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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: 07-2012
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Exhibition analyzes, articulates the influence of graphic design
“Graphic Design: Now in Production” is a touring museum exhibition that explores how designers artfully experiment with type, color, shape, and imagery to persuade us to buy products...
July 31, 2012, 3:01 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Design thinking to help reverse a difficult deformity
Clubfoot is a curable deformity, but in the developing world poorly designed orthopedic braces mean low treatment compliance. This new brace could change that.
July 31, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Driving a Nissan LEAF into the unknown
User interface designers have a tall order when it comes to creating a smooth transition for drivers switching from conventional cars to electric ones.
July 30, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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In Columbus, a hospital designed for purposeful distraction
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ralph Appelbaum Associates design a hospital to help people forget they are in a hospital.
July 29, 2012, 8:12 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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In Boston, coffee talk with Samsonite’s Design Director for the Americas
Jason Gifford, Samsonite’s Design Director for the Americas, visits the latest Creative Morning in Boston to talk design, travel, and toilets.
July 29, 2012, 11:09 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Is McDonald’s winning the Olympics of chic fast-food design?
McDonald’s has been collaborating with hip Parisian designer Patrick Norguet to redesign its stores and coffee cups in France, with sophisticated and smart results.
July 28, 2012, 9:13 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Collapsible cup minimizes to-go coffee guilt
The Zip Cup does the job of a travel mug while soaking up much less real estate in your bag.
July 27, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Chilean plant channels the rugged beauty of Patagonia
This glacial water-bottling plant in Patagonia was designed to withstand the remote and rugged environment, and still do its job.
July 27, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Tiffany & Co. collaborates with artists to visualize true love at Soho store
Iconic jeweler Tiffany & Co. channels artists to promote the opening of its new Soho store by asking them to visually interpret true love.
July 27, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Great design, redefined: products should be good-looking and ethical
Not so long ago, beauty and usability were the main components of excellent design. Today, design critics and consumers save their best praise for goods that are “good,” too.
July 26, 2012, 3:15 AM PDT | By Reena Jana