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Kelly Beamon
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14 Products Bring Digital Inspiration into the Physical Realm
With trade shows back in person, product debuts are getting back to the internet of things.
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Viewpoints
SCHOOLED: What is Infrastructure?
In the wake of the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the term keeps expanding to describe an evolving network of systems everyone needs.
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Profiles
Principals at Six Top Firms Predict Where American Design Is Headed
The future, they say, depends on how the A&D industry responds to a rapidly shifting cultural landscape.
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Projects
A Mississippi School Models Collaborative Reuse
The Office of Jonathan Tate applies its formula for successful infill to the design of a Clarksdale elementary school.
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Umo, a Mono Material Accent Table, Puts Transparency First
Better known for popular styles than carbon reduction, furniture manufacturer Stylex has been nevertheless expanding its sustainable designs.
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A Café Chair Designed for Luxurious Efficiency
A collaboration between Shanghai-based Stellar Works and Connecticut design studio BassamFellows yields a beautiful-yet-functional update on the classic style.
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Two Lively Fabrics Fit for Commercial Applications
Sunbrella offers a fluorine-free contract textile while Sina Pearson draws on her Nordic heritage for a new commercial collection.
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Profiles
Congratulations to AIA’s Next President
Kimberly Dowdell, the 295th living black woman to earn an architect's license, is the first black woman to serve as AIA president.
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12 Responsibly Sourced Design Products
Building product manufacturers today are making ethical and sustainable choices with their supply chains.
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Projects
Nick Cave Enlivens theMART’s Facade During NeoCon
Ba Boom Boom Pa Pop Pop features dancers wearing Cave’s famous “Soundsuits,” costumelike sculptures the artist has been making since 1992.
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The Path Chair Is Humanscale’s Latest Carbon-Negative Product
Having already rolled out 25 items whose production actually helps remove carbon from the atmosphere, Humanscale is now launching its most sustainable task chair yet.
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15 of the Best Product Debuts for Spring 2022
In time for NYCxDESIGN, here’s a sampling of new design products, including some hitting Manhattan showrooms.
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Profiles
Mariam Kamara Could Profoundly Change Design Pedagogy Everywhere
The Niger-based architect Mariam Kamara's rapidly growing practice informs a series of lectures she has delivered recently at MIT, Columbia University GSAPP, the African Futures Institute in Ghana, and Harvard GSD.
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LIVDEN’s Low-Impact Tiles are LEED-Ready
Tiles by San Diego–based LIVDEN contain 65 to 100 percent recycled content and are decorated using the company’s proprietary low-impact printing process.
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Viewpoints
SCHOOLED: The Metaverse Explained for Everyone
In a flip-flop of normal learning curves, the younger you are, the easier it is to understand and use the metaverse.
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Profiles
The Eames Office Puts Ray Eames’s Design Contributions in Context
On the heels of the Eames Office’s 80th anniversary marked by an exhibition and a Ray-inspired sneaker, director Eames Demetrios spoke to Metropolis about the matriarch who continues to inspire design.
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Three Companies Pushing the Boundaries of Recycled Plastic
Manufacturers are diverting man-made plastic waste into delightful new designs. Is it helpful? Three companies and an expert on regenerative design weigh in.
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21 Interior Products from KBIS for Nesting at Home
A review of new residential products ahead of this February’s Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) suggests manufacturers are betting big on users’ need to cocoon.
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Andreu World’s Forest Club Collection Is Circular Economy Ready
Designed by Phillipe Starck, the Spanish manufacturer's new collection makes use of wooden fasteners to minimize materials and maximize recyclability.
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Two Flooring Products for Ease of Use and Peace of Mind
Commercial carpeting made from recycled materials and poured-in-place linoleum are good options for high-traffic environments.