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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: 01-2012
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Video: Samsung reinvents the window
Samsung’s Smart Window touchscreen is a window, computer, and television in one see through package.
January 22, 2012, 7:18 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Q&A: Robin Marrouche, Executive Director, Kimball Art Center
Robin Marrouche tells SmartPlanet about the importance of good architecture, the benefits of holding a design competition, and how to be a part of this small center’s renovation.
January 20, 2012, 10:00 AM PST | By Beth Carter
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Signal Snowboards makes mashup board for surf and snow
Signal Snowboards took on a design challenge that married two of the world’s biggest action sports.
January 20, 2012, 6:00 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Lucky Brand’s revamp: success of retail is in the details
Lucky Brand is completely, but subtly, changing their stores, down to the cuffs on displayed jeans.
January 19, 2012, 6:48 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Start-up designs hip health gear for aging Baby Boomers
A collaboration between design studio fuseproject and Sabi, a new company, has resulted in a series of chic-looking, easy-to-use pill dispensers and other health-related products.
January 19, 2012, 9:06 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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Will Fiat’s wagon capture hearts and minds?
Fiat plans to roll out a wagon version of its 500 model to the North American market, where surprisingly few consumers have connected with the iconic design of the 500 subcompact.
January 19, 2012, 4:49 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Park City arts center presents finalists in architectural design competition during Sundance
Watch the videos of world-renowned architectural firms’ proposals for the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah’s renovation and expansion project.
January 18, 2012, 4:00 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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IKEA moves into the Paris Metro
The Swedish furniture giant constructed two compact apartments in the Auber metro station complete with inhabitants to display space saving solutions.
January 17, 2012, 6:17 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Convention-defying hanging nightclub proposed for Hong Kong
Beautiful plan for Hong Kong Nightclub Hotel design competition is suspended from surrounding buildings.
January 17, 2012, 5:00 PM PST | By Beth Carter
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Three reasons the Prius Camper Van isn’t a totally bad idea
A pimped out Prius at the Tokyo Auto Show might attract jeers, but why shouldn’t small vehicles double as mobile homes?
January 17, 2012, 4:10 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor