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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.
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Archive: 12-2011
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Ingenious meeting-space design for Danish bank’s HQ
The stylish new building features suspended conference rooms and other beautiful, yet functional, spaces.
December 30, 2011, 8:00 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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Warming Huts competition honors Frank Gehry and four others
The warming huts conceived for Winnipeg’s river trail are an innovative collection of varying interpretations of shelter.
December 29, 2011, 8:30 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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High design for a medical cannabis collective
One of the more surprising design award winners of the year is a medical marijuana dispensary.
December 29, 2011, 7:02 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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How ‘open innovation’ is evolving
Large companies are increasingly collaborating with outside engineers, designers, and inventors to develop new products–and are coming up with new strategies to manage this process.
December 29, 2011, 9:43 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Q&A: Lindsay Smith on sidewalks with a better future
Cracked concrete and the loss of ficus trees in her Gardena, California, neighborhood turned Lindsay Smith from a concerned citizen into an entrepreneur.
December 29, 2011, 5:04 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Plans revealed for stunning new transit hub in Spain
English firm reveals sleek plans for new multi-purpose transit station and greenspace in northwestern Spain.
December 28, 2011, 6:00 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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General Motors’ first female design director
Wulin Gaowa takes the design reins of GM’s China Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai.
December 28, 2011, 5:50 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Four experts predict 2012’s innovation and design trends
What will the New Year bring in terms of new products and services? We ask thought leaders from top design firms IDEO, frog, Smart Design, and Ziba.
December 28, 2011, 10:33 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Packaged goods: Three innovations in shipping
From light bulbs to drugs, these packaging innovations shed light on what the shipping systems of tomorrow might look like.
December 28, 2011, 5:00 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Philips receives 85 design awards, defines its winning style
In 2011, Royal Philips Electronics broke its record for the number of design awards it received in a year. Looking at the company’s winners, the corporation’s savvy design strategies...
December 27, 2011, 12:04 PM PST | By Reena Jana