The Surface May Not Be As It Appears
Investigations by architects and scientists may cause us to reconsider two familiar surface qualities: opacity and porosity.
Investigations by architects and scientists may cause us to reconsider two familiar surface qualities: opacity and porosity.
Take a look at the first results of ThinkLab’s Industry Impact Survey, which is generating data to help designers and design manufacturers move forward during these challenging times.
Amanda Schneider, president of ThinkLab, offers research-backed insights on the challenges and opportunities designers are facing.
Located at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Building 668 is a massive simulator of new energy systems, tucked behind a semi-translucent facade.
The growing field of environmental psychology examines what makes people feel comfortable. Now it's up to designers to harness its findings.
With an unabashed embrace of the empirical, contributors assert something about how space is experienced.
With the launch of a new master's degree, Carole Collet is helping define and advance the rather amorphous discipline.
A groundbreaking new study from McKinsey & Company shows that companies who invest in good design reap major fiscal rewards.
The Philadelphia-based architects have turned their own office into a laboratory to test strategies like natural ventilation and to develop technologies for sensor-driven products.
Design’s leading voices help us identify the next wave of burgeoning talent.
The two partners at Matter Design excel at converting their avant-garde ideas into reality.
Having reached architectural early middle-age, ARO now seems poised for greatness.
Research is an important part of the design process, and doing it right can make a big difference.
Image via creativemachines.cornell.edu There have been many suggestions on how to harness wind to power buildings or just to produce more clean sources of energy to add to the grid. The problem is that many of these technologies are prohibitively…