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By Design|By Design 2009-09-09 Episode
Rediscovering the Roman Forum
The ruins of the Forum in Rome, the centre of its ancient Empire, are one of the best known wonders of antiquity. But the Forum remains for many visitors a baffling and unwelcoming place. A new book rediscovers its rich histroy during and since antiquity.
The roof garden
Ed Snodgrass is a fifth generation farmer and a man leading the way with the research and installation of green roofs in the USA. While the roof garden is a relatively rare object in Australia it is nonetheless one that we are slowly seeing more and more of, and need all the help we can get to make them work.
Trends and Products: sleeping bag for homeless
Jeannie Madden has just done what she could only dream of - she has won the world wide INDEX People's Choice award in Copenhagen for the design of her sleeping bag for the homeless. The INDEX award is one of the most well known of design awards world-wide, run every two years. And along the way she beat Brad Pitt. Meet her next on By Design
Conversation with Lindy Johnson
Our By Design Conversation guest today is Lindy Johnson, who has taken up the mantle to make business - particularly business based in Queensland - internationally competitive through the use of good design. This is a topic that we are particularly interested in here at By Design - the idea that design is turned into a real life experience, that is at the core of the way in which a culture runs, not just something used as an ornament or add-on.
[ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]
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