the role of technology in today's built environments. More
Local Flavor

Edie Cohen, November 1, 2012
Big space, small budget? No problem. At least not for Randy Brown. Arguably Omaha's most noted architect, he once again got to show his design chops with a 7,000-square-foot office for Bozell, a 50-strong advertising and public-relations agency that counts "Pork, The Other White Meat" and the Milk Mustache campaigns to its credit. "We knew this was going to be an unconventional project," Brown recalls of his first meeting with the agency, which buzzes with Generation Y graphic designers, Web programmers, and social-media mavens. "They explained their business to me while performing tricks on skateboards." More
2012: LEDs, OLEDs, and the Future

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
As it did in the earliest years of the 20th century, lighting is emerging from a period of technical advancement into an era of design innovation. More
Project: Vodafone Site Solution Innovation Centre in Midrand, South Africa

Sara Pepitone, October 1, 2012
The Vodafone Site Solution Innovation Centre in South Africa is the first building to achieve 6-Star Green Star SA certification, which is similar to LEED Platinum. More
How did we get here? NYC Design: 1985-Today

C.C. Sullivan, October 3, 2012
Modernism comes back hard with lots of new ideas, thanks to the launch of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair launch (1988) and shows like the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Mutant Materials" (1995). More
How did we get here? NYC Design: 1915-1945

C.C. Sullivan, October 3, 2012
Inventors of the skyscraper - apologies to Chicagoans - New Yorkers are moved by land values and ambitious notions to world-record heights, adopting fast elevators and even air-conditioning. Setback zoning (1916) yields the ubiquitous wedding-cake towers. More
Resources: A Fresh Take

Ava Burke, October 2, 2012
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Project: Villa Flora in Venio, The Netherlands

Sara Pepitone, October 1, 2012
Designed as a study for the World Horticultural Expo (Floriade), Villa Flora is a greenhouse and office building combined, illustrating the theory of the reversed metabolism of plants and humans. More
Balanced to Perfection Resources

Ava Burke, October 1, 2012
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Crossville’s Large Format Porcelain Panels Invite Design Creativity

Crossville, Inc., October 1, 2012
Laminam by Crossville is a new concept in decorative surfaces with universal potential for the building, architectural and interior design world. It is a versatile and flexible solution with high aesthetic appeal and outstanding technical performance. More
Balanced to Perfection

Mairi Beautyman, October 1, 2012
Germany has one of the largest engineering markets in the EU, and while job competition is fierce, this particular profession often has more vacancies than qualified people to fill them. More
The Container Store

Edie Cohen, October 1, 2012
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Interior Design October Preview

Interior Design Staff, October 1, 2012
Interior Design's October issue will feature some of the most captivating projects yet, from supersize to petite. Included among the latter is the Ilan Dei Venice retail-gallery concept that popped up temporarily inside four repurposed shipping containers on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Los Angeles. More

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