ralph lauren launches a shirt made entirely with recycled plastic bottles.
polo ralph lauren has launched earth polo, a version of its iconic polo shirt. each shirt uses an average of 12 recycled plastic bottles and dyed through a process that uses zero water. the shirts are...
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first amazon and now ford investing in all-electric pickup truck startup rivian.
last february, amazon announced a $700-million dollar investment in rivian to develop an electric delivery vehicle. now ford motor company is investing $500 million dollars into rivian. and though the...
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mental health awareness resources.
each year millions of americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. during may, DesignApplause and the rest of the country are raising awareness of mental health. each year we fight...
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icff 2019 happenings.
[ icff ] the 31st annual [ icff ] north america’s platform for global design, will map the newest frontier of what’s best and what’s next at new york city’s jacob k. javits convention center, may...
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2019 nycxdesign happenings.
nycxdesign, new york city’s annual celebration of design, attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees and designers from across the globe. taking place each may—next occurring may 10–22, 2019—the event...
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neocon 2019 and satellite event happenings.
[ neocon’s 51st edition ] since 1969 neocon continues to serve as the world’s premier platform and most important event of the year for the commercial design industry. below are events with the...
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2019 london design festival happenings.
london design festival celebrates and promotes london as the design capital of the world. the festival returns to venues and institutes across the city from 14-22 september 2019. [ the design districts...
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geometry of light farnsworth house revamped for the chicago architecture...
above > farnsworth house / courtesy of © chris bellezza farnsworth house, the national trust for historic preservation, and mas context presents geometry of light, an art intervention by luftwerk in...
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above > skievvar, 2019 / joar nango the artist-architect joar nango is a member of the sámi people, an indigenous group from the north of norway and sweden. he creates site-specific installations...
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expo chicago 2019: expression vs communication look #1.
above > shelves ‘dune’ / zaha hadid / david gill gallery (london) – booth 105 / 2007 what is the difference between art and design? i think it comes down to function. design can have many functions,...
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expo chicago 2019: expression vs communication look #2.
above > study for homage to the square / josef albers / david zwirner (new york, london, paris, hong kong) – booth 239 / 1954 – 1960 what is the difference between art and design? i think it comes...
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2020 porsche taycan luxury all-electric high-performance pollution-free hits...
the name taycan roughly translates from turkish as “lively young horse” in reference to the steed of the stuttgart coat of arms on the porsche crest. the taycan is a billion-dollar bet on an...
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zaha hadid associates opens airport with world’s largest airport terminal in...
beijing daxing international airport is a new airport in the daxing district 28/miles/46km south of the city center (20 minutes by express train). developed to alleviate congestion at the capital’s...
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2019 chicago architecture biennial week #2 happenings.
above > the gun project memorial project 2019 / mass design group – exhibit designers “…you hear those numbers all the time, but you never tie names to them. i wanted you to see who my son was.”...
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2019 chicago architecture biennial week #3 calendar.
above > secrets of a digital garden / photos > gloria araya nothing is conventional in this garden. 50 slices of earth containing ‘digital’ flowers has been brought to chicago to narrate the...
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13 energizing all-electric vehicles for 2020 and 5 reasons why.
above > aston martin rapide e the big automakers are eyeing electric because electric cars provide many benefits to drivers. here’s five: 1 > electric vehicles save you money every electricity...
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chicago architecture center presents ninth annual open house chicago.
the chicago architecture center‘s ninth annual open house chicago is a free public festival that offers behind-the-scenes access to an astonishing 350 venues including soaring skyscrapers, repurposed...
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enel x with koz susani design offers up an e-mobility revolution with...
enel x, a leading european electric energy provider, launched in 2017 the campaign e-mobility revolution, to install thousands of public chargers to recharge electric vehicles. chicago-based koz susani...
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mental health awareness resources.
above > designer george douglas each year millions of americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. during may, DesignApplause and the rest of the country are raising awareness of...
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mary quant at the v&a museum in tandem with london design festival 2019.
the whole point of fashion is to make fashionable clothes available to everyone ~ mary quant 1966 dame mary quant defined the young, playful look of the 1960s, becoming britain’s best-known designer, a...
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