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Listen to Adrienne Massanari’s “Personas and politics: The Discursive Construction of The User” talk at IA Summit 2009
Adrienne Massanari, Instructor of New/Digital Media in the School of Communication at Loyola University – Chicago, assesses the problematic relationship between new media designers and “users” in texts written about user-centered design [...]
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Watch Rachel Armstrong’s “Architecture that repairs itself?” talk at TED
Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too [...]
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Smart future showcased at Shanghai World Expo
With heavy coverage from newspapers and television, you may have become quite familiar with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo - "Better City, Better Life."[...]
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Watch Moshe Safdie’s “What makes a Building unique?” talk at TED
Looking back over his long career, architect Moshe Safdie delves into four of his design projects and explains how he labored to make each one truly unique for its site and its users [...]
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Interaction Design Association (IxDA) 2010 Global Student Competition: Submissions open
Submissions are now open for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) Global Student Interaction Design Competition. Submissions are due by November 30th, 23:59, US/PST. This competition is the first of its kind: IxDA will bring 5 finalists to Interaction 10 | Savannah, the 3rd Annual International Conference co-hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design where they will compete head to head to find a winner. All finalists will be given a full scholarship for attending the conference.
Living in China: Plenty of GPS potties, to keep Shanghai’s World Expo site clean
Next year's Shanghai World Expo will feature more than 200 of the world's most innovative pavilions filled with the most advanced technology and inspiring exhibits about modern urban life. But piles of rubbish, dirty surfaces and lack of potties would make a joke of the theme, "Better City, Better Life." [...]
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Watch Thom Mayne’s “Architecture as Connection” talk at TED
Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form [...]
Architecture & Urban Planning in China: the top 10 fast-developing cities in 2009