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Severance is a set design wonderland. From a massive mirrored corporate monolith in New Jersey to a classical train station in upstate New York, the shows distinctive visual languagewhich has captivated audiences and critics alikerelies on actual places that have been carefully chosen to mess with your head. These arent just random pretty buildings. Theyre psychological weapons that connect the dots in the same way the writers weave the tapestry of the tale. Severance follows a group of humans that go through a procedure to separate their (outie) real lives from their (innie) corporate bees working for a mysterious industrial conglomerate call Lumon, effectively turning four people (Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan) into eight, each with distinct personalities and circumstances. In the same way, the show divides its architecture, confronting an inner corporate hellscape to an outside world that, in its own way, is also its own hellscape.In its second season, Severance has expanded way beyond the creepy white corridors in the severed underground floor of Lumon Industriess of the first season. The show ventures into a more diverse architectural playground that deepens its exploration of corporate control and our fractured modern psyche. The shows filming locations now span from New Jersey to upstate New York to Newfoundland, each chosen not just because they look cool on camera, but because of the subliminal messages their architectural features convey.[Image: Apple TV+]The Lumon headquartersThe most iconic location in Severance is Lumon Industriess headquartersa massive, imposing structure that looms over the landscape like some corporate Death Star. In reality, this architectural marvel is the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex (now known as Bell Works) in New Jersey, a building whose real-world significance perfectly aligns with its fictional role.[Image: Apple TV+]All those companies in the 50s and 60s, they had so much style, they had the most beautiful spaces, and they were proud of what they were doing, explains Jeremy Hindle, Severances production designer, in an interview with Variety. These corporate spaces are designed to dominate you and make sure that you know the rules. No kidding. Thats exactly what makes Severance so viscerally disturbingand so visually compelling. The architecture isnt just pretty. Its predatory.[Photo: Lee Beaumont/Flickr]Designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen in 1958 and completed in the early 1960s, the Bell Labs complex stands as one of the most significant examples of mid-century corporate modernism in America. Its vast mirrored glass faade earned it the nickname The Worlds Largest Mirror in architectural circlesa fitting metaphor for a show about reflection and duality. The building spans 2 million square feet with a central open-atrium scheme extending a quarter-mile.ca. 1987 [Photo: Gerard Garcia/Getty Images]When Saarinen designed the complex for Bell Telephone/AT&T researchers, it was conceived as a utopian workplace meant to foster community and collaboration. The central atrium was designed to encourage chance encounters between researchers from different departmentsa physical manifestation of the cross-pollination of ideas, a concept that has been reproduced in many other corporate buildings, like Pixars and, most recently, Legos new HQs.Bell Works, ca. 2022. [Photo: Curlyrnd/Wiki Commons]Yet in Severance, this same architecture becomes oppressive and isolating. The cinematography transforms Saarinens idealistic vision into something cold and menacinga very literal visual metaphor of how corporate utopias often become dystopias in practice. As architectural historian Jon Gertner told Curbed, Bell Labs was an idea factory but, in Severance, it became a factory for something far more sinister: the manufacturing of compliant workers through the literal division of consciousness.In Season 2, aerial shots reveal the buildings distinctive shape, which from above resembles a giant goats eyea visual connection to the shows recurring goat imagery and themes of surveillance. The water tower stands as a sentinel, further emphasizing the companys technological dominance over the landscape and its employees lives. Its like the Eye of Sauron, but for corporate America.[Image: Apple TV+]While Bell Works provides the exterior shots, the labyrinthine white hallways of Lumons severed floor were constructed at York Studios in the Bronx. These stark, minimalist corridorswith their fluorescent lighting, white walls, and complete absence of windowscreate a timeless, placeless quality that reinforces the severed employees disconnection from the outside world. Season 2s opening sequence features Mark running through these disorienting corridors, a scene that required weeks of planning and several days to shoot using a high-speed robotic camera called the Bolt. The design deliberately disorients viewers, making it impossible to create a coherent mental map of the spacemirroring the fragmented consciousness of the severed workers themselves. Its architectural gaslighting at its finest.[Image: Apple TV+]This season we also got to see the surreal Mammalians Nurturable Room, where they have the goats. The production team built an enclosed tent on Brooklyns Marine Park Golf Course, with Industrial Light & Magic rendering the walls and ceiling in CGI. This hybrid of physical and digital architecture creates a dreamlike space that exists somewhere between reality and fantasymuch like the severed state itself. The blending of real and virtual elements mirrors the shows exploration of how memory and perception shape our experience of space.The Great Doors factorySeason 2 introduces another corporate space: the Great Doors factory. Its the opposite of Lumon HQs, but no less oppressive. This is where Dylanone of the four protagonistslooks for a new job after being fired from Lumon. He gets interviewed but not hired because he had the severance procedure to split his brains consciousness. Fun fact: Severances creator Dan Erickson was actually working in a door factory when he came up with the idea for the TV series.