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What represents the best in design?
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In 1970, the soft drink company commissioned artists, musicians, and engineers to design an interactive pavilion that could disappear in a puff of smoke
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Employee morale rose but architecture critics were repulsed upon the opening of the company's new campus in Purchase, New York
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In the 1960s, Pepsi rebranded with a new slogan, a new look, and a cutting edge modernist building
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Beekeeping dates back to ancient Egypt. But in 1851, a Massachusetts minister invented a new hive. His secret? Something called "bee space"
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It’s not just about the honey. The humble honeybee is starting to play a greater role in the design of urban living
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Make your design voice heard by voting for this year's nominees
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Researchers and designers looking to nature for inspiration have literally one million reasons to reveal the secrets of insects
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Some architects played with Legos as a child. And some never stopped playing with them
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The cardboard sleeve became the ubiquitous finger-saver for coffee fanatics everywhere
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The childhood toy becomes an architect's dream come true
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For years, inventors have tried to create a wetsuit capable of withstanding a shark's deadly bite
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It was actually first developed during World War II in an effort to help save the lives of seamen and pilots who had to await rescue in open water
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With a little ingenuity, a 1930s cartographer left his mark on the society
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Franchises of the fast food behemoth become roadside art
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A brief history of the McDonald's Golden Arches and the influence of Modernist ideals
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Postage stamps can reveal more than the history of a letter, they can reveal the history of a nation
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Once thought a sign of weakness, the baseball glove has become an iconic piece of equipment
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It is now nearly invisible in word-processing programs, but it was one of the most elaborate of manuscript ornaments
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The evolution of the baseball bat, and a few unusual mutations
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