A little misleading as regards the Japanese technological landscape, but still important.

Montreal guy rips into the city's new bus shelters, mostly over issues that seem highly relevant to NYC's current CEMUSA/Grimshaw collection.

The truly terrifying aspect of Fabien Brunsing's piece illustrating differential permissioning and the monetization of public space...is that you can bet someone somewhere's going to take it as a best practice.

Supernice. Somewhere Holly Whyte is smiling.

Very clean, very nice, still short of the mark.

This too. Mmm.

The "NYC Stoop Bench" is absolutely lovely.

Fiat nox.

How about a cool, delicious Smirnoff Ice™, John Anderton?

Part of the nicely-resolved Solar Street program, an integrated collection of lamps, bus stops, service kiosks and other street furniture. Intended to harvest solar gain, return excess watts to the grid - you know the drill.