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The Patent Curve
Via theatlantic.com
Nov 2012
Apple has been granted a patent on rounded corners for rectangular electronic devices. “It’s tempting to think that patents are becoming more absurd,” writes Christopher Mims, “but that would be a mistake.”
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Canine Design
Via designboom.com
Nov 2012
Japan’s Kenya Hara has commissioned 11 designers—including Shigeru Ban and Atelier Bow-Wow—to build dog houses. Hara’s Architecture for Dogs features custom canine houses tailored for breeds including the bichon frise, shiba inu, and pug.
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Voting Style
Via architizer.com
Nov 2012
In honor of Election Day, Architizer takes a look at the various styles of voting booths worldwide. Though seemingly unimportant,”the voting booth empowers the individual to exercise his or her right to elect their own leaders–and that’s quite an achievement.”
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Airborne Biospheres
Via designboom.com
Nov 2012
Tomás Saraceno continues his fascination with airborne biospheres for his newest work. Installed in Milan, his On Space and Time Foam is “a multi-layered installation of translucent PVC
membranes suspended 24 meters above the ground.”
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Passings: Lebbeus Woods
Via popsci.com
Oct 2012
Visionary architect/theorist Lebbeus Woods passed away Tuesday at age 72. Melding the worlds of science fiction and speculative design, he “favored big-concept paper projects over the quotidian limitations of brick and mortar,” writes Suzanne LaBarre.
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Change Is Inevitable
Via designobserver.com
Oct 2012
For his ongoing “Accidental Mysteries” column, John Foster shares “things that have been altered or changed by man from the original form,” from a Frankenstein $5 bill to Cindy Sherman’s personae to a hijacked paint-by-numbers dog portrait.
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Design by Acconci
Via thedailybeast.com
Oct 2012
Vito Acconci has been named Designer of the Year by Design Miami, the field’s top commercial fair. The performance art pioneer began designing buildings and public projects in the late '80s, including a NY subway station and a project in the Philadelphia airport.
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Cultural Merit Badges
Via travelandleisure.com
Oct 2012
“Like a merit badge for cultural travelers, the humble museum-admission button
speaks volumes,” writes Patrick Sheehan, who’s been collecting entry tabs from institutions ranging from the Walker to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum.
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Airport Typography
Via nytimes.com
Oct 2012
Designer Ruedi Baur’s signage at the Vienna Airport aims to reevaluate airport design. His new wayfinding elements are designed to give the feel of Vienna: “My job was to create a system of signs that makes this airport a place, not a nonplace.”