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October 2012
Features
It’s Electric

With a $200-million investment and an entirely new business model, BMW makes its first serious foray into the future of urban mobility.
Features
A Culture of Caring

Designing hospitals in the global marketplace requires the ability to blend state-of-the-art solutions with a sensitivity to local customs, rituals, and religions.
Features: Include
Features: Object Lessons
Features: Spirited Revival
Features: Step by Step
Features: Mature Aesthetic
Features: Uttering the D-Word
Features: Creative Deficiency
Features: Last Stars Standing
Features: Green Thumbs
Features: DIY Decals
Features: Design for All
Features: Ronan Bouroullec
Features: Brave New City
Features: Brave New City | Dream Team
Notes from Metropolis
Include

We challenge the design community to address the full arc of human life with its variety of needs.

Dîa-logue(s)
Dialogue


Observed
Object Lessons
Spirited Revival
Step by Step
Mature Aesthetic

America
Uttering the D-Word

How do you mandate superior “design” or even “beauty” in a planning document?

On The Spot
Creative Deficiency
We spend more than $20 billion a year on the design and construction of new health-care facilities in the United States. And yet, from a design perspective, the vast majority of these projects are banal, at best. Why is the bar set so low for hospital design?

Perspective
Last Stars Standing

Architecture has undergone something of a cleansing in recent years. With a few notable exceptions.

In Production
Green Thumbs

Enlisted Design is producing a wall-mounted garden system for city dwellers.

Materials
DIY Decals

Blik and Bruce Mau Design help you create your own eco-friendly wall coverings.

Productsphere
Design for All

The next generation of designers searches for truly inclusive solutions.

Shop Talk
Ronan Bouroullec
The older brother of the famous team talks about fetishizing objects, learning English, and walking to work.

Reference Page
Reference


Brave New City
Introduction by Susan S. Szenasy

Brave New City | Dream Team
Seven visionary teams reimagine the urban experience

Brave New City | Getting Around

The transit hub of the future must support a seamless transportation network.

Brave New City | Taking a Walk

Simple technologies integrated into city streets can make a world of difference.

Brave New City | Finding Your Way

An urban navigation system based on a profoundly simple idea.

Brave New City | Picking Up the Groceries

Under the right conditions, an outdoor public market can transform the busy heart of the city.

Brave New City | Sharing Resources

If a neighborhood is to become truly inclusive, then its community center is best decentralized.

Brave New City | Living Together

A freewheeling talk with the proud 120-year-old matriarch of a multigenerational household, circa 2120.

Brave New City | Working Virtually

A solution for the home office of the future that recreates the look and feel of live encounters.

Hail to the Chiefs

On the eve of the election, we take a critical look at six decades of presidential branding.

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