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Ethan Tucker
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Profiles
In San Francisco, a Furniture Maker Bridges Old Traditions and High-Tech Production
Fyrn gained a cult following among Bay Area restauranteurs, now it’s leveling up, with an expanded product line and new production facilities.
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Products
Constantin Boym Creates a Collection of DIY Animal Houses
Ecophilia is a do-it-yourself experiment in inter-species design.
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Programs
There Is Always a Design Emergency
Design curator Paola Antonelli and Metropolis editor in chief Avinash Rajagopal discuss design responses to some of humanity’s most pressing issues.
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Viewpoints
Does Parking Explain the American City?
In a new book, journalist Henry Grabar explains how parking, more than any other force or need, shaped the fabric of American cities and suburbs.
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Profiles
Five Students Test Their Ideas in Three Dimensions
Members of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 brought their designs to life in CNC-milled lumber, recycled felt, 3D-printed plastic, and a host of other materials.
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Profiles
Nicolas Burbano Diaz Uses Design to Build Community
A member of the 2023 Metropolis Future100, this interior design student at Toronto Metropolitan University focuses on housing and hospitality, with the hope of making a difference.
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Viewpoints
Hello Tomorrow! Captures Our Nostalgia for the Future Past
Anchored in the jet-age aesthetics of midcentury America, the TV show feeds our insatiable desire to imagine the future the way it could have been.
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Viewpoints
Reintroducing the Climate Toolkit for Interior Design
The toolkit now contains expanded guidance on carbon hot spots and circular design strategies courtesy of sustainability and design experts around the country.
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Projects
This Oslo Workplace Is Made of 80 Percent Upcycled Building Materials
Local firm Mad Arkitekter refurbishes an office building using demolition waste, changing the conversation around material reuse.
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Viewpoints
How the New Era in Solar Energy Is Reshaping Design
Investment in solar power is a principal component of the United States' decarbonization strategy. Architects, designers, and manufacturers are already taking heed.
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Viewpoints
The Next Generation of Solar Is Lighter, Better, and Cheaper
Solar power is in a golden age of technological innovation, what will the impact be on design?
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Viewpoints
The Oslo Architecture Triennale Champions the Social Dimensions of Design
The Triennale’s eighth edition takes a hyper-local approach to neighborhoods that resonates in an increasingly virtual world.
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Projects
This Firm Reshaped Its Office into the Hub of a “Carbon Neutral Corridor”
Archimania charts a new path for green building in a carbon-intensive Memphis neighborhood.
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Viewpoints
The National Building Museum Takes a Deeper Look at Social Justice and the Built Environment
Its Intersections series, launched this month, will present nationally recognized Black artists and designers including Mabel O. Wilson, Germane Barnes, and the BlackSpace Collective.
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Viewpoints
A New Book Illustrates the Past Half-Century’s Various “Offices of the Future”
The Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work explores how design and technology have transformed how and where we work through a wide and diverse collection of groundbreaking offices.
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Viewpoints
Three Museums Bring Art Outdoors
In the age of social distancing and social media, outdoor art centers are experiencing a boon.
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Products
Crafting Vladimir Kagan’s Modernist Legacy
Kagan was an icon of mid-century design. Today, in a humble factory in New Jersey, his furniture lives on.
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Profiles
Q&A: Bruce Mau Discusses a New Documentary and Forthcoming Projects
MAU, a documentary about the category-defying designer’s life, premiered in New York City during NYCxDESIGN.
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Projects
In the Toronto Suburbs, Affordable Senior Housing is Overhauled to Meet the Highest Efficiency Standards
Through a combination of advocacy and design, ERA Architects is helping build a movement to rehabilitate and green the city’s affordable housing stock.
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Viewpoints
Building the Uncanny Corporate Modernism of Severance
The new show from Apple TV+ takes place in a midcentury-inspired workplace with a message for today.