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What Are America’s Most Iconic Homes?

According to the National Building Museum, these houses, more than most, have impacted the way we live
April 27, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Futureproofing California Farmland

Design teams propose new models for farming and suburban development in California's water-scarce Central Valley
April 25, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Design for a Water-Scarce Future

Design strategies for arid regions go back centuries, but in the face of climate change, drylands design is a whole new ballgame
April 19, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

From the Smithsonian Collections: Famous Footwear

Famous footwear of the Smithsonian collections, from Chinese foot-binding booties to Dorothy's ruby slippers
April 10, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

The High-Tech Minimalist Sock-Shoe

Nike's latest innovation promises to improve runners' comfort, help the environment, and revolutionize shoe manufacturing
April 06, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

The Portrait Gallery and American Art Get the Google Art Project Treatment

As part of the Google Art Project, you can now virtually wander the halls of the museums and see remarkably detailed reproductions of hundreds of works
April 05, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Better Feet Through Radiation: The Era of the Fluoroscope

In the 1940s and 50s, shoe stores were dangerous places. At the center of the shopping experience was the shoe-fitting fluoroscope—a pseudoscientific machine that became a token of mid-century marketing deception.
April 04, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

BMW Concept Car

How Futurist Art Inspired the Design of a BMW

The Italian art movement that celebrated modernity still moves us 100 years later
April 2012 | By Abigail Tucker

How Ideas Become Shoes: Creativity in Process

Using shoe design to understand human creativity
March 30, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

These Shoes are Made for Printing

In many ways, 3D printing could be a superior way to manufacture shoes. But comfort isn't one yet.
March 28, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Tomorrow’s Mobile Home

Moving is a lot easier if you live inside a giant ball
March 23, 2012 | By Matt Novak

How To Be Taller

A modern Scottish elevator shoe designer runs a global business from his Bangkok outpost
March 23, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Such Great Heights: The Hidden Architecture of Elevator Shoes

How a shoe designed to address male inadequacy has become a symbol of female fashion sense
March 21, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

The Shape of Fruits to Come

How our need for convenience is redesigning our food supply
March 16, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

And for Dessert: An Object Lesson on Simple Pleasure

How a disappointing dessert becomes an object lesson on simplicity and pleasure
March 14, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Drones: The Citrus Industry’s New Beauty Secret

In the future, farmers will use unmanned drones to improve the appearance of their crops
March 09, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Who Is Linda Tatersmith?

If flashy package design can lure people into eating factory-extruded chemical slurries, why shouldn’t it work to trick junk food addicts into eating a vegetable?
March 06, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Airships and Oranges: The Commercial Art of the Second Gold Rush

How citrus crate label design fueled a boom that caused the art form's own demise.
March 01, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Design Specs for a Genetically Ideal Snack

How plant geneticists are growing convenience food on trees
February 27, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Designing the Perfect Fruit

How a tiny, seedless fruit becomes the iPhone of the produce aisle.
February 23, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich


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