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SPACE10’s New Headquarters Is Very Community-Centric

Design Milk

New additions, including a public library with a take-a-book-leave-a-book system, foster an environment that’s conducive for community exchange and creative ideation. The gallery area will host two exhibitions a year, with this year’s The Ideal City 2040 installation currently on view through spring 2023.

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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. PHOTO: Nick Lehoux The architects also focused on increasing access, in a move they describe as giving the public realm back to the students.

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Andrew Satake Blauvelt Elevated Graphic Design Far Beyond Notions of “Problem Solving”

Eye on Design

was published in Emigre magazine alongside a body of other writing on the notion of “design authorship.” His writing appeared in a variety of design journals and publications, and he guest-edited three seminal issues of the academic journal Visible Language, all focused on design history. “He

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Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in August

Design Week

Upcoming episodes will feature founder of materials research design studio Ma-tt-er Seetal Solanki and in another climate change-focused episode, the director of climate documentary 2040 Damon Gameau. Socially-distanced cities. Virtual zine: Onomatopoeia, from Coda to Coda and Rosie Lee.

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The Current Crisis Makes it Clear: We Need a New Deal for Affordable Housing

Azure Magazine

Instead, with inclusionary housing – market-rate projects that include a percentage of affordable units – there is less resistance, and less public sector funding required. “It cities have declared racism a public health emergency. (BANANA stands for “build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything.”)

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The 50 Global Brands That Changed The World

Inkbot Design

This marketing approach involves basic and advanced advertising, direct mail , public relations, and emphasising community values through corporate social responsibility. Dell has seen worldwide success in building its brand and company to superior levels of profitability by using an integrated marketing communication strategy (IMCS).

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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.