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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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In London, a modern departure for King’s Cross Station
Europe’s largest single span station structure links old and new in King’s Cross Station.
March 26, 2012, 7:40 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Safety advocates call for more female crash dummy tests
The star ratings for automobile safety tests don’t usually put women in the driver’s seat.
March 26, 2012, 11:36 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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How disruptive design made Wynn Resorts’ casinos highly profitable
Roger Thomas, head of design at Wynn Resorts, took a gamble when he designed the Bellagio to be the opposite of a traditional casino. His risky strategy has paid off profitably. Here’s...
March 26, 2012, 10:27 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Optical scanner could speed up sales by skipping barcodes
An optical scanner developed by Toshiba uses patterns and colors to recognize products. It may usurp the barcode in the check-out lane.
March 26, 2012, 5:43 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Report finds New York’s design schools fuel creative economy
A new, thought-provoking study from the Center for an Urban Future explores how New York’s design and architecture graduates spark new businesses and contribute to existing ones.
March 23, 2012, 12:16 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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DesignBuildBluff: Students design and build new homes for Navajo families
SmartPlanet talked to founder and Chairman of DesignBuildBluff, Hank Louis, about the challenges of designing off the grid, alternative building methods, and why the design build philosophy just...
March 23, 2012, 9:16 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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AppWriter brings Dyslexie font, other assistive tech, to iPad
AppWriter, for the iPad, can turn textbooks into spoken words and offers other features designed to help users with physical or learning limitations.
March 23, 2012, 5:07 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Steelcase turns 100, asks big thinkers to predict the next century
As part of its centennial celebration, furniture-maker Steelcase has gathered brief insights into the future of design and business by 100 thought leaders from around the world.
March 22, 2012, 8:47 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Sensor-managed garden goes ‘beyond organic’
Web-controlled earthworm propagation bed? A water sensor array? This is not your grandma’s backyard garden.
March 21, 2012, 10:21 PM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Architects relocate the American dream to China
What happened to all those unemployed architects during the recession?
March 21, 2012, 6:56 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim