Health + Safety

Ernest Beck|Projects

Emergency Response Studio

Report on artist Paul Villinski's mobile studio, which he converted from a trailer of the type used by FEMA to house victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Andrea Codrington|Projects

Freeplay Fetal Heart Rate Monitor

Report on the Freeplay fetal heart rate monitor, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Body category.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Peepoobag

Report on Peepoobag, a new self-sanitizing, single-use, biodegradable container for human waste.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Chulha Stove

Report on the Chulha stove designed by Philips to reduce indoor air pollution in developing countries.

Mark Dery|Reviews

Paradise Fouled

Review of Crude, Joe Berlinger's documentary film about a lawsuit filed against Chevron by denizens of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

Karrie Jacobs|Dialogues

A Thousand Points on Light: Part II

Continuation of debate between lighting designer Leni Schwendinger and Dark-Sky advocate Susan Harder about proper illumination of urban, suburban and rural environments.

Karrie Jacobs|Dialogues

A Thousand Points on Light: Part I

Debate between lighting designer Leni Schwendinger and Dark-Sky advocate Susan Harder about proper illumination of urban, suburban and rural environments.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Cooked

McDonald's McCafe Mocha is just one more reason that America is fat.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Camel Mobile Clinic

Art Center's Design Matters program prototypes a system for transporting medicine on camel back to remote communities in Kenya.

John Thackara|Essays

Doctors with iPhones

The neighborhood doctor is back — and this time, he has an iPhone.