design

My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process

How to go to space, without having to go to space

The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

The history of tattoos

How I bring imagined worlds to life

Corruption wealth and beauty: The history of the Venetian gondola

The history of the barometer (and how it works)

Under the hood: The chemistry of cars

It's a church. It's a mosque. It's Hagia Sophia.

A guide to the energy of the Earth

Why aren't we only using solar power?

What is the World Wide Web?

The case of the missing fractals

Pixar: The math behind the movies

How to reinvent the apartment building

How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)

My life in typefaces

To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering

The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"

Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by ... you

The importance of diversity in the comic book universe

Why is glass transparent?

Want to be an activist? Start with your toys

What makes a superhero?

The $80 prosthetic knee that's changing lives

4 ways to make a city more walkable

How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art

A shark-deterrent wetsuit (and it's not what you think)

Design with the blind in mind

Ingenious homes in unexpected places

Why buses represent democracy in action

New York's streets? Not so mean any more

The walkable city

The best computer interface? Maybe ... your hands

A brief history of video games (Part I)