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Fast Company April 2013 Seth Porges	Nike, New Balance, And More Bring Barefoot Running To Their Soles At first, the barefoot running movement seemed to threaten shoe companies. If runners believed cushions could induce injuries -- by throwing off our feet's natural balance -- how can that be monetized? The answer: cleverly.
Fast Company April 2013 Mark Wilson	How NewDealDesign Helped Plair Pair Your iPhone With Your TV To save everybody's necks, Plair enlisted NewDealDesign to craft a portable gadget that can beam media from a smartphone to any TV.
IEEE Spectrum January 2013	The Man With Designs on Us Behind our magazine's new look and logo is Oakland, Calif.-based Carl DeTorres.
HBS Working Knowledge November 19, 2012 Carmen Nobel	LEED-ing by Example When a local government decides to pursue environmentally aware construction policies for its own buildings, the private sector follows suit, according to new research by Timothy Simcoe and Michael W. Toffel.
HBS Working Knowledge November 15, 2012 Lisa Chase	Funding the Design of Livable Cities As a burgeoning global population migrates to the world's urban centers, it's crucial to design livable cities that function with scarce natural resources. The critical connection between real estate financing and innovative design in the built environment is discussed.
IEEE Spectrum September 2012 Robert W. Lucky	Disposable Electronics When the back of a cellphone is open, there is apparently nothing inside -- just a big battery and display. I think of it as a true work of art, but its transience may make a consumer think of it as a piece of junk.
CIO July 27, 2012 Lauren Brousell	NKU Grads Get High-Tech Education, Jobs Northern Kentucky University built a new high-tech building, Griffin Hall, to host students in tech-related majors and the employers who may hire them
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2012	CCIM Connections To build CityCenter, one of the world's largest mixed-use developments, James Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, looked to the past to find his model for tomorrow's tourist destination.
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Kate Rockwood	Could You Build A House Using Only Local Materials? Architects Weigh In Sticking to a 100-mile diet is hard enough, but what happens when you apply the locavore ideal to construction?
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Colleen Oakley	Why New York's Plans For The Nation's Biggest Convention Center Might Be A Decade Too Late Is the recession to blame? Partly. But University of San Antonio professor Heywood Sanders, who studies the economics of convention centers, says larger forces are at work.
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