[Image: Apple TV+]The real location is the Red Owl Collective in the Midtown Arts District, in Kingston, a city in upstate New York. This 10,000-square-foot antique, vintage, and design emporium provides a richly textured industrial backdrop that contrasts with Lumons sterile environment while still conveying themes of labor and production.[Image: Google Maps]What makes these corporate spaces so effective in Severance is how they embody what architect Rem Koolhaas has called junkspaceenvironments designed not for human comfort but for corporate efficiency, where workers become interchangeable parts in a machine. The architecture doesnt just house the corporation; it is the corporation made physicala concrete and glass manifestation of power structures that shape human behavior and identity.[Image: Apple TV+]Brick and mortar split personalitiesIf Lumons corporate architecture represents power and control, the residential spaces in Severance show more intimate themes of identity and memory. Marks and Irvings apartments, filmed at the Village Gate Townhouses in Nyack, NY, and in the Waterfront at the Strand in Kingston, NY, respectively, are also featured in this season. Both represent each of their outies mental states: barren despair for Mark, and dark despair for Irving. Season 2 expands the shows exploration of domestic architecture to visually reinforce the psychological state of characters caught between their innie and outie existences, introducing Dylans residence.In the real world, his familiar middle-class residence is at Kings Landing Condominium on Oxford Lane in Middletown, New Jersey. Whats fascinating about this location is the vision we get from above in one of the episodes. Some see a uterus, others Lumons logo upside down. I see both, perhaps an allegory to one of the shows underlying themes: human reproduction.[Image: Apple TV+]The other side of this coin is the Eagans family residence, the owners of Lumon. Its a massive glass structure visible in aerial shots near the Lumon headquarters, controlling it from afar. Home of the Helly E(gan)the outie of innie Helly Ris truly a dream home. The modernist house embodies a cruel irony: the transparency that the Eagans deny their workers, they enjoy for themselves. They can see out while keeping others from seeing in. The architectural juxtaposition between the workers homes and the Eagan residence visually reinforces the shows themes of class division and power imbalance.[Image: Apple TV+]If you are fascinated by this home and want to know where it is, you are not alone. I spent a few hours researching this one and it doesnt seem to exist in the real world. Like other sets in the show, it appears to have been built as a set and enhanced with digital effects. In the architectural apartheid of Severance, buildings always tell us who has power and who doesnt. The Eagans live in a house where they can see everything, while their employees live in spaces where they can only see what the company allows them to see.[Image: Apple TV+]Public spaces between worldsSeason 2 of Severance ventures beyond the corporate and domestic realms to explore a variety of public spaces that serve as transitional zones between different states of being. These liminal spacestrain stations, parks, gatewaysseem to physically embody the shows central concern with boundaries and thresholds, particularly the boundary between severed and unsevered consciousness.One of Season 2s most architecturally significant new locations is Uticas Union Station, featured in Episode 9, titled The After Hours. Built in 1914 and designed by Allen Stem and Alfred Fellheimerthe same architects behind Grand Central Terminalthis classical train station with its impressive marble pillars provides the backdrop for an emotionally charged scene between Burt and Irving. Its a beautiful space, grand architecture that speaks to an era of transition and movement, making it the perfect setting for a pivotal moment for the characters that resonates with the idea of splitting lives like the severing process does. The classical architecture creates a sense of permanence and history that contrasts with the transient nature of the characters meeting.The production spent approximately $2 million filming at this location for just two days in May 2023, adding fake snow to maintain the wintry Season 2 aesthetic. This transformation of a historical space into a fictional moment is a good example of how Severance uses real architecture as raw material for its psychological landscape.The location also had another less obvious connotation. When the scene ends, Irving takes the 2400RR line, a historical scenic line in the Adirondack Railroad, which begins in Oneida County and ends in the Genesee Counties. If you know anything about cults, those two places should certainly ring several bells, points out one redditor in the Severance subreddit. Mormonism was founded in the Genesee Counties. [] The Oneida Community was a strange highly Puritanical yet also free love (deviant sex encouraging, quasi-communist Christian sect that was founded in Oneida County in the latter half of the 20th century. This clearly connects with Lumon Industriess nature, which has an extremely dark background featuring a mythical origin story, a god-like founder, strange sex and corporate rituals, blind obedience, and child abuse, among other niceties.Some of Season 2s most striking settings were filmed at Minnewaska State Park Preserve in New Yorks Shawangunk Mountains. Used for both the Dieter Eagan National Forest in Episode 4 and the haunting Woes Hollow scenes, these locations leverage natural architecturedramatic cliff views and frozen landscapesto create environments that feel simultaneously beautiful and threatening.The Mohonk Testimonial Gateway in New Paltz, NY, returns in Season 2 as the entrance to the Damona Birthing Retreat. Built in 1908 as the formal entrance to the Mohonk Mountain House resort, this historical gatehouse creates a literal threshold between worldsa perfect architectural metaphor for the shows exploration of divided consciousness. In Episode 9, this gateway serves as the access point to Cabin 5, reinforcing its role as a transitional space between different states of being.Downtown Beacon continues to serve as the fictional town of Kier in Season 2, with the Beacon Building on Main Street functioning as the Hall of Records. The repurposing of this real small-town architecture creates a setting that feels simultaneously familiar and slightly off-kiltera visual strategy that reinforces the shows themes of distorted reality.[Image: Apple TV+]Other transitional spaces include a set prop phone booth constructed in front of a closed car repair shop near Kingstons Wurts Street Bridge, and the shed featured in Season 2, Episode 3 Who Is Alive? positioned below Kingstons Rondout Train Trestle. These constructed elements within existing architectural contexts show how the production designs spaces that connect the severed and unsevered worlds.Season 2 also ventures beyond New York state to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for the Salts Neck sequences. These locations portray a run-down, former factory town wounded by the closure of a Lumon production plant. The remote, snowy landscapes contribute to the shows atmosphere of isolation while the abandoned industrial architecture serves as a warning about the consequences of corporate abandonmenta ghost town that represents the ultimate symbol of Lumons disposable view of human labor. Which brings me to the ultimate point: Severance itself, its physical worlds, embodies the ultimate innie-outie dichotomy. A show that is both depressing with glimmers of hope, but ultimately depressing again. Every episode, I wonder if our protagonists would triumph against this techno-capitalists sect (Im sorry, but I get Apple vibes all over, and Im guessing its executives are not into the joke) or disappear into the oblivion of forgetfulness in the innies world and the carcass of mortal decay in the outies world. The answer will probably be both.

Quantum computing stocks got pummeled yesterday, with the four most prominent public quantum computing companiesIonQ, Rigetti Computing, Quantum Computing Inc., and D-Wave Quantum Inc.falling anywhere from over 9% to over 18%. The reason? A lot of it may have to do with AI chip giant Nvidia. Again.Stocks crash yesterday on Nvidia quantum newsYesterday was a bit of a bloodbath on the stock market for the four most prominent publicly traded quantum computing companies. Heres a breakdown of how they performed, according to data from Yahoo Finance:IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ): down 9.27% to $21.14 per shareRigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq RGTI): down 9.24% to $8.99 per shareQuantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT): down 11.71% to $7.39 per shareD-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS): down 18.02% to $8.69 per shareAll four of these quantum computing stocks tumbled on the day that AI chip giant Nvidia kicked off its two-day Quantum Day event. In a blog post from January 14 announcing Quantum Day, Nvidia said the event brings together leading experts for a comprehensive and balanced perspective on what businesses should expect from quantum computing in the coming decades mapping the path toward useful quantum applications.But thats not all that Nvidia did. Besides bringing quantum experts together, the AI behemoth also announced that it will be launching a new quantum computing research center in Boston.Called the NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center (NVAQC), the new research lab will help solve quantum computings most challenging problems, ranging from qubit noise to transforming experimental quantum processors into practical devices, the company said in a press release.The NVAQCs location in Boston means it will be near both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Quantum computing will augment AI supercomputers to tackle some of the worlds most important problems, from drug discovery to materials development, Nvidias CEO, Jensen Huang, said. Working with the wider quantum research community to advance CUDA-quantum hybrid computing, the NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center is where breakthroughs will be made to create large-scale, useful, accelerated quantum supercomputers.Its not the first time stocks reacted to Nvidias CEONvidias announcement of the NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center apparently sent shivers down the spines of many quantum computing investors, with shares of QBTS, RGTI, IONQ, and QUBT all crashing.Before Nvidias announcement yesterday, IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, and Quantum Computing Inc. were the leaders in the nascent field of quantum computing. And while they still are right now (Nvidias quantum research lab hasnt been built yet), the fear is that Nvidia could use its deep pockets to quickly buy its way into a leadership spot in the field. With its $2.9 trillion market cap, the company can easily afford to throw billions of research dollars into quantum computing.As noted by the Motley Fool, the location of the NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center in Boston will also allow Nvidia to more easily tap into top quantum talent from Harvard and MITtalent that may have otherwise gone to IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, and Quantum Computing Inc.Nvidias announcement is a massive about-face from the company in regard to how it views quantum computing. Its also the second time that Nvidia has caused quantum stocks to crash this year. Back in January, shares in prominent quantum computing companies fell after Huang said that practical use of quantum computing was decades away.Those comments were something quantum computing company CEOs like D-Waves Alan Baratz took issue with. Its an egregious error on Mr. Huangs part, Bartaz told Fast Company at the time. Were not decades away from commercial quantum computers. They exist. There are companies that are using our quantum computer today.According to Investors Business Daily, Huang reportedly got the idea for Nvidias Quantum Day event after the blowback to his comments, inviting quantum computing executives to the event to explain why he was incorrect about quantum computing.Quantum Computing Inc. Q4 results may also play a roleBut it wasnt just the Nvidia news that may have contributed to yesterdays quantum sell-off. Also yesterday, Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) announced its Q4 2024 results.Those results were not good news for the company. As The QuantumInsider noted, QCI announced it had $62,000 in total revenue for the quarterdown from $75,000 in the quarter a year before. Wall Street consensus had expected around $400,000 in revenue. The company also had a net loss of $51.2 million versus a net loss of $6.8 million in the same quarter a year earlier.Announcing its Q4 results, Quantum Computing Inc.s CEO, William McGann, said QCi made meaningful progress in the fourth quarter strengthening our financial position to support the continued advancement of our quantum solutions and foundry services. With a significantly bolstered balance sheet, we are well-positioned to scale operations and accelerate commercialization efforts.He also noted that the company is still on track to launch its foundry that will produce quantum photonic chips in early 2025.Still, that news was not enough to mitigate investor disappointment over its Q4 results. The stock fell over 11% yesterday and is down over 10% in premarket trading today.Quantum stocks sometimes rise and fall in unison, so when one company posts bad results, it can tend to drag the stock prices of other quantum computing companies lower, too.How quantum computing stocks are trading todayAfter the announcements above, including Huang announcing Nvidias intention to launch the NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center, quantum computing stocks tankedand they arent doing much better today. As of the time of this writing, the four most prominent quantum computing stock prices are all down in premarket trading:IONQ: down 1.09%RGTI: down 3.00%QUBT: down 10.4%QBTS: down 4.83%Since the start of 2025, three of those four quantum computing stocks have been hit hard. As of yesterdays close IONQ had lost more than 49% of its value, RGTI has lost 41%, and QUBT has lost 55%. Only QBTS has seen a modest gain of 3.45% for the year to date, though that gain has been wiped out in premarket trading this morning as of the time of this writing.However, despite these quantum computing stocks being in the red for 2025, over the past 12 months, all have shown impressive returns, with IONQ up over 120%, RGTI over 425%, QUBT over 495%, and QBTS over 323% as of yesterdays close.As for Nvidia, investors seem not to care much about its quantum announcement. Yesterday, NVDA stock closed up just 0.86%, and today, the stock is currently down a paltry 0.76% in premarket trading. Since 2025 began, NVDA stock has been down almost 12%, while it has been up over 31% over the past 12 months, as of yesterdays close.This post has been updated with additional context on QCis earnings.

Here's what we looked at this week:Resketch notepads: Reclaimed paper from architectural blueprints and misprints. This Cubo lighting, by Articolo Studios, is made by pouring molten glass into hand-gouged wooden molds.Longbow Motors' British EVs blur the line between footwear and automotive design.A projector that borrows from the Rubik's Cube. Is this really the best way to provide angle adjustability?Japanese overdesign: Bookends that don't let the books fall over when one is removed.The Stacked chandelier, by furniture designer Richard Haining, is made from decommissioned NYC water towers.Industrial Design student work: The ThinBike, by Antonius Glufke, is an easy-to-store urban bike.Small space design: Camper Schmiede's Marylin Onroad is a camper van with the bathroom in the center.Strange interface: This WP200Pro 5G is a ruggedized smartphone with a removable screen that fits in your ear.Smart design improvement: MOFT's Dynamic Folio adds angles to a tablet folio for improved ergonomics.A new form factor for drones: Ascent's Helius goes vertical and coaxial.GOB's Core Pack: Sustainable, mycelium-based earplugs.ResMed's N30i is a minimalist and well-designed C-PAP mask (for a change).Transformer Table's "The Savouring" is a dual workstation that transforms into a dining table. There's a couple of caveats with this design.Industrial design case study: Speck Design tackles a smart frying pan.

