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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: 08-2012
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Decoding the design of the iconic Tripp Trapp chair
In a new video, the Museum of Modern Art demystifies the design process behind a well-loved object and sets a fine example of how museums can use YouTube subtly to lure audiences.
August 25, 2012, 7:08 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Airbnb’s A-lister wish lists offer curated digs
Where would Yves Behar stay? Airbnb’s wish lists offer celebrity-selected peer-to-peer rentals.
August 24, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Sprout: a pencil that writes, then grows
Democratech design collective have come up with a solution for the nibs of pencil left over when it becomes to small to use.
August 24, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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Condense your wallet and keys into a sleek money clip, so you can lose both at once
Looking to simplify? The Keylet is a new way to condense your keys and wallet in to one small, pretty money clip.
August 23, 2012, 11:42 AM PDT | By Beth Carter
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MoMA explores 20th-century toy design in fun, smart exhibition
In a sprawling show, the Museum of Modern Art looks at how the design of playthings, furniture, and other products for children shaped kids’ well-being in the 20th century.
August 23, 2012, 3:45 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Buildings, a.k.a. energy storage devices
Automating demand response systems can help grid operators give renewable energy more, well, utility.
August 23, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Post recession home design trends
The chief economist for the American Institute of Architects tracks the outlook for the residential design market.
August 22, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Wallbots: user responsive robotic walls
Hong Kong based architect Otto Ng thinks that in the future, even walls will be automated. The designer answers a few questions about his design for walls that transform by themselves.
August 21, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Marine drone concept: Plucking plastic pollution for profit
Could all those water bottles and plastic toys bobbing around the oceans get snatched up and recycled?
August 21, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Zaha Hadid collaborates with Donna Karan
For her latest project, award winning architect Zaha Hadid goes small.
August 20, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim