http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/principal.voices/design CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2009 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:49:09 EST 10 http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/principal.voices/design http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/derryn.interview/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/derryn.interview/index.html Sim Van der Ryn has been a leader in sustainable architecture for over 40 years. As well as creating a portfolio of inspiring green designs -- notably the 1977 Bateson Building in Sacramento -- he is also a teacher and an author. His most recent book "Design for Life" traces his ancestral and ecological design roots. Principal Voices talked to Van der Ryn about the passion which continues to consume his life. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:48:42 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/12/solar.coating/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/12/solar.coating/index.html Researchers have developed a new anti-reflective coating that boosts the efficiency of solar panels and allows sunlight to be absorbed from almost any angle. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:46:18 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/19/nanoventskin/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/19/nanoventskin/index.html As a product designer, Agustin Otegui's has to "think big" about the objects he creates. From novel portable chairs made out of shovels to chrome radiators that look like modern works of art, he recasts the mundane in a modernist and functional new light. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:40 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/23/battersea/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/23/battersea/index.html Plans to rejuvenate a dilapidated London icon -- known worldwide to movie and music fans -- were unveiled last week. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:34:34 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/17/cardboard.bike/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/17/cardboard.bike/index.html As far as modes of transport go, it has to be one of the most environmentally friendly: a cardboard bike that can be recycled, in all senses of the word. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:29:40 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/04/china.greenpix/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/04/china.greenpix/index.html Forget the "Bird's Nest" and the "Water Cube". If you're traveling to China this summer, or even if you are watching the Olympics on television, make sure you look out for a glittering new landmark structure in Beijing. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:28:24 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/10/lilypads/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/10/lilypads/index.html The concept may be radical, but it might just have to be if the worst predictions of climate change are realized. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:01:16 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/20/headquotes/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/20/headquotes/index.html Director of Arup, Peter Head is leading the company's new department of Planning and Integrated Urbanism. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:00:21 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/20/sinclairquotes/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/20/sinclairquotes/index.html Co-founder and executive director of Architecture for Humanity, Cameron Sinclair opened the second Principal Voices debate on Design for Good by outlining just what the term means to him, but also what it means to the communities his design solutions are aimed at. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:59:40 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/15/olsen.solar/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/15/olsen.solar/index.html It may look like an air mattress you might see lying around next to a swimming pool but in reality its function couldn't be less trivial. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:58:47 EST