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Fifth Street

December 2, 2021

Dec 02, 2021
A gourmet mushroom farm blooms in Vegas | The brain scan that ate my mind | Media Sommelier: Believe Her provokes outrage, but offers hope
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All Things
Famous Foods dining court at Resorts World
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Three of a Kind

Nov 09, 2021

Three new casinos embrace modularity and reflect the current moment

Fifth Street

August 19, 2021

Aug 19, 2021
The Snack Hunter Dishes on LV's Latest Deliciousness | A Tragic 'Revolution' Fueled by Right-Wing Rhetoric | Media Sommelier: The Unlikely Hit Board Game That's Taken Wing
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Fifth Street

November 19, 2020

Nov 19, 2020
Casino Turns 25 | The Experience Economy 2.0 | Delicious Drive-Throughs | The Lessons of Viva Laughlin
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Better Architecture As A Tool For Addressing Climate Change

Oct 20, 2020

This summer, wildfires devastated the West Coast.

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Fifth Street

September 17, 2020

Sep 17, 2020
Mushrooms | COVID Design | Nevada Wildlife Explained | Media Sommelier | Clowns! Art!
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How We Do
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We won! A bunch of! Awards!

Sep 23, 2019

Desert Companion takes home honors in annual NPA awards

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Code Switch
On display is the work of Paul Rucker, a 2018 TED Fellow working to fight for racial justice.

2 Takes On Fighting Racial Discrimination From TED Fellows

Apr 14, 2018
TED Fellows are known for their cutting edge work and fresh ideas. This year's crop is working to fight systemic racism in the United States.
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Shots - Health News
Instead of flimsy ties, the back of the new gown has a flap to cover the patient's behind.

Can A Patient Gown Makeover Move Hospitals To Embrace Change?

Feb 11, 2018
A Maryland hospital chain is testing new gowns that offer more coverage for patients' backsides. It's not the first time designers have tried to change the despised garment, without much success.
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The Salt
One of Cipe Pineles' many illustrated recipes in the newly published cookbook, <em>Leave Me Alone With the Recipes: The Life, Art & Cookbook of Cipe Pineles</em>.<em></em>

A Rare Find: Trailblazing Female Designer's Unpublished Family Cookbook

Nov 09, 2017
Magazine art director Cipe Pineles helped pave the way for creative women in publishing. She also illustrated her mother's Eastern European recipes, but for 70 years the manuscript lay undiscovered.
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The Two-Way

PHOTOS: Some Say Nebraska's Flag Stinks — And They've Got Ideas To Fix It

Aug 31, 2017
State Sen. Burke Harr says Nebraska's state flag flapped upside-down for 10 days at the Capitol earlier this year — and no one even noticed. Now, he's on a crowdsourced quest to redesign it.
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13.7: Cosmos And Culture
A rendering of Pollinator Pathways across the U.S.

Why Honeybees Are The Wrong Problem To Solve

Jun 13, 2017
We must come to understand how to design our interactions with the rest of the world to ensure that everyone and everything thrives: It's much bigger than honeybees, says blogger Adam Frank.
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All Tech Considered
#FontSunday brings people interested in typography from across the world together.

Looking Past Words: Twitter Movement Helps People Notice Typefaces

Feb 19, 2017
Each week, the Design Museum in London announces a theme for #FontSunday, and enthusiasts search for interesting examples to share on Twitter.
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Grand Opening: The National Museum of African American History and Culture
Instruments, costumes and other artifacts fill the 'Taking the Stage' section of the fourth floor Culture Galleries at the NMAAHC.

Mission Of African-American Museum Writ Large In Its Very Design

Sep 15, 2016
The "dark presence" of the bronze and brooding National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates black history, and by extension, the history of America itself.
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The Two-Way
A white organdy, see-through gown with blue embroidered motifs, by Andre Courrèges, 1969.

Designer André Courrèges, Master Of Miniskirts And Go-Go Boots, Dies

Jan 08, 2016
Courrèges opened his fashion house in 1961 and helped transform women's pants from casual clothing to a haute couture item, while defining the wildly popular space-age aesthetic of the era.
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Goats and Soda
Still standing: The earthquake-proof desk can withstand 2,200 pounds dropped on top of it.

A Desk That Can Take A Ton Of Earthquake Rubble

May 22, 2015
It's fairly light, costs $35 per student and could save lives in earthquake zones. But not everyone thinks this quake-proof desk is a good idea.
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Cities Project
Holly Adams (center) hugs her son Felix after soccer practice at Mueller's 30-acre Lake Park. Many residents mention having a high level of social engagement with their neighbors.

With Porches And Parks, A Texas Community Aims For Urban Utopia

Feb 12, 2015
Austin's Mueller neighborhood is a new-urbanist dream, designed to be convivial, walkable and energy-efficient. Every house has a porch or stoop, and all the cars are hidden away.
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The Two-Way
A 2004 photo shows Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan. The creator of a classic soy sauce bottle and other products died at a hospital in Tokyo on Sunday. He was 85.

From Soy Sauce To Bullet Trains: Famed Japanese Designer Dies At 85

Feb 09, 2015
Decades after Kenji Ekuan created Kikkoman's iconic soy sauce bottles with their red caps, he designed Japan's bullet train, in a career driven by a desire to make good design accessible to everyone.
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Urban Planning and Climate Change

Aug 14, 2012

Climate scientists say that last month was the hottest July on record. Some urban developers see this as a cue not only to adopt sustainable practices to avoid global warming, but as an opportunity to completely re-evaluate the way cities are designed.

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Your Future Home or Restaurant is a Cargo Container

Jun 13, 2012

You always see cargo containers at the ports: those giant Lego-like metal rectangles stacked on each other.  But reimagine a cargo container as a home.

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Thinking Outside the Box: Engineers and Their Inventions

May 04, 2012
Imagine bolting a battery and electric motor to your car, and automatically converting it to a hybrid.  That's just one idea on display when UNLV engineering students present their latest inventions at the 2012 Senior Design Competition.
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Bettie Page Fashion

Jun 14, 2011
Bettie Page was a pinup model from the 1950s, popular for her red lips and trademark bangs.  Tatyana Khomyakova loved that style so much, she decided to open her own clothing line and store, called "Bettie Page.
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Designing New Tea Flavors

Jan 25, 2011
Carolyn Johnson is a graphic designer by day, but at night, she's hunched over her kettle, brewing away a concoction of new teas. Carolyn is the co-owner of Indie Tea.
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