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• Diversity • Issue 014

  Bringing the Maker Movement Home

  Nestor Castaneda is an engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and mentor whose work includes materials research at Drexel University and composite engineering at flying car manufacturer Terrafugia.

  

• Workplace Innovation • Issue 013

  What’s the best technology in today’s workplace? Design.

  There’s a common thread circulating in the mainstream media today warning of the perils of open office – the lack of privacy, the increase in distraction, the tightness of space.

  

• Business • Issue 013

  Designing in Blue

  I’m sitting in a conference room in IBM’s office in Cambridge, MA, on a video call with my team. We’re doing a playback, that’s what we call a collaborative user experience review, with IBM’s Head of Strategy, our Chief Digital Officer, and two senior managers with hugely important missions for our company.

  

• Civic Innovation • Issue 012

  Planning with the Public in Greece

  Amongst the undulating hills of Athens, Lycabettus Hill stands out as the highest peak. Seen from almost anywhere in the city, the Hill occupies a pivotal position in the urban imaginary of Athenians.

  

• Data Visualization • Issue 011

  Urban Revolution through Data

  Imagine you own a house on a 1/4 acre lot. Meanwhile, your neighbor a few blocks down has a full acre lot. What value does your land have, compared to your neighbor’s land?

  

• Workplace Innovation • Issue 011

  Learning Beautiful

  Computer science seems complex. From Boolean logic to algorithms, computer architecture and data structures, a dizzying spectrum of elements all weave together as an intricate system – a system almost as complex as language.