Margaret Rhodes
WIRED
New York, NY, United States
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The Lowly Folding Chair, Reimagined With Algorithms
The Swish stool is an example of using parametric design to kinetic effect. → Read More
The Brilliant Simplicity of New York’s New Times Square
Six years ago Times Square was a congested thoroughfare. Today it celebrates its reopening as a European-style piazza. → Read More
Social Media Upstart Mastodon Is Like Twitter, Except Way More Civil
Mastodon is an experiment in whether individually moderated communities can make a social network like Twitter more civil. → Read More
A Newfangled Traffic Light Built for People and Robots
Industrial designer Evgeny Arinin designed an LED display that uses its shape, big arrows, and punchy icons to clearly articulate the rules of the road. → Read More
Google’s New Font Honors Ancient Type Traditions
Google's new font, Source Han Serif, looks consistent in a variety of scripts, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, Cyrillic, and Greek. → Read More
NASA’s Shapeshifting Origami Robot Squeezes Where Others Can’t
Puffer, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, can explore places too risky for bigger, more expensive rovers. → Read More
Tinder’s New Desktop App Pushes You to Actually Talk to People
Tinder Online encourages users to temper their snap judgements with some genuine connections. → Read More
The Clever Lindlund Ruler Measures the Digital and Physical Worlds
The Lindlund ruler closes the gap between analog and digital design. → Read More
The Hidden Breakthrough in Clips, Apple's New Video App
Clips is no mere Snapchat clone. → Read More
Don’t Know What a Honeypot Is? Try This Analogy on for Size
The folks at Jigsaw teamed up with The Washington Post to create a browser plug-in that uses analogies to explain arcane security terms. → Read More
Mesmerizing Map Renames LA Streets After Your Favorite Films
Film Map is a street map of Los Angeles labeled with the titles of more than 900 films. → Read More
Nike’s New Shoe Could Propel Marathoners to an Impossible Feat
The Zoom Vaporfly Elite is the shoe Nike believes will lead its runners to the first sub-two-hour marathon. → Read More
Forget Welding. The Hottest New Vocational Schools Do Design
Right now, hiring managers want---need---UX designers. Programs like Center Centre are responding, training a new, modern kind of workforce. → Read More
Even Architecture Prizes Are Political In This Crazy World
The Pritzker Prize jury awarded architecture’s highest honor to RCR Arquitectes, a little-known trio from the Catalonian region of Spain. → Read More
Graphic: 500 Designs That Matter Is Like Time Travel for Design Nerds
The book lays bare the interconnectedness of the visual world, spanning time and geography and bridging hundreds of seemingly unrelated subjects. → Read More
Hypnotic Animations Show Why Trees Depend on Forest Fires
Fire ecology is a big topic. Eleanor Lutz, the infographic-maker of the Tabletop Whale blog, breaks it down. → Read More
The Secret to Hacking Ikea Furniture Is More Ikea Furniture, Says Ikea
For years, consumers have for years turned to IkeaHackers for tips on modifying their furniture. Now, the flat-pack giant wants in on the DIY-game. → Read More
Classy-as-Hell Dentist Offices We Wouldn’t Actually Dread Visiting
Clinical environments are out. Warm, Scandinavian spaces are in. → Read More
The Oddly Fascinating, Fantastical History of Eyeglasses
Overview, an exhibit currently up at the Design Museum Holon in Israel, charts eyewear's evolution. → Read More
This Artist Tied One Knot for Every Day of 2016. The Results Are Gorgeous
Windy Chien decided to learn a new skill. One year later, she's got a lot of knots. → Read More