That design is money!

A better ATM experience from Wells Fargo

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That design is money!

Holger Struppek shares some design insights that went into Wells Fargo's touchscreen ATM interface--a product freed from a major hardware-imposed restriction of the past.

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May 04, 2008

Watershed Protection as Functional Art

In search of beautiful civil engineering products

Watershed Protection as Functional Art

Daniel McCormick's watershed protection installations are beautiful--even inspiring--because they blend in with the environment while serving an important engineering function. Can we extend his lessons to large-scale construction projects?

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April 07, 2008

Modular kit housing

Gorgeous designs, poor usability and high expense

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Modular kit housing

Building homes from kits has been popular as early as the late 1800s when Sears Roebuck & Co sold and shipped plans, pre-measured materials and hardware to any point in the country served by a rail line. Here's a look at a modern take on kit housing. Apart from the aesthetic, has anything really changed?

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Conversations

ALLISON T said about Modular kit housing   Edit (for another )
ALLISON T

Hi beav, New World home offers modular housing with classically inspired design—so there’s even stuff out there fo rthsoe who crave a greek revival. not my personal aesthetice, but would for the minimal mod strucutres to get too carried a way and have neigbhorhoods turn into a sort of “after work” cube farms. THe hook is not just the convenience/quick factor of the build, but also i guess the modular consusturc is supposed to be green….. and we all not it’s not easy to be….

Holger Struppek said about That design is money!   Edit (for another )
Holger Struppek

T Fisher: The design was done at Pentagram by partner Robert Brunner as the creative lead. Robert has since left Pentagram and founded Ammunition Group.

T Fisher said about That design is money!   Edit (for another )
T Fisher

Who actually designed the Wells Fargo ATM design?

Pentagram or http://www.ammunitiongroup.com/ (slide 4)

http://www.ammunitiongroup.com/ has Wells Fargo as part of their design work.

March 22, 2008

Living large with warning signs

Rapid communicaton for the care and nonfeeding of cats of prey

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Sometimes we can witness great design thinking in the most quotidian of media. Here's a short exploration of a locally famous warning sign from the wilderness of Northern California.

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March 21, 2008

Supporting multiple transportation modes

Some designers are good at helping us get by

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In the United States, we growl about having freedom of choice about how we travel and then ironically opt a single mode of transport (usually a large car), clog the interstates and arterials, and complain about how poorly the transportation system works. Finite spaces can support a surprisingly large number of transportation modes and keep everyone moving efficiently toward their destinations.

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