That design is money!

A better ATM experience from Wells Fargo

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That design is money!

Holger Struppek shares some design insights that went into Wells Fargo's touchscreen ATM interface--a product freed from a major hardware-imposed restriction of the past.

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May 04, 2008

Watershed Protection as Functional Art

In search of beautiful civil engineering products

Watershed Protection as Functional Art

Daniel McCormick's watershed protection installations are beautiful--even inspiring--because they blend in with the environment while serving an important engineering function. Can we extend his lessons to large-scale construction projects?

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April 07, 2008

Modular kit housing

Gorgeous designs, poor usability and high expense

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Modular kit housing

Building homes from kits has been popular as early as the late 1800s when Sears Roebuck & Co sold and shipped plans, pre-measured materials and hardware to any point in the country served by a rail line. Here's a look at a modern take on kit housing. Apart from the aesthetic, has anything really changed?

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Michele Mansfield said about Modular kit housing   Edit (for another )
Michele Mansfield

A friend shared this with me recently:

http://vitality.yahoo.com/video-second-act-jay-shafer-209…

I guess it has been out there for a while, but this was the first time I had seen it. A new take on modularity – a home that you can take with you! (Well perhaps not so new – mobile homes have been around for a while – but I like the aesthetic of this much better!)

tom spider said about Modular kit housing   Edit (for another )
tom spider

US ALWAYS SIMPLE BUT great!!
Best Regards from Germany from:
Http://www.verpflichtungserklaerung.info

March 22, 2008

Living large with warning signs

Rapid communicaton for the care and nonfeeding of cats of prey

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Sometimes we can witness great design thinking in the most quotidian of media. Here's a short exploration of a locally famous warning sign from the wilderness of Northern California.

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March 21, 2008

Supporting multiple transportation modes

Some designers are good at helping us get by

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In the United States, we growl about having freedom of choice about how we travel and then ironically opt a single mode of transport (usually a large car), clog the interstates and arterials, and complain about how poorly the transportation system works. Finite spaces can support a surprisingly large number of transportation modes and keep everyone moving efficiently toward their destinations.

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