Sheila Bridges Honored In Elle Decor's 2011 A-List
Elle Decor Magazine
Once again, Elle Decor has compiled a list of designers loved and respected — talents working at the top of their game. Plus, the interior design magazine has chosen five young decorators whose work found intriguing and fresh. Named "America's Best Interior Designer" by CNN and Time magazine, African-American designer Sheila Bridges makes the A-list. More

Environmental Studies
The Architect's Newspaper
The kids may be out of the classroom for the summer, but school design is definitely in session. Lydia Lee studies how public and private schools are investing in ultra high-performance buildings that provide better learning environments and teach by example.More

Interior Design Trend Spotting — Black, Black and Black
Agent Genius Beat News
Black as night is very in right now and not just in accents but in furniture, fabrics, curtains, floors and all four walls in a room. The surprising part about black is that it's not being used in man caves, it has become a very classic and sometimes feminine color.More

Junk to Funk
Junk to Funk
Come check out the first of two of our new downtown Portland, Ore., installations. Our first installation titled: Junk to Funk [hearts] PDX highlights not only our love for Portland and the celebration of our city's leadership in recycling but calls on the public for an entire new way of looking at waste through reducing and creatively reusing.More

Is It Vintage Or Just Vintage-Inspired?
Los Angeles Times
Vintage clothing dealers, store owners and auctioneers report that teenagers and twenty-somethings are scouring their collections in search of the right prom dress or wedding gown. For customers such as Tory Varney — who bought the organdy gown for $920 after a seamstress mended torn white floral appliqués ringing the form-fitting skirt — vintage doesn't mean musty old castoffs from their grandmothers' closets. More

A Web Developer's Guide To Adobe InDesign
Smashing Magazine
Over the past several years, there has been a big divide between designers: those who work in print distribution and those in digital distribution. The irony is that, despite the disputes, name-calling and flat-out arguments between the two camps, their techniques and methods are far more common than many believe. Both sides of this communications field are heavily influenced by each other. Grid systems and typography now play a strong role in Web-based design, and usability and user experience play a big part in developing print material. More

5 Things to Know About WordPress 3.2
Mashable
Self-hosted WordPress.org users got a nice surprise on Independence Day with the release of WordPress 3.2, "Gershwin." WordPress 3.2 is the 15th major WordPress release in the project's eight-year history. The focus in this release was to make things faster, lighter and more streamlined.More

For My Brother, It Was Rocket Science
The Root
Col. Guion S. Bluford was the first African-American to go where none had gone before — into outer space. As a youngster, he built model airplanes ... While Bluford was a young pilot climbing into cockpits on his way to becoming an astronaut, Charles D. Watkins Jr. was a young engineer with a slide rule on his way to becoming a rocket scientist. More

Using a Microscope, Scientists Resurrect a 123-Year-Old Recording
Discover Magazine
More than a century ago, Thomas Edison recorded a woman speaking the first verse of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" on a metal cylinder for use in a talking doll. Now, scientists using microscopes to create 3-D scans of the badly damaged cylinder have made it possible to hear her voice again, through the patina of years.More