Camping, picnics, hell, your hardwood floor. Any and all would be improved by the vague

Pattern Recognition is the debut monograph from New York based architecture practice Leven Betts. Not to be confused with the William Gibson novel of the same name, this Pattern Recognition opens with a "letter" from Michael Sorkin that, despite its tendency to come across as a bit pedantic, makes a good point in identifying the titular idea.

For the past three years, thousands of architecture and design enthusiasts from around the world have flocked to Palm Springs for its annual Modernism Week.

There's an old saying: When life gives you blizzards, make snow furniture. We're paraphrasing, but the sentiment holds true.

The famed Finnish textile brand Marimekko, renowned for simple, bright prints (and owing their original popularity in the US

Ideally, our homes would be outfitted entirely with pieces that delight us each time we look at them-the type that bear storied origins or simply represent a fond memory.

Later this month, the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference will take place in New York City, promising as always to convene innovative design thinkers around solutions for more sustainable technology.

In a world of planned obsolescence, it's hard to convince people to buy a product that can never be one-upped by the shinier, newer version of itself.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in the New York Harbor, and while it may not strike everyone as an all-important historical event, it is the impetus for another cause of excitement.

John Updike, the expert critic and novelist, only occasionally took up architecture and design as the sole subject of his prodigious powers of description.