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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.
Hot Posts
Archive: 04-2012
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How new, ’super’ materials are influencing product design
In the past, designers had product ideas and then sought materials to make them. From viruses to flexible fibers, new and unusual materials are increasingly the starting point for innovative designs.
April 25, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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New trauma shears cut through the problems for EMTs
After carefully vetting a range of materials and blade designs, an emergency room doctor and a Sandia Labs engineer have reinvented the essential tool for first responders: trauma shears.
April 25, 2012, 3:03 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Top pros and cons of LEED
What are the best and worst things about the most recognized green building standard?
April 24, 2012, 9:46 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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The future life of buildings
To survive the influx of the six billion people who will live in cities by the year 2050, scientists and designers predict that cities will come alive.
April 23, 2012, 7:59 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Hella Jongerius: the designer influencing IKEA, the U.N., and now an airline
With stylish, iconic projects that range from a $40 vase for IKEA to KLM’s business class cabins, designer Hella Jongerius wisely partners with high-profile businesses to boost her...
April 23, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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IBM patent sees sensors as high-tech floor boards
IBM’s newly issued multi-touch floor covering technology could give a new layer of smarts to smart buildings, and smart cities.
April 23, 2012, 3:30 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Ten buildings that show ‘green’ design cuts costs, builds communities
Eco-friendly design may not be as trendy as it once was. But a list of ten high-performing “green” structures highlighted by the American Institute of Architects shows how it still has...
April 22, 2012, 10:17 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Instaprint: The location-based photo-booth for Instragram
New York-based company has designed a locative printer to go with faux-vintage-photo app Instagram. It’s Instagram meets photobooth.
April 21, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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The LowLine reaches Kickstarter goal, and some
The buzz around the innovative idea to put a park in an underground abandoned strain station is only growing now that they have surpassed their Kickstarter goal by over $50,000
April 20, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Recasting failures as ‘data’ is key when designing new products
Embrace mistakes and missteps, suggests Tina Seelig, executive director of Stanford University’s Technology Ventures Program–because failure offers information that leads to improved...
April 20, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT | By Reena Jana