As a backpacker, you can go wrong with so many things out there. One thing that you dont want to go wrong with is the tent youre hauling. If its cumbersome to pitch and heavy to carry, youve made certain that your trips ruined. This is why hikers embrace the freedom that comes with lightweight backpacking tents such as the X-Mid 2. Developed by Canadian outdoor gear manufacturer Durston, the tent is way ahead of the curve owing to its exceptionally lightweight, spacious, and storm-worthy construction.In its updated version, the spaciousness, novel construction, and material usage remain undisturbed, while the X-Mid 2 is skimmed off some pounds to make it an even more compelling backpacking partner. Since its launch in 2019, the two-person tent has grown into a fan favorite with its solid, ultralight approach. Without giving up on any of its inherent qualities, the 2025 X-Mid 2 now weighs just 1.9 lbs (880 g), which is a good 5 oz (140 g) less than the previous 2.2 lb (1 kg) model.Designer: DurstonFor us on a diet that would seem like insignificant weight loss, but if you ask a hiker, its enough shaving to put the tent into the league of the most efficient and functional trekking pole shelters. X-Mid 2 achieves this sub 2 lb weight proposition by lighter and stronger trekking pole structure instead of traditional tent poles, and the use of 15D high tenacity silpoly fabric, which makes the weight difference while retaining similar strength and durability. The latter is ensured by the X-Mid shape where every panel is at a 50-55 degrees slope which makes it suitable for windy and snowy conditions.In a broader light, ultralight tents are conjured up by shrinking the size and compromising durability, but the X-Mid 2 stays strong with a functional and spacious design that can withstand all weather conditions. Unfolding into a durable shelter from a compact ball wrapped up, the X-Mid 2 pitches in seconds using only four stakes at the corners and a pair of height-adjustable trekking poles diagonally placed left and right of the sizable zipper entrance.The tent comprises a fly and mesh inner tent; a double-wall design wherein the outer rainfly extends low to the ground to avoid drafts and splatter. It can also be set up standalone (with only one composition) depending on the time of the year youre using it. Given its convenience, it can be used in different orientations by rolling up the sides for stargazing, idling, or soaking up the sun. On the inside of the X-Mid 2 you get 52 inches wide and 92 inches long floor space, and 45 inches of headroom to easily accommodate two full gown individuals. The revised edition of the ultralightweight X-Mid 2 is currently available for preorder starting at $280. Delivery is expected to begin in April. The post 2025 X-Mid 2 tent weighs just 1.9 lbs and is easily the most efficient and functional trekking pole shelter first appeared on Yanko Design.

What do ultra-thin laptops and large pro tablets have in common? They both have impressive capabilities and a scarcity of connectivity options. USB-C was dreamed of being the one connection technology to rule them all and keep devices slim, but the harsh reality is that we have too many standards and connectors now to ignore other plugs and ports. Thats not even considering how different versions of USB-C have different capabilities as well.Docks and hubs expand those connectivity options, but they bring another problem to the table, quite literally. Now you have cables coming out all over the place. ZAGG just launched a new dock and stand combo that not only offers a more ergonomic way to use laptops and tablets but also hides those unsightly cables using a design thats genius in its simplicity.Designer: ZAGGIts no longer rare for laptop and tablet stands to offer additional ports. The idea is that you just need a single USB-C or Thunderbolt cable to connect the device to the stand to have an additional five or more ports at your disposal. That sounds neat until you consider that other cables will be snaking out from the base of the stand, making your desk look like a tangled mess.The ZAGG Pro Dock Stand, as its name suggests, is actually two designs in one. Its primarily a stand that raises a laptops screen to a more ergonomic eye level. Unlike most laptop stands, however, it includes an attached folding stand to support holding a tablet at an angle, allowing you to enjoy the same ergonomic benefits regardless of your device.Its second function is a dock for additional ports, but instead of having them all on the base, it offloads some of them to a satellite hub that you can hide under a desk or anywhere out of sight. The Stand itself has two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, an audio jack, and an SD card reader, while the Hub is home to two HDMI ports, one USB-C port, and an Ethernet port. These two parts are connected with a single cable that can deliver 150W of power to charge attached devices.This split of ports mirrors how some docks split connections between the front and back of a box. This ensures that the most frequently used ports are always within reach, while those that are only occasionally touched can be hidden away. Its a simple but effective trick that allows the ZAGG Pro Dock Stand to deliver both comfort and convenience in a neat and minimalist package.The post ZAGG Pro Dock Stand for Laptops and Tablets Come with a Satellite Hub to Hide Cables Away first appeared on Yanko Design.

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