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it’s about time greta thunberg for your #climatestrike.
above >thunberg skipping school in august 2018, sitting in front of swedish parliament to demand climate action / michael campanella—getty images starting in august 2018, a swedish 15-year-old greta...
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chicago residents ordered to ‘stay at home’ compels tony retailers to ‘board...
illinois governor j.b. pritzker issued a “stay-at-home” order for the entire state starting saturday, 21 march, as officials take drastic measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. pritzker...
View Articlefloriduh finally gets social distancing message and closes beaches. covid-19...
above > left public pinellas county clearwater beach 19 march / right 21 march on 19 march the clearwater council votes to delay closing the clearwater beaches until tuesday 24 march. BUT, they had...
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wash your hands for 30 seconds with soap! covid-19.
experts agree on one thing…the #1 activity you can do to protect your family from coronavirus is wash your hands! according to the cdc, world health org and countless medical institutions you only need...
View Articlelegendary chicago designer hayward r. blake dies at 94.
hayward robert blake. 94, born in west haven, connecticut. he died of natural causes on 13 march 2020. husband of simone louise (nee roussy), for 58 years; loving father of paul (kim), christopher...
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#stayathome #climate #goodcovid-19. a brief breath of fresh air.
right now, someone, something, is jumping up and down, knocking on our head for us to take notice that we have on a silver (lining) platter a timing is everything happening: a vivid graphic that...
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joe doucet envisions a life-saving fashion accessory: behold the face shield....
from sun glasses to face shields. some experts predict the next two years could look like the last two months. through the summer and possibly into 2021 face masks will be required to get on a plane,...
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scott henderson rethinks the face shield. covid-19.
“when zverse asked me to help them rethink the face shield i jumped at the opportunity. there’s no better time than now for designers to apply their unique skills and knowledge, and the face shield is...
View Articlethe beginning is the most important part of the work. hello 2021.
“the beginning is the most important part of the work.” – plato all of us are really wanting a fresh new year! this video made in 2019 by tbwa/paris for the national society of french railways (sncf)...
View Articlewhat’s it take for apple and google to partner up? a novel covid-19 pandemic.
apple and google. masters of privacy. how is it even possible. here’s the concept. apple and google just announced an unprecedented collaboration to leverage their smartphone technology to help trace...
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john ronan architects blends function and sustainability into...
“the kaplan institute at iit is an academic building that combines functionality and sustainability into an elegant design solution, all while working within rigorous financial constraints in a setting...
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anne lacaton and jean-philippe vassal receive the 2021 pritzker architecture...
above/below > cap ferret house. photography: lacaton & vassal in a timely nod to planet earth’s need to support life, french social housing architects, anne lacaton and jean-philippe vassal,...
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herman miller has acquired knoll.
top> eames lounge chair / charles and ray eames / herman miller — bottom > barcelona chair / mies van der rohe / knoll between them, herman miller and knoll have 19 brands and a presence in more...
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cooper-hewitt 2021 national design award winners.
above> the chicago riverwalk / courtesy ross barney architects DesignApplause always looks forward to meeting the winners of this prestigious award. this happening never disappoints. let’s take the...
View Articlehappy monday. hertz purchases 100,000 teslas and what it means for many.
last monday hertz made a mega announcement that they’re purchasing 100,000 teslas. in response the wall street journal‘s editorial board opines below what this means. ///// the more you look behind...
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visionary barrier-breaking chicago designer virgil abloh dies at age 41.
above> mca chicago’s victor abloh 2019 retrospective “figures of speech” social media best informs us of visibility and reach and victor abloh‘s passing gave us a pretty clear picture of who he...
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lululemon and ralph lauren go head to toe at 2022 winter olympics.
above> ice dancers piper gilles and paul poirier wear the beijing 2022 opening ceremony uniform by lululemon in the 80s i felt chicago and toronto had more differences than similarities: the size...
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a pre-show peek of the inspired home show 2022.
br> br> br> this is my 11th year as a gia innovations award judge. today was judgement day to scrutinize five product design finalists in 10 categories. that meant a visit to mccormick place...
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2022 inspired home show gia product design winners.
DesignApplause is honored to be a gia awards judge for the past 11 years, and i looked forward to selecting the best of the 2022 product design – thank you for submitting your product. the judges used...
View Articlelew asher design-centric chicago printer calls it a day at 102.
above > lew with daughters l>r sharon & roberta circa early 90s courtesy greg samata i can’t think of one designer who was practicing in the 60s thru 2000 or even later that didn’t know lew....
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