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In a challenging Russian healthcare system doula Daria Utkina is an advocate for positive change

root — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:15:11 +0000

But can we enhance this experience even further? Many contemporary obstetricians and psychologists argue that home-like environments in hospitals and professional help from trained assistants, namely doulas, can help women to avoid possible traumas. What, you may ask, is the need for doulas when we have doctors and midwives who are willing to help? It

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Encountering the other mind: How AI will shift our design process, and in turn, our cities

root — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:42:36 +0000

As a professor at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow and a California native, Benjamin is used to a life between two continents and even draws inspiration from this experience. He is currently Education Program Director at the Strelka and simultaneously a Professor of Visual Arts and Director of the Center for

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At Home Amid History: Anton Totibadze & Sasha Pasternak

root — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:31:47 +0000

Divided into “cells,” the plain, rectangular building was initially intended as a home for people working at The People’s Commissariat of Finance. It represented the architects’ ideal vision of communal living, the thought being that residents would spend most of their days at work or in public spaces located inside the building. Long ago, it

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Artem Letunov & Alexey Inshakov

root — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:34:12 +0000

In creative industries it is very common for someone to switch between different fields of specialization in order to further explore their ideas and potential. Artem Letunov and Alexey Inshakov are no exception, having both had their share of experimentation with a variety of professions before finding their niche in carpentry. However, unlike most people,

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