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A Vertical Campus Reshapes the Boston Skyline  

Azure Magazine

While in 2012, buildings were considered sustainable if they met LEED standards, Boston University was pursuing the ambitious goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. They settled on triple glazing with angled diagonal louvres designed to account for the site’s unique sun patterns. The DNA of the building was never lost.

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Interface® Considers Design + Sustainability at Every Step

Design Milk

What began as working towards reducing the brand’s environmental impact in the early 90s has led to a bold sustainability goal that aims to become a carbon negative enterprise by 2040 with the mission of reversing global warming. And it all started with a question from a customer: What’s your company doing for the environment?

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The snake that eats its tail

UX Collective

Addictive design is inevitable when we choose to use Deceptive Patterns (known as Dark Patterns) in our design work. Creating infrastructural hooks like APIs (application programming interfaces) leads to increased demand for applications with notifications. Deceptive Patterns. Dopamine Primer | Psychology Today Canada.”