Edgar Allan Poe, Interior Design Critic
What scared the author of ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’? Bad design.
Customized Pasta Shapes as Designed by You or Even an Architect
Coming soon to a table near you: print-on-demand pasta
When Edgar Allan Poe Needed to Get Away, He Went to the Bronx
The author of ‘The Raven’ immortalized his small New York cottage in a lesser-known short story
Cheese Made From Bacteria Between Your Toes and Other Bizarre Bio Art
With groundbreaking (and controversial) projects, artists are starting a conversation about the future of synthetic biology
Victor Hugo: Acclaimed Author, Unknown Furniture Designer
The apartment once occupied by the author of Les Miserables is now a museum dedicated to his life and to 19th century Paris
This House is Built to Withstand the Force of a Tsunami
A clever idea to let water flow through a home may allow residents in Puget Sound to escape the fate that locals centuries ago could not
These Redesigned Egg Cartons and Tea Bags Let You Play With Your Breakfast Meal
To reimagine your morning meal, one designer looks to bridge engineering and another to common sense.
Building Better Bricks by Brewing Beer
When form follows fermentation
The Impressive Results of When You Ask Architects to Build With Gingerbread
From Modernist reconstructions to favorite museums, these confectionary constructions are sights to behold
How America’s Most Popular Potted Plant Captured Christmas
On National Poinsettia Day, the third generation behind the Ecke Family Ranch talks about how his family developed a hundred varieties of the plant
Traveling in Style and Comfort: The Pullman Sleeping Car
The 19th century’s definition of luxury came as a train car designed by a Chicago carpenter
The Next Frontier in Urban Design Will Send You Undeground
Move over Morlocks, humans are headed to your neighborhood
The Puppeteer Who Brought Balloons to the Thanksgiving Day Parade
A Thursday morning tradition came with strings attached
Do Our Brains Find Certain Shapes More Attractive Than Others?
A new exhibition in Washington, D.C., claims that humans have an affinity for curves—and there is scientific data to prove it
The Daring Escape From the Eastern State Penitentiary
Archeologists had to look deep into the catacombs of the prison to find the tunnels dug by criminals in 1945
How Nostalgia Plays Into Our Love of Buildings Old and New
Never-before-seen photos reveal that Penn Station wasn’t as pristine as we remember when it was torn down
Scaffolding is All Over D.C. Here’s Why the Monuments Still Look Majestic
When the beautiful historic buildings of our nation’s capital need repair, architects get creative with the exterior work
The Patents Designed to Make Carving Your Pumpkin a Little Less Messy
A group of innovators set out to simplify how we make classic Jack-o-Lanterns and their ghoulish grins
The Inventive Mind of Walter Hunt, Yankee Mechanical Genius
The compulsively creative Hunt might be the greatest inventor you’ve never heard of
Cooper-Hewitt Announces Design Award Winners
As part of National Design Week, National Design award winners celebrated their achievements with a gala held October 17
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