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Alight Celebrates Refugee-led Architecture and Design at Nakivale on World Architecture Day

By Deedra Mcgillivray 1 month ago

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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — While most of the world would consider an empty plastic bottle destined for recycling, those with a keen eye for design see opportunity. In Nakivale, one of the oldest refugee settlements in Africa, the use of everyday objects – plastic bottles, sand, old tarps – have been applied to build functional structures, including a recording studio and pop-up retail shop. These buildings have become staples throughout the settlement, further establishing the sentiment that this

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By Deedra Mcgillivray 1 month ago

Apple has finally, officially confirmed this year’s Apple iPhone event, and the launch of the next new iPhone, the iPhone 12.

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We’re expecting major updates, including the first iPhone design overhaul since 2017, potentially across a four-strong range of new iPhone 12 models, featuring a spread of different screen sizes. Whereas the current iPhone – the iPhone 11 – was more a case of ‘evolution’ rather than ‘revolution’, the iPhone 12 could well feature an all-new aesthetic and is expected to be packed with plenty of

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Palm Beach architecture board says design for 756 Hi Mount Rd too big

By Deedra Mcgillivray 1 month ago

The Palm Beach Architectural Commission liked the general look of the architecture designed for 756 Hi Mount Road but said the project was overscaled for its lakeside lot.

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The idea behind the design of a new custom home planned for 756 Hi Mount Road — on one of the highest points in Palm Beach — was to recall a villa on a Lombardy hillside, perhaps overlooking Lake Como, according to its architect.

“It’s very Italian,” Ken Tate of Ken Tate Architect recently told the Architectural Commission about the house planned

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Iowa City is unwalkable by design

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

Letters to the Editor, Iowa City Press-Citizen
Published 5:30 a.m. CT Oct. 7, 2020

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City zoning practices give residents little reason to walk

Charlotte Fairlie raises some good points about the challenge of making Iowa City a walkable community, but she barely touches on the biggest problem: for the vast majority of Iowa City, there simply isn’t any reason to walk except for exercise or pleasure. Long ago, the city government, urged no doubt by housing developers, made the decision to zone just about every square foot not taken up by streets for housing of one kind or another

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Margulies Perruzzi Offers Guidance on How COVID-19 Affects Building Design | News

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Margulies Perruzzi (MP), one of New England’s most innovative architectural and interior design firms, today released a new report on the challenges facing commercial real estate and building design due to COVID-19. The firm’s research is available online and as a downloadable PDF at https://bit.ly/3cL4GVE.

In the spring of 2020, Margulies Perruzzi surveyed thousands of industry professionals to gain an understanding of the impact that COVID-19 had on the office environment. This report is being continuously updated to share the current thought leadership on the nature of work and how it is evolving.

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Learning Experiences by Design (LXbD) Partners With Co-Authors Dr. Elia Gourgouris and Konstantinos Apostolopoulos – Press Release

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

LAS VEGAS – October 6, 2020 – (Newswire.com)

LXbD welcomes positive psychology experts Dr. Elia Gourgouris and Konstantinos Apostolopoulos (Coach Kon) to its network of thought leaders. Together, Dr. Elia and Coach Kon have partnered to provide a practical guide to emotionally dealing with pandemics and other disasters in their two-part learning experience 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis, which is based on their book by the same title.

As Dr. Elia and Coach Kon explain, “Organizational and HR leaders across the world are noting their top priority is ensuring the mental and physical well-being of their employees and

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Virus-Responsive Design | American Libraries Magazine

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

A floor plan for furniture removal at Hennepin County (Minn.) Library’s Eden Prairie branch. Illustration: MSR Design

Libraries have always been spaces for discovery. But in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have been tasked with transforming themselves into places that allow users to physically distance while being more digitally connected than ever. As some institutions emerge from months of shutdowns, design and architecture experts seek to meet current health and safety challenges as well as safeguard these community spaces against an uncertain future.

Traci Engel Lesneski, CEO and principal at Minneapolis-based national architecture firm MSR Design, which has worked

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Los Angeles Declares Winner For New Streetlight Design Competition : NPR

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

Streetlights in Los Angeles are an icon of their own, but there hasn’t been a new design for more than 50 years.The city will announce a new design for streetlights after a major design competition.

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In Los Angeles, there are more than 200,000 streetlights. You’ve probably seen some of them because so much stuff is filmed in LA that you see them in the backgrounds of movies and TV. Some are ornate. Most of them are pretty plain. But those lights have not been redesigned for more than 50 years, and now it’s happening. Here’s NPR’s Mandalit

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Project Designed To Empower Communities Wins Lexus Design Award 2020

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

Lexus Design Awards 2020 winning project by BellTower — Lexus Design Awards 2020 winning project by BellTower

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BellTower would like to address the critical infrastructure challenges facing developing nations with “Open Source Communities”. The Grand Prix Lexus Design Award 2020 winner proposes using innovative smart open-source planning to create affordable communities which can provide sustainable clean water resources. The multi-disciplinary Kenyan studio was selected from among 2,000 entries received from 79 countries worldwide – one of the highest numbers in the awards’ history.

