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Elissaveta M. Brandon

Elissaveta M. Brandon

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Coke’s new bottle is lighter, thinner, and uses less plastic

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Pantone’s 2024 Color of the Year is everything 2023 was not

Peach Fuzz has been crowned Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024. A soft, warm shade that is nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz is meant to...

07.12.2023 10

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This year’s Spotify Wrapped will reveal the ‘real’ you, whether you like it or not

Spotify Wrapped is back, and in case you had doubts, it wants you to know that you are real. Despite a new design look that is extremely Tron (think...

29.11.2023 3

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Cars broke Los Angeles. Could a new form of transit fix it?

Everyone knows the story of Los Angeles. How cars stretched the city boundaries beyond recognition. How parking spaces dehumanized the streets, and...

27.11.2023 7

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Turn your wildest AI prompts into emojis with this quirky new app

Ninety two percent of the world’s population uses emojis, so I can safely assume that we’ve all been there: you’re texting a friend and suddenly...

27.11.2023 6

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This fancy mini fridge can store all those drinks you’re buying

There’s a new smart fridge in town, and it looks nothing like one. Launching today, Rocco is a smart fridge that is specifically designed to...

15.11.2023 20

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There’s 76 million tons of junk off the coast of Texas. Could it help save the environment?

Twelve miles off the coast of Texas, an intricate arrangement of 76 million tons of man-made material rests on the ocean floor. Known as the Rio...

06.11.2023 10

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Baltimore buried this river a century ago. Now, an artist is bringing it back to life

Bruce Willen was looking at an 1890s map of Baltimore when he noticed something unexpected: There had been a creek running through the middle of his...

01.11.2023 20

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When you win a Nobel Prize, this illustrator beautifully explains your idea

Every year, six Nobel Committees get together to select Nobel Prize laureates in six categories. The selection process is shrouded in secrecy (each...

31.10.2023 7

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Why Seattle Seahawks legend Michael Bennett left the NFL to become an architect

Anyone who’s ever watched a single game of American football, which is notorious for its unapologetic, helmet-clashing violence, knows that players...

28.10.2023 10

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Take a trip inside the secretive mind of visionary painter Hilma af Klint

It is noon on a Tuesday, and I am sitting in a cocktail bar. But instead of a Negroni on my table, there is a VR headset. The reason for this anomaly...

25.10.2023 10

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Welcome to the age of the shape-shifting logo

When Patreon announced its rebrand on October 4, the news set one corner of the internet on fire. It also sparked a debate on the Co.Design slack...

21.10.2023 10

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The world has a concrete problem. These quirky concrete alternatives want to be a solution

The concrete industry is having a bit of a reckoning. As the world’s most ubiquitous construction material, concrete contributes about 8% of global...

18.10.2023 6

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Could this goofy cartoon could help doctors save lives in the OR?

In the late ’70s, NASA and the U.S. Air Force developed a system that revolutionized aviation. Known as synthetic vision, it provided pilots with a...

18.10.2023 6

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Spain is building a city from scratch. Can it avoid the mistakes of Saudi Arabia’s line-shaped metropolis?

The Old World, otherwise known as Europe, is getting a brand-new city. Not a new arrondissement on the edge of Paris, or a new neighborhood in the...

14.10.2023 7

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How Local Projects translated the horrors of the Holocaust into a kid-friendly museum experience

The harrowing story of the Holocaust has been told in countless museum exhibitions around the world. But few have attempted to recount the events for...

13.10.2023 20

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Loog’s clever new instrument looks like a keyboard but sounds like the real thing

In 2010, Rafael Atijas set out to reimagine the kids’ guitar by making it fun, approachable, and appropriately sized for children. The idea started...

12.10.2023 5

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No brand is too small for activism

09.10.2023 10

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Tracee Ellis Ross’s Pattern Beauty proves the power of a great product

09.10.2023 7

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The hottest shape in architecture is the humble cube

29.09.2023 6

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Inside the new Domino Sugar Refinery’s $2.5 billion renovation

At long last, the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is complete. Almost two decades after it shut down, the refinery building that once...

27.09.2023 7

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Can Polaroid survive the AI era?

In the tumultuous history of Polaroid, the stars have aligned twice. First, when a group of enthusiasts resurrected the company after it careened into...

25.09.2023 9

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New York City’s mom-and-pop shops are dying off. That’s a problem for all cities

Quick, New Yorkers, if I blindfold you and drop you off in front of a storefront with a red awning that reads Balthazar, will you know where you are?...

20.09.2023 7

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One of Denver’s poorest neighborhood got a rebrand. Did it need it?

Place branding, or the idea that a neighborhood, city, or country can be “branded,” is a contentious topic. Can someone who isn’t part of a...

19.09.2023 10

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An earthquake crumpled Morocco’s mud brick houses, but this isn’t the end of adobe

Every time the earth shakes, an astute phrase comes back like a refrain: Earthquakes don’t kill people—buildings do. Such was the case in Turkey...

19.09.2023 9

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Could these dirty ‘probiotic tiles’ make buildings healthier?

Richard Beckett has an unusual background and an unusual mission. Before turning to architecture, the associate professor at the Bartlett School of...

18.09.2023 2

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How architects gave every apartment in this high-rise its own ‘front porch’

I recently stayed in an AirBnb apartment on the sixth floor of a modern condo building. The elevators were always full because they served more than...

18.09.2023 10

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Inside the World Trade Center’s new glowing cube

A new type of theater building has been blossoming over the past decade. Let’s call it the “transformer theater,” where walls can drop from...

15.09.2023 7

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Inside The Met’s glorious (and free) new place space for kids

At first, they called it “The Thing.” Anything more specific would’ve been too esoteric, too restrictive, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art was...

08.09.2023 3

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This simple and smart solution could solve cities’ extreme heat problem

Three years ago, the community impact team at the global design, architecture and planning firm Gensler set out to find answers to a question that...

07.09.2023 10

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