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A radical design is based on a circular approach to architecture will see three boats designed by Carlo Ratti Associati visit Dubai and become the backbone of the Italian pavilion during the Dubai Expo 2020. Check out the designers' approach to circularity and reconfigurable architecture here…

this article gives us a lot of information on media literacy. it is divided into 4 parts the definition of media literacy, building on experience, the current landscape, and toward a media literacy movement. in the first part of the article it focuses on the idea of media literacy being different for everyone and that people of all ages use media literacy to understand media for all different reasons. but it does summarize that almost all use it and it is useful for all. as for the second part, it talks about how media literacy is a challenge in the United States of America but there is always some kind of new device or way to spread media literacy and make it more common in the USA. the second part also talks about how media literacy is spread/used in Germany and Canada and how its starting to be used and spread in the USA. part three talks about the challenges that the spread of media literacy has, not allowing it to spread as much as it should. in addition it takes these problems and states some opportunities that come out of them for the spread of media literacy. the fourth and final section of this article talks about the future and what people need to do if media literacy is going to be spread. after stating the needs that media literacy has in order to spread it then supplies the approaches that one/a nation should take in order to overcome these problems. overall this article attacks the problems that media literacy is facing that prevents its expansion but not only does it do that it also gives us many many many ways in which we can approach these problems a fix them, making media literacy a national and one day global ability.

Studio Node uses an honest approach to design two trendy eateries, where the design does not allude to trick-of-the-eye, camouflage or such other elements to chisel space. Check them out here and leave us your views...

Learning by observation' is a tried and tested success mantra with children; this school in Japan augments this approach by substantiating it with complementary architecture and a wholesome environment. Check it out and leave us your views...

A focused approach in design results in the dynamics of simplicity in a small project in Jacou, France. Check it out here and leave us your views…

An company that specializes in sneakily placing product-names in pop-song lyrics (!!) screwed up and accidentally approached an anti-advertising activist for money to include his nonexistent "product" in a pop song -- the activist strung them along and got tons of poop:

Last week, the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica gave into the pressure created by Wikipedia when it announced that it is trialling a new service (see the beta site here) that will let the public write and edit articles.