A Self-Sustaining Utopian Village in The Netherlands

With the compounding effects of climate change in mind, Danish architecture studio EFFEKT has designed a utopian village system that could produce its own food and energy. Called the ReGen Villages, the plans include a series of structures that each come with an attached greenhouse, providing residents with space to grow food, recycle waste or farm through aquaponics. EFFEKT plans to exhibit the design at …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

A kaleidoscopic church installation, edible beer packaging, and how Venmo is making you stingy in this week's look at the web

1. The Most Important Era of Innovation A recent article in The New York Times asks, “What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation?” It’s a difficult question to answer—if there even is an answer—as everything from plumbing to airplanes, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and smartphones have shaped the evolution of American life. Instead, The Times surfaces some of the most notable inventions and ground-breaking ideas of …

How Typography Saves Lives

Followers of The National Weather service may have noticed that the organization recently switched from messages written in all capitals to mixed-case letters. The switch may seem minor, but it could actually save someone’s life. Strings of capitals are actually more difficult to process, and many people become desensitized to the NWE’s messages if they’re always capitalized—missing important, life-saving alerts. But the importance of well-executed …