Summary: Al Gore gave a speech at NYU today in which he calls the architecture community into action, saying that "...new architecture and design techniques are creating dramatic new opportunities for huge savings in energy use and global warming pollution."

Summary: From an interview with Apple's Jonathan Ive at the Radical Craft Conference, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, March 25, 2006

Summary: IDEA 2006 brings together a diverse set of designers, creators, and researchers addressing a fundamental challenge we're facing today - how to let everyday people take true advantage of the overwhelming mass of information that floods their lives.

Summary: April just launched the website Dynamic Textures a very visual summary of her earlier material explorations, her thesis work at the Art Center College of Design. Not yet another smart material - April prefers the not so smart materials, or as she calls them, dumb materials.

Summary: Executive Education at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) provides a dynamic environment for architects, design professionals, real estate leaders, government officials, policy makers, and scholars from around the world to address emerging issues affecting their fields, learn new management strategies, and develop best practices

Summary: Top Global Companies Join Forces to Make 'Net-Zero' Buildings a Reality

Summary: In a move that sets the stage for dramatic changes to the Far West Side of Manhattan, state officials last week approved key aspects of a $1.7 billion plan to expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The resolution made by the state Public Authorities Control Board (PACB), a five- member state entity made up of representatives of the state legislature and the governor, clears the way for the acquisition of land necessary to facilitate the expansion of the Javits Center. However, those plans have recently elicited controversy from community groups, elected officials, and civic organizations. The PACB resolution has been widely interpreted as an overall approval of the Javits Center expansion plan, designed by a team consisting of the Richard Rogers Partnership, FXFowle Architects, and A. Epstein & Sons International. The current plan will increase exhibition space at the Javits Center from the current 760,000 square feet to 1.1 million square feet and create a six-block-long super-block running from West 34th Street to West 40th Street, between 11th and 12th Avenues. New features include a 100-foot-high multi-block entry and concourse, the city’s largest ballroom, and a 1,500-room hote

Summary: "I am because we are"

Summary: Within 25 years, the Home and Garden Channel may need to add some new entries to its lineup, shows like "Designing for the Space Suits" and "Moonscapers Challenge."

Summary: design, philosophy and ethics

Summary: mulit-discplinary Community research

Summary: When it comes to some of the web’s most popular sites - is their success because of or in spite of ‘ugly’ design?

Summary: Some designers say forget about balance and straight lines. The principle is asymmetry, and it's how nature made us.

Summary: Manufacturing Engineering students at Cambridge University held their 2006 Design Show, displaying a range of new products that they have developed as part of their course.