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When the country gained its independence after World War I, Alphonse Mucha was called upon to design an important part of any country's identity - money
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In 2050, Airbus hopes to fly you around in a see-through jet shaped like a bird skeleton, with morphing seats, spa treatments, and virtual entertainment
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From pen-and-ink sketches to digital renderings, generations of Sherlock Holmes fans have undertaken drafting the detective's famous London flat
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How a three-time Olympic competitor designed an innovative new whitewater system using underwater bricks
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Memorization may seem like a brain-based skill, but it has as much to do with our bodies and our buildings
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The literary detective's hunting cap and cape came not so much from the books' author as from their illustrators
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Infographic design first appeared at the Olympics in 1948, when the games were last in London
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As the finale to our coffee series, we talk with Yeekai Lim, an entrepreneur from Los Angeles, about coffee, design, and the common ground(s) they share
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A San Francisco coffee shop pulls back the curtain to expose the process behind each cup served in their expansive warehouse space
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Single-serving coffee pods are the most recent form of instant coffee. Its history is much shorter than the espresso shot, though just as inventive
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What ever happened to the Starport, the brainchild of Jim Starry that re-imagined the airport?
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Brian Eno's Music for Airports is a sound environment created specifically to complement the experience of waiting in an airport terminal
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With Saab's new digital panorama, the local air traffic controller may soon go the way of the technical support specialist
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If you've flown Virgin America, you've seen its distinctive safety video. But what's the story behind it?
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What flight attendant uniforms say about airline brand identity, cultural attitudes, and passenger psychology
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Seattle-based design firm Teague has designed every Boeing aircraft interior since the 1940s, from the post-WWII Stratocruiser to the 2009 Dreamliner
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A recent innovation in the design of the airline meal tray has resulted in massive savings. Maybe the next innovation should focus on the actual food
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How a ditch irrigation system in the arid Southwest became the backbone of local democracy
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