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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: 02-2012
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Nike unveils latest shoe: Ultra-lightweight, knit like a sock
Nike recently unveiled its new high-performance running shoe, inspired by the light-weight knit and fabric of a normal sock, but with structure and support built-in.
February 24, 2012, 9:09 AM PST | By Beth Carter
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Upcoming film: The Man Who Prints Houses
Italian inventor Enrico Dini is hoping to revolutionize the construction industry with a system for printing buildings in 3-D.
February 24, 2012, 8:34 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Redesigning (and improving) the blood-donation chair
How can the blood-donation process be improved? A U.K. design firm has created a next-generation phlebotomy chair that makes giving blood more comfortable.
February 24, 2012, 5:30 AM PST | By Reena Jana
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The architecture industry is recovering, index shows
A leading economic indicator of the architecture and construction industries has shown a pattern of rising demand for design services. What areas are more likely to flourish?
February 23, 2012, 7:33 PM PST | By Reena Jana
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SOM wins Beijing transit-oriented redevelopment prize
The master plan leverages high-speed rail between Beijing and Tianjin, enabling 80 percent of personal transit to be done through trains, busses, bikes and an electric car fleet.
February 23, 2012, 10:01 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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The Bank of Georgia’s translucent concrete lined headquarters
In the capital city of Tbilisi, the renovated building is a large scale application of see through concrete.
February 22, 2012, 7:20 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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Do kaleidoscope trashcans merely obfuscate the real problem?
To encourage people to stop littering, two Indian designers created a mirror-lined trashcan. But these cans don’t reflect an answer to a bigger waste problem.
February 22, 2012, 6:00 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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In Tokyo, a Starbucks is inspired by traditional Japanese carpentry
A Japanese firm reconsidered the classic Starbucks design to respect the history of a neighborhood.
February 22, 2012, 5:00 AM PST | By Beth Carter
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Beta testing the home of the future
Openarch presents the home of the future as a work in progress.
February 21, 2012, 7:41 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim
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The value of urban wayfinding
Why are some cities easier to navigate than others?
February 20, 2012, 7:55 PM PST | By Sun Joo Kim