green design

Designer Bruce Mau on the suburbs, the mall and the automobile

Designer Bruce Mao says we need to reinvent the things people love.

The remaking of Medellín

The Colombian city long known for its entrenched poverty and violent drug cartels (including one led by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar), has embarked on an ambitious program to reinvent itself through design.

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