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It took way too long, finding the processing limits of my MacBook, and solving an upload issue with my video hosting provider, but we have it: video of Steve Glenn’s recent talk at DWR. On a drizzly Thursday night — nothing compared to what we’ve had for the last few days, mind you — over [...]
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In last Sunday’s Boston Globe, Dushko Petrovich explored how Boston could find itself as the home of a new art revolution. In his essay, Dushko cites all that Boston has going for it: “several great museums, a superabundance of universities, many galleries, a highly educated and increasingly sophisticated audience, and a density that allows for [...]
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We’ve learned about a lot of great events focusing on green design lately around the city recently, and just learned about one more. CBT Architects – whose office is a beacon in a sea of sports bars across from the TD Bank Garden – is hosting CBT Green Day 2010. The name is a bit of a [...]
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It often feels like design-minded people — you and me — have opposing values: We’re among the loudest voices calling for more environmentally-friendly buildings, but at the same time, we want well-crafted, comfortable, designed homes. DWR on Tremont Street has called in a professional to help us with this dilemma. Steve Glenn, founder and CEO of [...]
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…but it’s for a good reason! When I should have been writing about the great designers I’m coming across, I’ve been working with Joyce — not just a blogger but also a freelance photographer and graphic designer — on designing and programming a new DesignBoston.org. The basic layout is all set, but there’s still much [...]
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Another interesting duo that I met at SHIFTboston are Derek Cascio and Sam Aquillano. They are creating the Design Museum Boston, where they will share all types of design – architecture, furniture, product design, graphic design and more. The approach Derak and Sam are taking for Design Museum Boston isn’t the normal route of raising [...]
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Merry Christmas!
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This week, at the COP15 Climate Change Conference, a group of MIT students introduced the Copenhagen Wheel, which turns any bike you already own into an “electric bike with regeneration and real-time environmental sensing capabilities.” The Copenhagen Wheel harvests energy when you brake and stores it for when you need a boost – going uphill, [...]
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ICFF 2009 was smaller than last year, surely due to the economy, but there was no shortage of imaginative, thoughtful designs. Indeed, the amount of sustainable design at the show was greater than ever, and the pieces showed a great deal of both creativity and maturity. Below, here are 11 green designs, from floors to [...]
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If you haven’t watched TV, read a newspaper, or been on the T in the last month or so, you may be forgiven for not knowing about Puma City. Puma City, a pop-up store currently set up on Fan Pier near the ICA, is an assemblage of 24 shipping containers. The use of shipping containers [...]
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