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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: 11-2011
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At Design Miami: beautiful design that reflects math principles
At Design Miami, an annual exhibition of chic objects, the work of Haresh Lalvani–a professor who creates eye-catching pieces based on mathematical concepts–stands out.
November 30, 2011, 11:01 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Pollution-fighting living wall installed in a London Tube station
A new beautiful vertical garden has been will be unveiled this week at a Tube stop in downtown London as part of an effort to clean the city’s air.
November 29, 2011, 10:39 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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Little Printer is the analog assistant you didn’t know you wanted
Maybe print isn’t dead, yet. The Little Printer from design studio BERG might just make you yearn for more paper in your life.
November 29, 2011, 10:04 PM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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South Korea’s redesigned road signs
South Korea’s redesigned national road signage system reflects the country’s rising international prominence.
November 29, 2011, 7:35 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Flying robots to build structure in France
Robotics inventor Raffaello D’Andrea teams up with robot-friendly architects Gramazio & Kohler to build a 20-foot-high tower that’s part sculpture, part design experiment
November 29, 2011, 9:16 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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In Boston, architects design a public face for the profession
The Boston chapter of the American Institute of Architects is rebuilding its offices and its image to promote architecture culture in the city of Boston.
November 28, 2011, 7:11 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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AngloAmerican builds homes from own industrial waste
The international mining company is making good use of its gypsum byproducts to make what it calls ‘low cement’ bricks.
November 28, 2011, 10:26 AM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Can cloud computing mean free heat for homes?
Researchers say homeowners could get free heat in exchange for hosting micro data centers — a.k.a. data furnaces — in their basements.
November 27, 2011, 10:31 PM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Behind the scenes at a global design competition
A video offers a peek at the judging process for the 2012 iF awards, considered to be global “seals of excellence” for product, communication, material, and packaging designs.
November 27, 2011, 8:06 PM PST | By Reena Jana
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All glass walkway circles China’s Tianmen Mountain
In Hunan, China, a newly opened transparent observation platform offers awe and vertigo inspiring views of a historic mountain.
November 27, 2011, 7:27 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim