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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: 03-2012
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Our gadgets dictate the future of furniture design
Top designers and manufacturers are re-thinking furniture design as personal and professional tech keeps shrinking in size, yet are increasing in influence. How are shelves, desks, and chairs...
March 31, 2012, 11:10 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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A natural history museum moves out of town, and into nature
Is a museum only successful when placed in a metro area? A new museum in Utah doesn’t think so– in fact, it was designed specifically to fit its natural surroundings.
March 31, 2012, 7:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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This is your house on solar power
New Orleans based SOLarchitect has developed a web application that lets homeowners design and bid out their own rooftop solar system.
March 30, 2012, 8:23 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Art.sy: A gigantic new online fine art database
Art.sy, though still in beta for now, brings the enormous world of fine art in your home with a searchable, constantly updated database from the Art Genome Project.
March 30, 2012, 7:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Herman Miller’s American ingenuity
Co.Design’s founding editor tours Herman Miller’s factory and shares lessons from the company’s history of small improvements.
March 29, 2012, 7:51 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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‘hyMOD’ lets driver swap out either electric or gas engine
Romanian startup SCI has designed a concept hybrid car that ditches the gas engine, literally.
March 29, 2012, 5:34 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Autodesk 360: ‘democratized’ design tools over the Web
The new suite of software products enable cloud-based design and product lifecycle management features, as well as the ability to store, edit and share and access designs from anywhere.
March 28, 2012, 5:45 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Design lessons from the deaf
New universal design guidelines consider how people who communicate with sign language use and modify spaces.
March 28, 2012, 5:33 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Tesla designers: Model X is made for women (but not Hello Kitty)
The forthcoming all-electric Tesla Model X, a minivan/SUV/sportscar with winglike doors, was designed to appeal to moms, Tesla Motors reveals. The strategy is already paying off.
March 27, 2012, 11:07 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Charge anywhere: iPhone case designed with built-in plug
A Kickstarter campaign is home to this ingenious new iPhone case: a wall plug and hardware are all built-in.
March 27, 2012, 7:45 AM PDT | By Beth Carter