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GPI TWeekly Archive: 2011 Design Year in Review

Friday, December 30, 2011

Lists are contagious.  So are criticism and analysis in the design industry. Here are our favorite compilations that recap this year in culture and design – strange, surprising, innovative, and projects gone awry.

Time’s most surprising pictures of 2011 tweet via @trendplanner

From the world’s largest home to tiny printers, here are the strangest and silliest designs of 2011 tweet via @TreeHugger

11 most meaningful architecture moments of 2011 tweet via @bligh

Design Week’s review of the year in retail design tweet via @Design_Week

Azure 2011 in Review: Hits and Misses tweet via @AzureMagazine

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