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By Design|By Design 2009-04-29 Episode
Aaron Betsky on media and architecture: complex collaborators
Today architectural historian, writer and critic Aaron Betsky joins By Design. Aaron will be in Australia this week as a keynote speaker at the annual Australia Institute of Architects conference, Parallax, in Melbourne.
Transparent law building at Sydney University
Sydney University Law Faculty has found a new life on campus at the University of Sydney. For many years the faculty has `camped´ on the campus, travelling to and from its building in Phillip St in central Sydney.
Trends and Products: Milan Design Fair '09
The annual Milan Design Fair has been on in the last week. David Clark, editor of Vogue Living, reports for By Design from Milan. Here are his observations and design 'picks'.
Criminal identification
Police artists have helped solve many a criminal case. But in Australia they no longer rely on a pencil and sketch pad. Police are using computer imaging and biometric face-matching to catch crooks. A brilliantly designed system called FACE (Facial Automated Composition and Editing) was the dream of one Victorian policeman and is now being used in over 20 countries to bring criminals to justice.
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