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Design Decoded: When is an Signature not an Signature?

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Life Without Buildings 2013-02-02 18:01:06
Design Decoded: When is an Signature not an Signature?Thomas Jefferson?s ?polygraph? device. Today it would be more properly called a pantograph ?�a tool traditionally used by draftsmen and scientists to reduce and enlarge drawings. The following post is excerpted from Design Decoded. President Obama was in Hawaii when�he signed the fiscal cliff deal�in Washington D.C. Of course, it?s now common for us to …

Design Decoded: Designing a Drone-Proof City

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Life Without Buildings 2013-02-14 12:09:28
Design Decoded: Designing a Drone-Proof CityShura City (image: Asher J. Kohn) As drones become increasingly common tools of war and surveillance on the battlefield and in our cities, how are architects and designers responding? Previously, we?ve looked at personal�counter-surveillance�measures, but it?s likely that future designers will move beyond the scale of the individual to larger projects such as drone-proof architecture or perhaps …

Meanwhile, elsewhere…

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Life Without Buildings 2013-02-16 03:14:06
Meanwhile, elsewhere…Robert Venturi’s Duck Hunt Although there isn’t much original content these days on Life Without Buildings, I’ve been busy writing elsewhere. Most notably, for almost two years now I’ve been co-writing a book with Robert A.M. Stern documenting the history of the Yale School of Architecture and the contributions its alumni have made to the profession. Working on the book takes up …

Design Decoded: The Fisher Space Pen Boldly Writes Where No Man Has Written Before

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Life Without Buildings 2013-02-04 16:00:35
Design Decoded: The Fisher Space Pen Boldly Writes Where No Man Has Written BeforePatent #3,285,228, The Fisher Anti-Gravity Pen (image: Google patents) The following post is excerpted from�Design Decoded. The Fisher Space Pen�was created by inventor, pen manufacturer, and (brief)�JFK political opponent�Paul C. Fisher. Fisher had been an innovator in the pen industry for years, even before he started his own company. His …

Design Decoded: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Design The Art of the Scent

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Life Without Buildings 2013-02-08 21:42:42
Design Decoded: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Design The Art of the ScentInstallation view of The Art of the Scent exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. � � � � � � � � � � � � �(original image: Brad Farwell) While walking through the�Museum of Art and Design?s�exhibition ?The Art of the Scent (1889-2012)? my mind …

Design Decoded: When is a Signature not a Signature?

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Life Without Buildings 2013-02-02 18:01:06
Design Decoded: When is a Signature not a Signature?Thomas Jefferson?s ?polygraph? device. Today it would be more properly called a pantograph ?�a tool traditionally used by draftsmen and scientists to reduce and enlarge drawings. The following post is excerpted from Design Decoded. President Obama was in Hawaii when�he signed the fiscal cliff deal�in Washington D.C. Of course, it?s now common for us to …

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