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• Business • Issue 010

  Sell by Design

  When Sachin Rai boarded a Greyhound bus in San Francisco, he had little idea that his trip to Los Angeles would land him a multimillion-dollar sales contract.

  

• Vibrant Cities • Issue 008

  Awakening Cities

  Once known simply as “The Wall,” the Green Monster is Fenway Park’s legendary left field wall: one so tall, it’s wildly difficult to hit a ball over. Imagine you’re near Fenway Park, Lansdowne Street on a summer night. As you approach the gigantic steel structure that supports the Green Monster, you hear a rhythm emanating from its bays. Not from a concert within the stadium, but from the actual wall. Then, you see that wall light up, and realize there are people in those bays, drumming on the beams like they’re instruments.

  

• Vibrant Cities, Data Visualization • Issue 006

  Compact Urban Living

  Living in Boston is great, if you can afford it. A new design methodology for housing might hold the key to both affordability and livability.

  

• Vibrant Cities • Issue 004

  Architecture in Revolution

  Why Cuba? After watching the documentary Unfinished Spaces, I fell in love with the idea of visiting Cuba. The film chronicles an arts-focused campus that Fidel Castro commissioned soon after his socialist regime gained control of the island, and then the campus’ ultimate demise. The documentary artfully weaves the design and construction of the art schools with the political climate of Fidel’s regime. The film was an inspiring starting point for my research.

  

• Play • Issue 001

  Where Design Meets Play

  “It’s a place that seems a bit wild and a little risky, a place where the unexpected can happen.”

  

• Sustainability • Issue 014

  Redesigning Recycling

  Perhaps you’ve seen the waves of plastic strangling our oceans or even spotted an overflowing trash bin in your neighborhood, spewing out single-use items.