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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: 08-2012
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American Airlines’ redesigned, uninvited logo
An uninvited redesign of American Airlines’ identity casts the airline in a retro but tech-savvy light, but what does its origin say about modern job-seeking?
August 30, 2012, 3:06 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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A city on wheels: A community in Norway that’s designed to move
Swedish architecture firm has created a moveable city using existing rail infrastructure in Norway.
August 30, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Reebok opens a store + Crossfit gym in New York City
Reebok opens a new concept store and CrossFit gym in Manhattan
August 30, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Snoozebox: the transportable, temporary hotel
The buildings of the 2012 Olympic Games were designed to be temporary. The most temporary of all have already packed up and moved on.
August 29, 2012, 8:05 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Facebook meets Gehry: two top cultural influencers team up
The social networking giant has hired one of the world’s most visible ’starchitects’ to extend its Silicon Valley campus. The collaboration represents more than smart branding by...
August 29, 2012, 3:15 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Evernote app lets you digitize Moleskine notes
Next time you wax lyrical in a coffee shop or think up a brilliant new product design, Evernote wants to transfer your thoughts from paper to pixels.
August 29, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Yobot: Yotel’s robotic concierge
The “affordable luxury” hotel automates more than its check in process.
August 28, 2012, 7:59 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Q&A: Mario Sinnhofer on rethinking the soccer ball
A misshapen football kicked off a new soccer training system and an unexpected career path for this Austrian artist.
August 28, 2012, 5:22 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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How will Apple’s patent win affect the future of design?
Apple’s recent court victory against Samsung could be seen as promoting creativity and raising the value of design — or stifling competition, depending on your point of view.
August 27, 2012, 8:29 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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On top of Boston’s Big Dig
The first permanent structure on top of Boston’s Big Dig showcases direct to fabrication digital modeling.
August 26, 2012, 5:48 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim