Launching today: Green & Design

Today marks the debut of a new digital publication from the Contract family: Green & Design. Focusing on sustainability in the built environment, the digital publication is the first of a three-prong initiative that aims to give the A&D community the latest must-read news on all things green. A sister publication for Contract, Green & Design pulls from the expertise of the design and real estate titles of our parent company, Nielsen Business Media, which include Contract (of course!), Commercial Property News, DDI, Hospitality Design, Multi-Housing News and Kitchen & Bath Business.

To debut in the coming months are an extensive web portal and virtual events. But you don't have to wait to check out the new magazine here.

Science + Design

I've a confession from my inner-nerd. When I'm at the airport and browsing through the offerings at Hudson News, while most people's in-air guilty pleasure reading tends to lean toward, say, In Touch or Star magazine, I usually find myself ending up with a copy of SEED magazine, which is odd considering I am not a science buff. I do, however, find the intersection of science and design to be a more useful tool for keeping myself awake on flights. And so, I share this food for thought: SEED magazine has just posted The Seed Design Series, a collection of videos from the magazine's science and design conference held in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art, where a selection of speakers explored, among other things, the intersection between science and design and architecture. Click through to see the full roster.