Tom Vanderbilt

Tom Vanderbilt writers about architecture, design, technology, science and other topics for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, Wired, The Financial Times, Smithsonian, Slate, and Metropolis. He most recent book is Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). He tweets at @tomvanderbilt.

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www.tomvanderbilt.com/

Posts by Tom Vanderbilt

PLACES: The City and the Sea (05.30.13)
CHANGE OBSERVER: Interface Time (08.15.11)
OBSERVATORY: Significant Objects: Marines (Upside-Down) Logo Mug (08.17.09)
OBSERVATORY: Fanfare for the Common Commuter (10.22.08)
OBSERVATORY: Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (07.23.08)
OBSERVATORY: Blast-Door Art: Cave Paintings of Nuclear Era (04.03.08)
OBSERVATORY: Discipline and Design (11.27.07)
OBSERVATORY: On the Squareness of Milk Containers (06.13.07)
OBSERVATORY: Small Worlds (09.13.06)
OBSERVATORY: Wacky Packages of the Global Economy (04.26.06)
OBSERVATORY: The Darwinian iPod (08.07.05)
OBSERVATORY: Material Issue (05.13.05)
OBSERVATORY: Leisurama: Design Within Reach (04.13.05)
OBSERVATORY: A Pictograph Is Worth a Thousand Words? (03.18.05)
OBSERVATORY: Rise and Fall of Rock and Roll Graphic Design (02.14.05)
OBSERVATORY: A Review of a Show You Cannot See (01.14.05)
OBSERVATORY: Pleasures and Pathos of Industrial Ruins (12.09.04)

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