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Decoding Design
Reena Jana
Reena Jana
Contributing Editor
Reena Jana has written for the New York Times, Wired, Harvard Business Review online, Fast Company, Architectural Record, Artforum, Time Out New York, Harper's Bazaar, and GQ. Previously, she was the innovation department editor at BusinessWeek. She holds degrees from Columbia University and Barnard College.
Reena Jana
Reena occasionally consults with companies, and when her writing discusses a corporation or other organization with which she has worked, she will disclose this fact. Reena does not hold any investments in the companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Sun Joo Kim
Sun Joo Kim
Contributing Editor
Sun Joo Kim is an architect and creative consultant based in Boston. Her projects include design and master planning of museums, public institutions, hospitals, and university buildings across the U.S. She holds a degree from Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Sun Joo Kim
Sun Joo is an independent architectural designer who contracts with design firms. She does not hold any investments in the companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Beth Carter
Beth Carter
Contributing Editor
Beth Carter is a freelance journalist based in New York City. She has worked for Catalyst magazine, the New York Times Syndicate, BBC Travel and Wired. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and New York University.
Beth Carter
Beth does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers in her writing.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Contributing Editor
Mary Catherine O'Connor has written for Fast Company, Wired, Outside, Entrepreneur, Earth2Tech, Earth Island Journal and The Bold Italic. She is based in San Francisco.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine has written white papers and marketing material for technology companies and will not write about companies with which is actively engaged. She will disclose any instances in which her work mentions companies for which she has worked. Mary Catherine does not hold any investments in the companies that she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 09-2011
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Microsoft’s modular handset design misses powerful opportunity
Microsoft’s recently-filed patent describes a handset that’s a multi-tasker’s dream, but research into power-scavenging shows handsets could be much more powerful.
September 26, 2011, 2:37 PM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Demand for design services on the upswing, new survey shows
The latest data from the American Institute of Architects, in the form of a trusted economic indicator known as the Architecture Billings Index, suggest that companies are seeking to hire...
September 26, 2011, 9:23 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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How to design scalable and sustainable humanitarian products
Are there specific tips for designing products (and services) that are socially responsible, green, and likely to appeal to wide audiences around the world? A panel of experts on design for...
September 21, 2011, 7:32 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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In Zurich, architects use robots to build
Using robots, two architects and professors in Zurich push the limits of computer and digital fabrication in design and construction.
September 21, 2011, 7:25 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Heinz redesigns the ketchup packet
The world’s largest producer of ketchup launches redesigned dip and squeeze packets in retail stores.
September 20, 2011, 6:54 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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A redesign of green infrastructure funding: re-investing workers’ pension assets
At an opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting in New York, former U.S. president Bill Clinton discussed an innovative program to fund new jobs in the green...
September 20, 2011, 9:42 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Bad design affects car owners’ satisfaction, loyalty
A new study by J.D. Power and Associates shows that simple design issues such as the placement of door locks and cup-holders inside a car influence how happy new vehicle owners are with their...
September 19, 2011, 7:30 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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For Japan, a mobile concert hall
Architect Arata Isozaki and artist Anish Kapoor are collaborating on the design of a mobile concert hall dubbed Ark Nova. Sponsored by the Lucerne Festival, the Ark Nova will tour regions of Japan...
September 19, 2011, 6:43 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Infographic: the 50 most influential designers in America
For its annual “Masters of Design” issue, Fast Company magazine and its site Co.Design did away with traditional lists and created an appropriately boundary-blurring matrix naming the...
September 17, 2011, 8:15 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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First 1K House prototype built in China
Developed by an MIT architecture graduate, the Pinwheel House meets the challenge of building affordable, sustainable shelters for highly populated rural areas of emerging and developing countries.
September 15, 2011, 7:29 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim