The Power of The Visual

October 28, 2008

Ben Fry, co-developer of the Processing open-source programming environment and recent winner of the prestigious Muriel Cooper Award for interactive digital communication, discusses the ever-increasing crossover between art, design, and technology

Can a Well-Designed Office Pay Off?

October 21, 2008

Office design affects productivity. Gensler's Diane Hoskins discusses a survey that shows employees who rate their workplaces as conducive to collaborative and private work tend to perform better, which in turn can improve the bottom line.

‘My’ Space

October 14, 2008

NASA's chief knowledge architect, Jeanne Holm, discusses how the space agency is adopting Web 2.0 technologies, including wikis and social networking tools, to sift through, organize, and archive mountains of mission and launch data

A Test Lab for Greener Houses

October 7, 2008

Tedd Benson discusses the OPEN Prototype Initiative, a collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and private industry that aims to develop guidelines to test environmentally friendly ways to design and build homes