Holger Struppek shares some design insights that went into Wells Fargo's touchscreen ATM interface--a product freed from a major hardware-imposed restriction of the past.
Watershed Protection as Functional Art
In search of beautiful civil engineering products
Daniel McCormick's watershed protection installations are beautiful--even inspiring--because they blend in with the environment while serving an important engineering function. Can we extend his lessons to large-scale construction projects?
Building homes from kits has been popular as early as the late 1800s when Sears Roebuck & Co sold and shipped plans, pre-measured materials and hardware to any point in the country served by a rail line. Here's a look at a modern take on kit housing. Apart from the aesthetic, has anything really changed?
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Living large with warning signs
Rapid communicaton for the care and nonfeeding of cats of prey
Sometimes we can witness great design thinking in the most quotidian of media. Here's a short exploration of a locally famous warning sign from the wilderness of Northern California.
Supporting multiple transportation modes
Some designers are good at helping us get by
In the United States, we growl about having freedom of choice about how we travel and then ironically opt a single mode of transport (usually a large car), clog the interstates and arterials, and complain about how poorly the transportation system works. Finite spaces can support a surprisingly large number of transportation modes and keep everyone moving efficiently toward their destinations.
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