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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

Public health is affected as well – not just for future generations but for today” said Chip DeGrace, Interface Director, Design Purpose. When the time comes for Interface’s flooring to be removed, they’ll take back the used carpet tiles and recycle the materials as backing for future tiles through their ReEntry program.

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The snake that eats its tail

UX Collective

From the shadows on the wall in Plato’s allegory of the cave to Neil Postman’s warning that we are ‘amusing ourselves to death’ (Postman 2006) with entertainment, concerns over media, distraction, and attention linger in our public discourse. It is also turned inward towards public sector employees who are ‘monitored’ by the system.