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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: 03-2012
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Designing for well-being: Danish firm wins competition for Cancer Counseling Center
Celebrated Danish firm EFFEKT wins yet another design competition– this time for the Danish Cancer Society’s new Cancer Counseling Center.
March 21, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Clues to the future of gaming from “The Art of Video Games” curator
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum looks at the history of video games in a cultural context. Its curator has ideas of where gaming may be headed, too.
March 20, 2012, 11:49 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Wood buildings reach new heights
Designers reconsider wood for taller structures amidst growing ecological concerns of steel and concrete.
March 20, 2012, 5:27 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Facebook’s secret design sauce? It’s serotonin.
Facebook designers want users to remember and experience good interactions with friends — so much so that serotonin, our happiness hormone, has become a design guideline.
March 20, 2012, 5:23 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Patagonia’s sales rise, thanks to buyers it doesn’t design for
Outdoor gear maker Patagonia will likely see annual sales double their revenues of five years ago, thanks to chic consumers that the company didn’t intend to seduce. What’s their...
March 17, 2012, 9:29 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Alberto Alessi: “We do believe that beauty can save the world”
Designer Alberto Alessi opens up about his design principles, his latest project and the greatness of Italian product design.
March 16, 2012, 3:30 PM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Solar ski helmet serves up power and protection
Integrated headphones and a microphone are powered by the sun, and the user’s phone and glove communicate wirelessly with the helmet.
March 16, 2012, 10:46 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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First designs for the High Line at the Rail Yards revealed
The preliminary designs for the third segment of the High Line park in Manhattan were revealed Monday, showing not only design concepts, but how the park has transformed and revitalized a...
March 16, 2012, 10:10 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Tech entrepreneurs use Italy’s design legacy as inspiration
At the World Wide Rome event, Italian entrepreneurs with a DIY spirit and open-source aspirations connected the dots between Italy’s glorious design history and today’s...
March 15, 2012, 7:33 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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A bicycle light that’s safe, bright, and thief-proof
Designers with Gotham Bicycle Defense Industries developed a theft-resistant bike light to make urban cycling safer.
March 15, 2012, 9:30 AM PDT | By Beth Carter