When Shopping Was Sociable

Design Research closed its doors 31 years ago. Baby boomers remember the store like it was yesterday. D/R was where they bought their Marimekko dresses, the minute they realized a girdle was no longer required. D/R was where they touched the Kaj Franck china, buying one place-setting at a time for first apartments in Cambridge or San Francisco or New York.
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Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car

"Range anxiety" is the fear of running out of juice, and probably the chief obstacle to people's acceptance of electric cars. We don't like to plan our journeys so carefully. But this pod-like electric car, which has been lurking in the shadows of the more highly publicized Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf, may alleviate that concern.
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Land, Speed and Bonneville

Since the early 20th century the Bonneville Salt Flats — 30,000 acres in western Utah, a plain so vast and flat that the curvature of the earth is visible to the naked eye — have been attracting the world's best and fastest drivers. Several years ago architect Martin Hogue began to explore, analyze, draw and photograph this extraordinary landscape and its history of land speed racing. We're pleased to present — during the annual Speed Week at Bonneville — a slideshow of Hogue's work.
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Hot Mountain

Susannah Sayler, Glacial Icecap and Permafrost Melting: Cordillera Blanca, Peru, 2008.
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The Town That Corbusier Built

Respect for the design of Chandigarh, India, is growing, even as the modernist city is showing wear. But who will care, if access to its most impressive monuments is restricted?
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WEEKLY EMAIL: AUGUST 19, 2010
FEATURED THIS WEEK : ALEXANDRA LANGE When Shopping Was Sociable Design Research closed its doors 31 years ago. Baby boomers remember the store like it was yesterday. D/R was where they bought their Marimekko dresses, the minute they realized a girdle was no longer required. D/R was where they touched the Kaj Franck china, buying one place-setting at a time for first apartments in Cambridge or San Francisco or New York. READ MORE
CHANGE OBSERVER : PHIL PATTON Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car "Range anxiety" is the fear of running out of juice, and probably the chief obstacle to people's acceptance of electric cars. We don't like to plan our journeys so carefully. But this pod-like electric car, which has been lurking in the shadows of the more highly publicized Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf, may alleviate that concern. READ MORE PLACES : MARTIN HOGUE Land, Speed and Bonneville Since the early 20th century the Bonneville Salt Flats — 30,000 acres in western Utah, a plain so vast and flat that the curvature of the earth is visible to the naked eye — have been attracting the world's best and fastest drivers. Several years ago architect Martin Hogue began to explore, analyze, draw and photograph this extraordinary landscape and its history of land speed racing. We're pleased to present — during the annual Speed Week at Bonneville — a slideshow of Hogue's work. READ MORE CHANGE OBSERVER : PHOTO BY SUSANNAH SAYLER/THE CANARY PROJECT Hot Mountain Susannah Sayler, Glacial Icecap and Permafrost Melting: Cordillera Blanca, Peru, 2008. READ MORE CHANGE OBSERVER : ASHISH NANGIA The Town That Corbusier Built Respect for the design of Chandigarh, India, is growing, even as the modernist city is showing wear. But who will care, if access to its most impressive monuments is restricted? READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AUDIO: DESIGN MATTERS ARCHIVE Paola Antonelli Paola Antonelli is a curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art. Listen >> More Design Matters Archive >> CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE St. Augustine School Chicken Project Report on the sustainability program at St. Augustine parochial school in the South Bronx. READ MORE OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE Prisoners of Logic Emotional Design No Bugs on TV PLACES ARCHIVE: WINTER 2006 The State of City Planning Today A veteran city planner and educator analyzes the anemia of U.S. planning, and detects signs of life in neighborhood activism. READ MORE CHANGE OBSERVER: RESOURCES Academic Programs >> Competitions >> Conferences & Events >> Fellowships & Prizes >> Organizations >> Programs & Initiatives >> Publications & Websites >> Social Networks >> RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED Type Rules! Ilene Strizver Thoughts on Interaction Design Jon Kolko Design Research Jane Thompson & Alexandra Lange
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