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Interview with Tatiana Bilbao

July 22, 2013

Architect Profile / Architecture / Culture / Interview / Latin America

The hardest working woman in Architecture explains contextual design and the death of the starchitect. Tatiana Bilbao might be the hardest working woman in Architecture. As we arranged to make our call for this interview I realized it’d be close to midnight in Paris where she currently resides, and she was going to continue...
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Interview with Nicolás Valdés

August 5, 2013

Architect Profile / Architecture / Culture / Interview / Latin America / Sustainability

"We just keep going in a straight line." Panorama Architects was recently named by Wallpaper magazine in its coveted shortlist of the best emerging design firms. One look at their seamless interactions with nature and it’s easy to see why. Their designs, and the incredible landscapes surrounding them feel like an architectural edit, rather...
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Interview with Adam Hatvani, Spora Architects

September 23, 2013

Architect Profile / Architecture / Culture / Europe / Interview / Open Source

"If your project is unsuccessful, publish it on the Internet anyway." SPORA is Polish for "large." The eponymous Hungarian architecture studio is certainly big in its endeavors. The relatively young team of designers is also relatively populous (with four partners), and operates in a comparatively new market--one fomented by the internet in a country...
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A promising revolution

2015-08-19

Consumer Guide / Open Source / Press / Tech / Uncategorized

by Chisato Goya [...] It is above all a philosophy of sharing and pooling of knowledge. " Instead of sending a cake, the recipe is sent...
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Is VR the new 3D?

2015-03-06

Consumer Guide / Design / Interview / Tech

Paperhouses: How did this idea emerge? How has it changed since you first started? Angel : Last May I went to a hackathon hosted by TechCrunch...
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Free Photoshop alternatives

2015-02-11

Consumer Guide / Tech

Photoshop is market leader in image editing but there are free alternatives: 1. GIMP GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a...
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Darktable

2015-02-06

Consumer Guide / Open Source / Tech

Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable...
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Opensource alternatives to Autocad

2015-02-04

Consumer Guide / Open Source / Tech

AutoCAD is the most used computer program for people who need to create 2D (and 3D drawings), especially in industries such as architecture and engineering. Being...
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Open Sourced Software Techniques For Patent-Free Drugs

2014-10-27

Consumer Guide / Open Source / Tech

This Scientist Is Using Open Sourced Software Techniques To Turn Bugs Into Patent-Free Drugs TechCrunch by Sarah Buhr (@sarahbuhr) Chemist and “semi-recreational” codemonkey Isaac...
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CEO opens up Tesla’s patents to all

2014-06-12

Consumer Guide / Open Source

CEO Elon Musk opens up Tesla's patents to all By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY June 12, 2014 "Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history...
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WIKIFACTORY episode#2

2014-04-10

Architecture / Consumer Guide / Open Source

WIKIFACTORY episode#2
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Friday Reading List from Printed Matter, Inc

2014-04-04

Books / Consumer Guide

Shannon Michael Cane share with us some of his favorite publishers and art book initiatives. Paperhouses: Do you have a top five list of publishers or...
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RoomScan

2014-03-27

Consumer Guide / Design / Tech

Published on Lifehacker on Monday, RoomScan is an app for iphone that draws a floor plan as you touch the walls with your i-phone. We've just...
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