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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: 01-2012
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SOM Chicago to design Wujiang Greenland Tower in China
SOM’s Chicago branch wins the international design competition for Greenland Group’s Wujiang Greenland Tower in China with a beautiful, and efficient, glass tower.
January 25, 2012, 3:27 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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Why brainstorming doesn’t work–and what does
Brainstorming is the go-to activity for group idea generation. Historically, studies have shown it doesn’t always succeed. Are there better ways to promote collaborative creativity?
January 25, 2012, 10:30 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Vimeo redesign focuses on search, size and sharing
Video-sharing service Vimeo is turning to its members to evaluate a raft of design changes and new tools, which it says will make content easier to find and share.
January 24, 2012, 4:16 PM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Documentary explores the vision of ’starchitect’ Norman Foster
A film on the British architect Norman Foster casts his buildings as cultural icons and helps to define his bold, original design vision. It opens soon in theaters in New York and L.A.
January 24, 2012, 11:28 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Design is on the agenda at Davos
At the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland this week, the “d”-word, as in “design,” promises to be discussed often as a business and...
January 24, 2012, 9:03 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Dhaka development eyes growth, climate change
A new development on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital city will create a “garden city” with an infrastructure focused on managing water.
January 24, 2012, 5:00 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Basic House fits in your pocket
Light enough to play catch with, Basic House is a shelter to fold up and carry with you.
January 24, 2012, 4:55 AM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Project OR winner packs function and fit into pant design
Margaret Mussman’s winning prototype addresses the needs of serious female skiers and snowboarders.
January 23, 2012, 9:19 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Is construction the least innovative industry?
A post in the Atlantic Cities positions construction as the least innovative industry in the United States but overlooks an important development.
January 23, 2012, 5:37 AM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Q&A: Marco Beghin, president, Moleskine America
In the era of tablet computers, you’d think the paper notebook would be extinct. Not so with Moleskine. A top executive shares the company’s creative strategies for evolving the brand.
January 23, 2012, 5:30 AM PST | By Reena Jana