Tag: New York City - Page 8
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Building a City for Plants, Inspired by NYC
A proposed art project would make a model city for plants, complete with infrastructure.
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David Byrne On Bike Sharing Coming To New York City
The Talking Head has tried bikeshares all over the world, and describes them to New Yorkers
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New Study Confirms That Walkability Increases Property Values
Across the country, people are voting with their feet as walkable communities become the most desirable places to live.
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Sweeping Up After New York Design Week
It takes a while to absorb everything from New York Design Week; Here are a few more highlights
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It's Palletpalooza at New York Design Week and ICFF
Goodbye shipping containers, hello pallets as the design meme of the moment.
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There is ICFF, There is Wanted Design, and Then There Was the Salon des Refusés
These designers didn't make it into the big show, but that didn't stop them from doing a great bit of guerrilla design theatre
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Visiting Graham Hill's Amazing LifeEdited Apartment
I will admit it: It is better than I expected, and can be a real model for urban living.
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What We're Looking For at ICFF and New York Design Week
It's a lot more than just furniture.
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Budget Cuts Have Made City Trees Deadly, With Victims Receiving Huge Payouts
Pity the neglected trees in New York City...
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1916 Plan Would Have Added 50 Square Miles of Artificial Land to NYC
A 1916 proposal from a respected engineer called for the moving of the East River and the connection of Manhattan to Staten Island.
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Elsa and Me's Little Red Dress is Perfect for Mothers and Daughters, Too
Just in time for Mother's Day and warmer temps, Elsa and Me's little organic cotton dress gets a colorful red makeover.
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Fifty Recycled Chairs Turned into Yellow Design Statement
Find 50 old chairs in New York, paint them yellow and you've got a design statement.
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Help Create a Global Love Letter to the Ocean in Times Square on May 4th
Celebrate the ocean by helping to co-create a love letter to the ocean, which will be displayed Times Square on May 4th.
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Try Beds Before Buying at Coco-Mat's Nap Suite in Their New Furniture Store in New York's Soho (Photos)
The nap suite in Coco-Mat's store in Soho, NYC, is a private room outfitted like a hotel where customers can try the eco-friendly beds from Greece for hours in private for free.
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400 Foot Long Badboot Floating Pool in Antwerp Is A Flash From The Past
Rem Koolhaas once described a floating pool designed by Russian Constructivists. Is it finally being built?
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Great New Idea For Old Buildings: Radiator Labs Solves The Too-Hot Apartment Problem
This is one of those why-didn't anyone-think-of-this-before ideas that are so simple and so good.
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Drink Bottles Recycled Today in Times Square will be Converted into a School Garden (UPDATE)
Turn trash into a school garden in Harlem by recycling drink bottles in Times Square today.
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High Tech DIY Sensors Could Help Keep Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Out of NYC Harbor
An entrepreneurial design student may have found an intuitive, relatively simple way to keep 27 billion gallons of raw sewage from being dumped in New York City's harbor every year.