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Launched in 2013, the Lexus awards initiative is open to emerging international designers. Topics covered have little to do with

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Wellness Design Makes Surprise Appearance In Biden Campaign Speech

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

Biden mentions wellness design program for low income seniors in campaign speech about community and healthcare. — Biden mentions wellness design program for low income seniors in campaign speech about community and … [+] healthcare. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

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It’s rare that wellness design, the growing practice of creating built spaces that support the well-being of their occupants, shows up in presidential campaigns, but it made an appearance in a policy speech Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. gave in late July and streamed on Facebook Live. Here’s how he tied it into his healthcare policy-focused talk:

“There’s a pilot program now in 27 cities and 16 states where a nurse, an occupational therapist

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A Guide To San Diego’s First Design Week

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

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San Diego’s multifaceted design community — architecture, fashion, tech, style, music, art, home design, food and beverage design and more — comes together for exhibitions, workshops, panels, shows and more.

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The Hothouse installation by Studio Weave for London Design Festival 2020

The Hothouse installation by Studio Weave for London Design Festival 2020 Photograph: courtesy of LDF

London Design Festival was one of the first design events post-lockdown to commit to running on its scheduled September dates. The festival programme reflects the events of 2020. This year there’s a new Virtual Design Destination by Adorno hosting work by European designers unable

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Samsung Wins 48 Design Awards

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

Samsung won a whopping 48 awards at the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2020. The company bagged one Gold, four Silvers, four Bronzes, and one Best-in-Show award in the competition, it announced on Thursday.

IDEA is one of the longest-running and most prestigious and influential design awards programs globally. Hosted annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) since 1980, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the show. This year’s edition was a virtual event that took place on Wednesday, September 16th.

Samsung won several top design awards at IDEA 2020 for creative, cutting-edge products across multiple categories. Those

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How to Use Color and Pattern to Design a Calmer Bedroom

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

If there’s one feeling most of us wish our bedrooms evoked—especially now—it’s calm. “We want our bedrooms to be a retreat, a place to relax,” explains designer and artist Rebecca Atwood. So how do you design your way to a bedroom that helps you stop the stressing (and the scrolling) and actually get a restful night’s sleep? Rebecca Atwood and interior designer Kate Hamilton Gray showed us how it’s done by designing the main bedroom in the 2020 Real Simple Home. The end result: a soothing sleep oasis full of pattern, texture, and a borrowed-from-nature color palette. In need of … Read More

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Your Bedroom And You: How Can You Make The Ideal Sanctuary?

By Ilse Finamore 2 months ago

Every part of your home should reflect you. If you are the quiet type, the colours you use, the design of your furniture, the interior décor should not call, forcefully, for attention. Instead, with quiet grace, they should etch themselves into the minds of visitors. And if you have a vibrant personality, you may go for loud designs and décor. No matter what you are, it is always best for your home to reflect you.

The reason for that is not far-fetched. Your home should be a haven of rest and comfort from the bustle and hustle of life. It … Read More

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Royole FlexPai 2 Foldable Design & Key Specs Revealed Ahead Of Launch

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

The Royole FlexPai 2 has just surfaced in China, and both its design and specs got revealed as part of it. The phone appeared at TENAA, which is China’s equivalent to the FCC.

Now, Royole may not be the best-known brand around, but it is the company that launched the world’s first foldable smartphone. The Royole FlexPai was the very first, commercially-available smartphone in the world.

The FlexPai 2 is expected to succeed the FlexPai, and improve in a number of key areas. The FlexPai was intriguing because it was a foldable phone, but it had a number of shortcomings.

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Take a look at a contemporary seven-bedroom Dallas home with a unique curved design

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

This 14,795-square-foot contemporary home was custom built for owners Darren and Amy Kozelsky. Darren’s name might resonate with country music fans. The home was designed by architect Lionel Morrison.

The home, built in 2007 on nearly two acres in the Hillcrest Estates neighborhood, has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms and four half-bathrooms. The home was updated recently, including adjustments to the kitchen and living room to create an open floor plan and a fireplace was added.

The unique, curved design of the home envelopes an infinity pool that sits off of a wrap-around back patio. The pool is visible from multiple

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price, release date, design, leaks and news

By Deedra Mcgillivray 2 months ago

If you’re looking for the best Android phones around, you can’t go far wrong with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. They’re the Chinese brand’s top-of-the-line smartphones, offering big screens, superb cameras and oodles of power. But they’ll soon be succeeded. In fact, the pictures and details of the new devices have began to leak out.

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Because OnePlus isn’t one to sit still, it launches new phones every six months (at least). That means we’re due the ‘T’ variants, the OnePlus 8T and 8T