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Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped n

Episodes

Total: 715

Feltron Annual Report

2011/7/14

Nicholas Felton is an information designer. Since 2005, he has tabulated thousands upon thousands of

The Blue Yarn

2011/7/1

In 1998 Dr. Gary Kaplan, the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle received some bad news

Cul de Sac

2011/6/17

When people critique cul-de-sacs, a lot of the time, they’re actually critiquing the suburbs more ge

Movie Title Sequences

2011/6/10

More and more I’m finding that the first 2-3 minutes of a movie are my favorite part of the film. My

Bridge to the Sky

2011/6/3

There are rules that dicate what you can build and how. Rules of physics and rules of men who sit on

The Metropolitan Correctional Center, or MCC, is a federal jail right in the middle of downtown Chic

There’s something that links most of the everyday objects presented in “Made in Russia: Unsung Icons

The Capitol Columns

2011/5/6

If you were present for any of the presidential inaugurations, from Andrew Jackson to Dwight D. Eise

youarelistening.to appeared online on March 6, 2011 and I was hooked instantly. The combination of t

Free Speech Monument

2011/4/15

In 1989, a group called the Berkeley Art Project decided to hold a national public art competition t

BLDGBLOG: On Sound

2011/4/1

Most sound design in architecture is centered around designing for silence. Buildings are trying to

Nikko Concrete Commando

2011/3/25

In 2001, Delfin Vigil was walking the streets of San Francisco and ran across the name “Nikko” carve

RJDJ Reactive Music

2011/3/21

This week, the radio audience heard episode #10, but for you web and podcast listeners, I have a sto

In a recent piece from Urban Omnibus, Vishaan Chakrabarti (Professor at the Graduate School for Arch

Check Cashing Stores

2011/3/4

A few years ago, journalist Douglas McGray learned that the largest chain of check cashing stores in

Concrete Furniture

2011/2/25

The New City Hall, designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, was the first modern, concrete, civic

A Designed Language

2011/2/18

The idea is simple and quite beautiful: if we all shared a second, politically neutral language, peo

Without all the beeps and chimes, without sonic feedback, all of your modern conveniences would be v

Periodic Table

2011/2/4

Everyone knows it when they see it. The classic “castle with turrets” periodic table is a beautiful

99% Invisible Extra! The tape rolls as we witness the tearful end of a perfect online world. This is