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Archive: July 2011


William Drenttel at Design Indaba

 More than making beautiful things, design should be asking questions about how it can positively impact the world around us, says William Drenttel. He talks about various social innovation and citizen journalism projects. Drenttel also consider the transformation of healthcare and designing in a post-client world....

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For Sale: The Earliest Modern Studio in America

In 1931, a young American artist designed and built himself a modern studio on a mountaintop in the Berkshires in Northwest Connecticut: it would be one of the first modern houses in America, pre-dating Frank Lloyd’s Fallingwater by five years. It has been the home of Winterhouse since 1998, and is now for sale.

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William Drenttel is a designer and publisher, and editorial director of Design Observer. He is a partner at Winterhouse, a design consultancy focused on social change, online media and educational institutions, and a senior faculty fellow at the Yale School of Management.


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National Design Award Trophy

National Design Award Trophy

 In October 2011, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum unveiled a new trophy for the National Design Awards. Originally designed as an asterisk in silicon carbide by Winterhouse in 2000, the new glass trophy is by Corning GlassLab.


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