As global HIV-infection rates have stabilized since the epidemic began in the ‘80s, interest in AIDS prevention campaigns has dwindled by many governments worldwide, leaving NGOs to do much of the awareness work. Lynne Ciochetto looks at some of these projects.

“Color is an integral element of our world, not just in the natural environment but also in the man-made architectural environment.” Frank H. Mahnke explores the psychological and aesthetic benefits of color in art and design.

The ROLU residency at this year’s Open Field involves in a number of collaborations, many which feature artist/designer editions: publications, wearables, objects, and furniture. Artist/designer Peter Nencini, formerly profiled and interviewed here, contributed a series of embroidered totes to ROLU’s Dream Shop on Rhiannon Silver’s Intelligent Clashing. In Rhiannon’s words, the shop is a “snap-shot…

NYC’s first self-powered building, The Delta, has been unveiled. “It is equipped with solar panels and a vertical wind turbine that allow it to meet 100% of its energy needs without tapping into the grid.”

Design giant IKEA has started brewing its own brand of beer. To be distributed only in the UK, Öl Mörk Lager joins street-art advertising in Milan and an airport lounge at Charles de Gaulle among the Swedish company’s offbeat offshoots.

Construction of New Mexico’s scientific ghost town has been delayed. The $1 billion city had been billed as a testing ground for developing products from “self-flushing toilets, intelligent traffic systems and next-generation wireless networks.”