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Fast Company October 2008 Tim McKeough |
Five Top Design Firms Make the Gadgets We Love American industrial designers are the secret heroes of the marketplace, finessing products to make them easier to use and help them sell better. Here's how five top firms have been busy shaping our world. |
Fast Company October 2008 Mark Borden |
The Masters of Typography: House Industries A merry band of typeface provocateurs is styling down to the letter. |
Fast Company October 2008 |
Evolution of a Typeface: Neutra House Industries licensed the name of midcentury architect Richard Neutra for a typeface. Its success parallels a Neutra resurgence; his Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, California, recently sold for $16.8 million. |
Fast Company October 2008 Linda Tischler |
Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian The fanciful, exuberantly patterned confection, a 335-room hotel-and-condo development overlooking Biscayne Bay, is the brainchild of Marcel Wanders, the 45-year-old Dutch designer. |
Popular Mechanics September 15, 2008 Kevin Hall |
The 10 Next Hot Skyscrapers You Won't Find in Dubai When it comes to tall buildings, all eyes are on the Burj Dubai. But across the world architects have already come up with mega engineering plans vying to be equally mind-blowing. |
Outside September 2008 John Bradley |
The Creator Designer Thomas Meyerhoffer has reinvented everything from computers to snowboards to cell phones to helmets -- while surfing every day. |
Inc. September 2008 Bobbie Gossage |
Products: What Does That Do? Have a guess. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to these products. |
Fast Company September 2008 Alissa Walker |
Oakley's Post-Apocalyptic Headquarters The eyewear company's HQ is a masterwork of the architecturally provocative. |
Fast Company September 2008 Amanda Bower |
Green Architecture at the California Arademy of Science Renzo Piano's California Academy of Sciences is a home for flora and fauna -- and a feat of engineering. |
Fast Company July 2008 Paul Hochman |
High-Tech Gear for Olympic Athletes When it comes to finding that last bit of leverage over the Olympic competition, gear makers strain as hard as the athletes. |
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