Let's think of a paper sheet. If we tried to stiffen it from its primary state, it couldn't support its own weight. However, if we bend it, the sheet achieves a new structural quality. The shells act ...

Lean manufacturing seeks to make clear what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean is clearly not a fixed-point objective; accelerating global market competition demands operational flexibility ...

Mark is a seasoned green industry veteran and freelance writer based in Georgia. His work encompasses all things garden, landscape, home improvement, and DIY, with a focus on sustainability. Mark ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

A new federal design challenge and advisory group aim to rethink how bridges, transit hubs and airports look, part of a broader push for more eye-catching and traditional ...

The Utah State University College of Arts & Sciences is offering a new graduate degree aimed to prepare designers for a growing and specialized field in digital media. Beginning this upcoming summer ...

Ever the Renaissance man, Rules Guy — when not sipping a single-malt Scotch by a roaring fire and perusing The Rules of Golf — enjoys reading about course architecture, particularly the work of ...

The key urban design interventions that can demonstrate measurable improvements in health and wellbeing outcomes ...

Let's try to understand this field called behavioral design or, in other words–the architecture of choice. Lately, there has been quite a bit of buzz around the subject of "behavioral design" and ...