The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Makes Its Grand Re-Opening in New York City
The old and the new crash into each other beautifully in the former Carnegie mansion
The Architecture of the Hunger Games’ Horns of Plenty
What inspired the architectural object at the center of the Hunger Games arena?
Designing for Seniors and Soldiers, Toward a “Silver” Architecture
Going green is good, but could architects be doing more for two segments of our population?
A Label You Rub To See If Food Has Expired and Other Finalists for the Dyson Award
There’s also a pen that lets you know when you should reapply your sunscreen and a device called Luke Stairwalker
Architects and Designers Make Money for Norway
Literally, that is. Two firms have been selected to design Norway’s new currency.
Oscar de la Renta, Star of the Smithsonian’s Costume Collection
The late de la Renta designed haute couture and ready-to-wear. A decade ago, he donated items to the Smithsonian
Lego Jewelry Transforms the Childhood Toy to High Fashion Art
Artist emiko oye turns colorful children’s blocks into items that are ready to wear, not play
Rebuilding a Frank Lloyd Wright Classic With 3-D Printed Blocks
A 70-year-old chapel on the campus of a Florida university is being restored thanks to new, innovative technology
10 Architectural Schemes That Could Help Us Adapt To Rising Seas
From a floating house to a mobile city shaped like a giant lilypad, designers offer up some wild solutions for a wetter future
The People’s Design Award Promises a Very Cyborg Future
This year’s nominees focus on wearable technology
Vote for the Winner of the 2014 People’s Design Award
Marvel at these breakthroughs in innovative design and select your favorite
Designers Remake Our Oldest Tool Using Our Newest Tool
More than a million years old, the hand axe is over due for an update
To Redesign a Design Museum Start with the Typeface
The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum is renovating and rebranding with a tailor-made typeface
These Smart Bricks Mean the Time Has Finally Arrived: Adults Have Legos of Their Own
A construction company aims to build more efficiently with modular connecting bricks
The Failed Attempt to Design a Memorial for Franklin Roosevelt
The debacle of the Eisenhower memorial is only the most recent entry in a grand D.C. tradition of fraught monuments
Why Museums Don’t Need Gleaming New Buildings, Especially Not in Los Angeles
An award-winning architect suggests that the city reconsider its plans to raze its iconic art museum
The Universal Typeface Project Averages the World’s Handwriting to Produce an Incredibly Average Font
With your help, ballpoint pioneer BIC aims to create a font as common as their pens
Who Invented the Yellow Card?
Penalty cards are a surprisingly recent creation that were, perhaps unsurprisingly, inspired by traffic lights
With a New Name and New Look, the Cooper Hewitt is Primed for a Grand Reopening
Journalists got a sneak preview of what’s coming up when the new museum opens its doors this coming December
From Turrets to Toilets: A Partial History of the Throne Room
For centuries the humble bathroom has been shaping the space we live and work
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