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Hill quotes Brian Eno:
An important aspect of design is the degree to which the object involves you in its... See more
Revisiting Adaptive Design, a lost design movement
Craig Mod • Looking Closely Is Everything
“Staggered” lighting was set up so that lights would always be green for a motorist moving at a particular speed (usually 25 mph). The first such system, installed on Sixteenth Street in Washington, D.C.,…
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Tom Standage • A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Pragmatic Chaos
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
There have also been efforts to rethink the way suburbs work, by changing zoning rules to encourage the emergence, either spontaneously or through deliberate redevelopment, of mixed neighborhoods of residential, retail, and office space, and forms of housing other than single-family homes. This typically involves a small, walkable town center with
... See moreTom Standage • A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
What both user-friendliness and behavioral economics shared was an overriding sense that our minds could never be perfected, and that our imperfections made us who we are.
Cliff Kuang • User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
What can the world’s most walkable cities teach other places?
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