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News Articles: design

Design strategist Anna Engstrom created this sketch of a futuristic hospital that appears in <em>Artists Remaking Medicine. </em>She writes that she envisions "a more colorful health care future."

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  • Health

Could creativity transform medicine? These artists think so

A new book argues that the arts have a role to play in shaking up the status quo in the American health care system and creating 'desperately needed culture change.'

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Mara Gordon
Pascale Sablan was once told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's most prestigious firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

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  • Architecture

Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
"The Design of Dissent" shows how imagery is used to communicate opposition or alternative views. Some images include: (L to R) Occupy Wall Street by Will Brown; Isra Chaker from the We the Future Series; Welcome by Donal Thornton and Tresor Dieudonne.

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  • Art & Design

With The Resurgence of Protest Culture, Two Design Behemoths On 'The Design of Dissent'

As 2019 drew to a close, protests spilled into cities from Hong Kong to Santiago, Paris to Tehran, and Khartoum to La Paz. People around the world...

January 17, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
"Wire & Wood: Designing Iconic Guitars" will be on display at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) until September 29.

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  • Art & Design

From 'Wire And Wood' To Rock Star Icon: Exhibition At MODA Examines Guitar Design

Whether it's the twang of a blues tune, the finger-picking of a folk song, or the shredding in heavy metal music, the guitar is central to our concept...

August 16, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Collisions involving cars, pedestrians and bicycles are on the rise across the U.S., including in Georgia.

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  • Law

Atlanta Infrastructure, Rapid Growth Jeopardize Bicyclist, Pedestrian Safety

Atlanta police are cracking down on scooters after at least one death and hundreds of injuries. It's illegal to ride them on sidewalks or to violate...

July 17, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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"On Second Thought" For Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019

In 1832, playwright and peformer Thomas Dartmouth Rice used theatrical make-up to create a supposedly black character. The character's name was Jim Crow...

February 19, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 5 more
With the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Suntrust Plaza, among other megastructures, architect John Portman shaped Atlanta's skyline and the future of architecture.

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  • Architecture

'Portman's America' A Portrait Of The Visionary Who Shaped Atlanta, Redefined Architecture

Without Atlanta legend John Portman, you might never walk into a hotel lobby with a cavernous atrium, an office tower with stacked balconies or a...

February 19, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

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