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Getting Crypto-Chic

January 2, 2019

6 min read

The Playful Design Futures of Cryptocurrencies Design in finance isn’t trendy. It rarely embraces risk, fads, or even asymmetry. Design that has anything to do with money or the economy is the design of integrity. Whether it’s for a bank logo or the dollar bills in our pocket, the goal of this design is to…

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Zero Gravity Cuisine: Reimagining the Experience of Space Food

November 19, 2018

7 min read

This article is based on research currently being conducted by author Maggie Coblentz at the Rhode Island School of Design. The viewpoints in this article reflect those of Coblentz, and will be further explored in her thesis, currently in development, which examines the ways in which innovative food design can improve the health and happiness…

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Making Work Play or Making Play Work

October 24, 2018

5 min read

The Tom Sawyer Approach Some adults tend to think of play as something for children; for busy grownups with more important things to do, play is a waste of time. But in my experience as a designer and entrepreneur, the opposite is true. Incorporating play into the workplace is an excellent way to solve problems…

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Ian Spalter: Insights From Instagram’s Head of Design

September 18, 2018

12 min read

This interview originally appeared on techcrunch.com, and was conducted by Jared Erondu and Bobby Ghoshal, the hosts of High Resolution. This is an abridged version of the original interview. Ian Spalter, the current Head of Design at Instagram, has been living and breathing design for years, making his way around both the client-side and agency…

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Virtual Reality: So Much More Than Just Gaming

September 4, 2018

4 min read

The Origins of VR The idea of a fully immersive, artificially created experience goes back to wishful writings from the 19th century. Though there were a few early writers who were inspired by the idea of a totally immersive experience, they could do little to explore their fascination further. Until the 1960s, VR technology was…

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Learn the Rules Before Playing the Game

August 23, 2018

8 min read

Note: The author would like to thank Bruce Thomas, founder and managing director at Arcady Group, LLC, for sharing the story of the 99DOTS team and supporting the development of this article. Think of a game you consider yourself to be good at. Any game will do – a board game, a sport, anything with…

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No More Time Outs: An Exploration of Playful Parenting

August 21, 2018

10 min read

How Playful Parenting Is Reinventing the Parent-Child Relationship Parenting styles have always varied. Strict or lenient, hovering or independent – regardless of which way a parent bends, by integrating elements of play into their approach, they can step up their parenting game and make the menial seem more meaningful. The future of parenting may lie…

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Exploring the Creative Process Through An Industrial Designer’s Lens

July 10, 2018

4 min read

Industrial designers shape our world through products, services, and experiences. Today we have vastly more powerful tools and deeply insightful methods at our fingertips, allowing industrial designers to inform the creative process as never before. As observers of user needs and identifiers of market expectations, they have a vital role to play in meeting challenges…

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Hyperloop Suburb: Reimagining the Dystopian Community

June 18, 2018

2 min read

The suburbs have received an increasingly negative reputation due to their poverty-stricken beginnings in the 1920s, and their continued evolution into cookie-cutter, isolated communities for the middle class American in the 21st century. When we think of these family-dominated communities, we typically feel a sense of dystopian fear, an anxiety that lingers somewhere between an…

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Odile Decq and the Romance of Disagreement

June 18, 2018

2 min read

Odile Decq is an award-winning French architect and urban planner, with an innate ability to bring together multiple disciplines and trains of thought to produce highly sophisticated designs. Since her first major commission for La Banque Populaire de l'Ouest in Rennes, France, she has become a radical voice in architecture research, being awarded The Golden…

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Experience Art: Discover the Art of Anime and Manga

May 28, 2018

1 min read

Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World, PIE International Although anime has been around for decades, there has been a notable revival in the genre as of late. Netflix is dubbing and rebooting old favorites, cutting-edge video game graphics are being pared down into nostalgic two-dimensional worlds, and the manga industry continues to stay strong, especially…

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Experience Art: Step Into an Extraordinary Visual Journey

May 28, 2018

1 min read

The Art of Fantasy, Sci-fi and Steampunk, by Hiroshi Unno Take an unusual journey through art history in The Art of Fantasy, Sci-fi and Steampunk, a stunning yet quirky book by Hiroshi Unno that challenges the ways in which we tell a genre’s story. Half in Japanese and half in English, this uniquely curated work…

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Libeskind and the Reveal of “Facing Gaia”

May 3, 2018

2 min read

"I always seek to think of—what has been repressed in memory on a site? What are the voices that are whispering to us across an abyss?" Daniel Libeskind, a Polish-born, American-grown architect is an artist when it comes to visualizing the past through structure. His ability to apply a modernist style while remaining inventive, visionary,…

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Designing a New Class of Luxury

May 2, 2018

10 min read

An Intimate Look at the Dorchester Collection Hotel Group Resting in the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, sits what many believe to be the world’s oldest hotel – Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan. Established in 705 AD on the banks of a natural hot spring, its foundational magnetism came from healing and relaxing baths that, over the…

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Brutal Food: The Rise of Minimalist Design in London’s Food Cultures

May 2, 2018

4 min read

Brutal. Raw. Concrete. The term “Brutalism” was coined by French architect Le Corbusier when referencing his use of béton brut (raw concrete). The term was then adapted by architectural critic Reyner Banham, who used “Brutalism” to refer to elements of the 20th-century style. Brutalist architecture is characterized by structures that have  a raw nature, evoking…

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