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Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change

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Neurath was director of the International Foundation of Visual Information and used the Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system to "teach through the eye." In 1939, Otto Neurath's Modern Man in the Making was released by Alfred A. What does the book reveal about the modern world?

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Mizzi Studio Designs 9 Royal Parks Kiosks Using Sustainable Materials and Traditional Craft Techniques

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Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. Overall, each design variation is informed by the architectural or organic elements that the kiosk shares its space with. © Mizzi Studio. The Royal Parks Kiosks Gallery.

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Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London

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Read: Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles According to the studio, A Room Around a Tree was built using light-handed construction techniques to safeguard the vegetation, including a low-impact "floating" ring beam and mini-pile foundation system.

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Soniah floor lamps by Faina among 16 new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Soniah floor lamps by Faina Ukrainian architect Victoria Yakusha's homeware brand Faina has released a floor lamp that draws on the visual characteristics of sunflowers. Rugs in the Colorado range are made using two ancient hand-weaving techniques and come in four different sizes.

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Chris Wolston pushes limits of terracotta with Flower Power chairs

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New York gallery The Future Perfect is exhibiting a collection of chunky terracotta seats by American designer Chris Wolston as part of NYCxDesign , finished using pre-Columbian craft techniques and moulds of real flowers. But also visually it's a very interesting finish." "But also visually it's a very interesting finish." "A

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Studio Gang designs cave-like Gilder Center for American Museum of Natural History

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The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Innovation, and Education is a new addition to the American Museum of Natural History off Central Park that unites, visually and functionally, the 26 buildings constructed there since its opening in the late 19th century. This removes the need for formwork and allows for non-repetitive shapes.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

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Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.