Art & Design

An Eames lounge chair and ottoman sit in the living room.

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Charles And Ray Eames Made Life Better By Design; Their Home Was No Exception

4:22pm August 02, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Built in 1949 in the Pacific Palisades, the Eames House is considered among the most important post-war residences in the U.S. Now, the family is working to preserve the home for generations to come.

Contestants Kerstin Nordstrom and Wynter Chatman appear on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Humonyms

11:26am August 02, 2019

In this audio quiz, contestants identify two different popular songs that sound questionably similar.

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A set of pink seesaws allowed people to share some fun along the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week. Here, a woman helps her little girls ride the seesaw that was installed near Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico.

See-Saw Diplomacy Lets People Play Together Along U.S. Border Wall

4:56pm July 30, 2019

by Bill Chappell

A playdate recently broke out at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in an event that was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness."

This costume, with corn husks and feathers and paper flowers, is worn by a member of a dance group that gathers in cemeteries and other places to mark Day of the Dead festivities (called Xantolo, the word written above the mask). The idea of combining a s

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A Photographer's Vision Of The Magical Masks Of Mexico

7:07am July 28, 2019

by Cathy Newman

On festivals that range from Day of the Dead to Easter, Mexicans hide their true identity behind fantastic masks that conjure up both indigenous — and European — traditions.

Can Fast Fashion And Sustainability Be Stitched Together?

6:33pm July 27, 2019

Spanish retailer Zara pledges to use nearly all sustainable materials by 2025. But is it possible for a fast-fashion brand, that churns out 500 new designs per week, to truly be sustainable?

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A Bushel of New Comics Collections Dig Into the Pleasures of Print

7:00am July 21, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Despite what you may have heard, dead-tree publishing isn't dead. In fact, a host of new print magazines are bringing some wild, weird, innovative words and pictures to the alternative comics scene.

Pelli designed the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004.

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César Pelli, Renowned Architect Of Skyscrapers Around The World, Dies At 92

2:31pm July 20, 2019

by Abigail Clukey

Pelli's legacy of modernist architecture lives on in buildings like the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco and the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.

Musicians walk on a crosswalk painted like a piano outside the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. Increasingly, urban designers and transportation planners say this kind of art — colorful crosswalks and engaging sidewalks — leads to safer inte

Walking On Painted Keys: Creative Crosswalks Meet Government Resistance

12:48pm July 16, 2019

by Brett Dahlberg

Intersection art makes streets more inviting and can remind motorists to respect crosswalks and bike lanes. But the federal government says the designs can also be distracting.

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Augusta Savage was an artist, educator, activist and community leader. Her work is the focus of an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, organized by the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. She's pictured above with her 1938 sculpture Realization.

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Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students

5:07am July 15, 2019

by Susan Stamberg

Savage was an artist, an educator, an activist and a community leader. Born on Feb. 29, 1892, Savage once said, "I was a Leap Year baby, and it seems to me that I have been leaping ever since."

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Finn Myrstad: What Happens When We Sign Away Our Online Privacy?

3:41pm July 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

Do you read the terms and conditions on your apps? Finn Myrstad explains that not only would it take you dozens of hours, but you would probably not agree with all the ways your data is being used.

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