By making homemade ice cream and cookies and naming the combinations after architects, we believed that we could educate the public about design and bring value back to the discipline.
"People think 'I'm going to buy this, and then my second kid will use it, and then I'll give it to my niece, ' " said Todd Thedinga, CEO of San Francisco-based online retailer Design Public and its sister site, Danish Design Store.
But the court upheld a requirement for commercial interior design, holding that the state had a rational basis for protecting the public from inept design, which could create safety hazards.
In Italy, car maker Fiat opened itself up for suggestions from the public during the design of its relaunched Fiat 500.
This is just the kind of public sharing of design leading to exposure and world domination that Adobe was thinking about when it bought the Behance portfolio empire last month.
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And we have numerous services to offer, including: artwork, audience research, marketing and advertising, public relations, design, technological expertise, sales and distribution, brand association, community services, update and notification services, bundling, and of course, editorial.
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It also suggests better design of public spaces, placing bins and ashtrays more thoughtfully and a national body to co-ordinate anti-litter campaigns and initiatives.
"The design of public services around the needs of the public not the needs of the state enabled by the internet, that's the big change, " he said.
The five contractors, who do public relations, Web design and advertising, get part of their fees in cash to cover costs, then get shares based on an estimated initial public offering price.
Many state and federal court cases have not only prohibited the teaching of creationism and intelligent design in public-school classrooms, but have also restrained teachers from introducing arguments against evolution in contravention of a school district's curriculum.
And it is from this plateau that we can climb to the next vital stage of public reform, to design and provide truly personalized services, meeting the needs and aspirations of today's generation for choice, quality and opportunity service by service on which to found their lives and livelihoods.
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"The majority would vote to overturn the president's veto on this, but enough of a minority wants to stay with the president's position on this that that veto is likely to be sustained, " said Robert Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health who helped design the poll.
"The public peering points are by design bottlenecks, " says Scott Hiles, Sprint's network operations manager.
Many of the proposed improvements in teacher education and evaluation, student assessment, and school design in traditional public schools do not seem to be novel.
That same spare-no-expense mentality drove the design of the public spaces.
Nonetheless, the triennial comes at a time when the battle to bring the public in to look at design in American museums seems to have been won.
By contrast, in places where petrol is undertaxed so the motorists are shielded from the costs of the pollution (America) or where urban design has included public transport as an afterthought (Los Angeles), policy has supported the car.
AeroVironment (AV), the official home charging-dock provider for the Nissan LEAF and co-developer of the first modern-day electric vehicle, the GM Impact, will partner with Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) to design and build public and semi-private charging stations at convenient locations for electric vehicle owners, including high-rise buildings, resorts and rental car facilities.
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The contractor chosen to build the scheme - Laing Construction - was announced in January after public participation to choose the winning design.
This is a rising starchitect who actually seems to get sustainability, actually cares about efficiency and green design and context and public space.
Phase one of the consultation ran earlier this year with feedback influencing the current design which went on public display on Monday until Thursday at Wygston's House.
This goes beyond the idea of SOA or public APIs to a deeper level of design.
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It faced a slew of public interest law suits and underwent frequent design changes both before and after construction began.
The new stadium will house 114 executive boxes, twice the number in the original design, and will regenerate public land which stands between Anfield and Everton's ground, Goodison Park.
Former residents of Dale Farm have been involved in the design, which includes a public children's play area, a community building, a site manager's office, trees, grassed areas and hedging.
The BBC's Jane Standley in New York says the public rows and the amendment of the design which won the international competition to rebuild the WTC have left many New Yorkers disillusioned with the project.
The company said the design had been selected after a public consultation and a planning application would be submitted in autumn.
"The symbol has become so identified with The Velvet Underground that members of the public... immediately recognise the banana design as the symbol of The Velvet Underground, " court papers said.
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