By Matt Novak Published April 30, 2025 | Comments (9) | President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025 at Warren, Michigan. © Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Do your kids enjoy playing with toys? What about dolls? Well, buckle up, because the President of the United States says soon you’ll be able to afford a lot fewer of those. And he thinks that’s a really good thing. President Donald Trump held a cabinet meeting on Wednesday where a wide range of topics was discussed—everything from how great Trump is to the fact that wearing two hats is the height of comedy. But Trump and his cabinet also talked about the tariffs that have been imposed on China, which currently sit at 145% and are starting to hit consumers who are ordering from places like Temu, Shein, and AliExpress. Incredibly, Trump acknowledged that Americans would soon have a lot less choice in stores. And he described that future by giving a very stark hypothetical. “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,” Trump said. Trump on China: “They made a trillion dollars with Biden selling us stuff. Much of it we don’t need. Somebody said, ‘oh, the shelves are gonna be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more.” [image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM It was a truly baffling thing for an American president to say. And University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers explained on MSNBC that things could get very bad as Trump’s scheme becomes reality. Wolfers ntoed that the idea of how much you can afford to buy with your income is called “real income.” And if real income falls, that’s called a recession. Wolfers went on to explain that if things decline as badly as Trump’s example, where someone who bought 30 dolls could only afford to buy two dolls, that’s called a depression. As CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla wrote on Bluesky, “The doll thing is visual, memorable and highly specific. He’s going to wish he could take that one back.” And it could be true that Trump will come to regret the way he phrased that. In the meantime, we’re just doing our best to laugh. So we’ve collected the funniest memes we’ve seen on social media about Trump’s idiotic line on dolls. [image or embed] — Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM It doesn’t strike me as an effective slogan but what do I know [image or embed] — Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM Maybe the children will have 2 dolls instead of 30 and maybe the dolls will cost a couple bucks more [image or embed] — James Poniewozik (@poniewozik.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM GIVE ME 28 DOLLS! [image or embed] — Scott Shapiro (@scottjshapiro.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM Screenshot: Bluesky “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more.” [image or embed] — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM Screenshot: Bluesky The two dolls [image or embed] — Missing The Point (@missingthept.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM A chicken in every pot; a car in every garage; and two dolls from The Stephen Miller Collection staring from the bookshelf in your daughter’s bedroom. [image or embed] — Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM Screenshot: Bluesky “maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls” [image or embed] — darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM Christmas 2025 in America: Tariff Ken and Barbie [image or embed] — Sunlit Glade (@sunlit-glade.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM Screenshot: Bluesky It’s going to be a very rough summer if Trump’s tariffs against China hold. And even if all of the tariffs were lifted tomorrow, (something Trump seems unlikely to do), there would still be a huge amount of chaos and disruption in the supply chains. Gary Cohn, one of Trump’s economic advisors during his first term, appeared on Face the Nation last weekend and explained that it takes about 8 weeks for goods leaving China to get onto U.S. store shelves. And given that Trump’s “Liberation Day” was April 2, you can roughly start counting from there. Gary Cohn says the impact of tariffs aren’t going to really hit for another 2-4 weeks. “The vast majority of small business toy stores cannot order toys today because they cannot afford the 145% tariff. […] They’re either going out of business or they’re just going to wait and see what happens.” [image or embed] — Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) April 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM Best of luck, Americans. Trump is serious about making sure we all have a lower standard of living. And we’re going to soon find out exactly what that looks like, dolls or otherwise. Daily Newsletter You May Also Like By AJ Dellinger Published April 30, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 30, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 30, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 30, 2025 By Lucas Ropek Published April 30, 2025 By Kyle Barr Published April 29, 2025

0 Club Coworking Space / DDAASave this picture!© Kenta Hasegawa Architects: DDAA Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1742 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Kenta HasegawaMore SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Many people might not be familiar with the technology area called Climate Tech. This term refers to a technology often discussed that focuses on reducing CO2 emissions or dealing with the effects of global warming. Many startups in Japan and overseas are addressing the issue of decarbonization in the business world while also pursuing profitable business ventures. DDAA designed the interior of the 0 Club, a coworking space for startups, VCs, and academics specializing in Climate Tech and related businesses. The term "Climate Tech" covers a wide range of approaches to the goal of carbon neutrality, including the development of alternative and clean energy sources to replace petroleum, measures to address construction materials such as concrete and steel that emit large amounts of CO2 and toxic substances during the production process, the development of upcycled and recycled materials with low environmental impact, and measures to reduce food loss. The 0 Club was created as a place for companies in this field to come together.Save this picture!Responding to humanity's ceaseless efforts and desires, our world is increasingly flooded with ever-more convenient products and services. The scale of the infrastructure supporting a well-organized and convenient lifestyle is rapidly increasing, and the balance of the global environment and the entire social system is becoming distorted. If we continue to pursue convenience without considering the consequences, developing countries will suffer first, and developed countries will be affected. However, because restoring the balance would involve some inconvenience in people's daily lives, those of us who have already become accustomed to the convenience of modern life cannot bring ourselves to make such a drastic change.Save this picture!Save this picture!If we consider only the environment, the best option would be to stop making things, but that would mean denying social progress and past achievements. If we stop aiming for a better state of affairs, we will become increasingly conservative, and all intellectual renewal will come to a halt. This ambivalent state, where two contradictory thoughts - "Do we really need more?" and "I want to make the world a better place" - coexist, is probably the premise of modern manufacturing.Save this picture!If that is the case, we may try to enjoy this contradiction, consider ways to use the restrictions and regulations as triggers for creativity, and embrace the inconvenience. For example, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s, a large number of cocktail recipes were invented to disguise alcoholic drinks as non-alcoholic drinks in illegal speakeasies. During the Edo period, when the commoners were prohibited from enjoying luxuries and only allowed to wear brown, grey, and greyish-brown, a variation of dyeing called "48 browns and 100 greys" was created, which produced multiple shades of these colors. In this way, rather than just seeing restrictions as they are, we should raise the resolution of our creativity and reinterpret them as tools to have fun.Save this picture!Games and sports have developed as platforms to enjoy such "prohibition rules." Soccer is a game that shares the straightforward restriction everyone understands: Do not use your hands. The simple rule prohibiting one of the most important aspects of being human - the hands - is easy to share across language barriers. Through trial and error, brilliant plays are born, people get excited, it drives the economy, stadiums are built, and urban infrastructure gets upgraded for the World Cup. The research and development of soccer uniforms and shoes to support more effective play and further the development of soccer are naturally related to chemistry and physics, and contribute to the development of medicine and ergonomics. Using soccer as an example, can we design a methodology for creating something while enjoying the constraints and inconveniences?Save this picture!Under the themes of "sustainability without compromise" and "create without creating as much as possible," this project uses materials with low environmental impact, natural materials, and things that are readily available, while stopping to investigate and reflect on each step and making the most of existing things as much as possible. This inevitably requires more time and careful thought, leading to increased costs. If we reinterpret "carefulness" as "craftsmanship," it is about improving quality rather than simply fulfilling functionality. It is similar to paying meticulous attention to the details of a kimono's weave or applying multiple layers of urushi lacquer. Thinking about ways to achieve sustainability may also lead to thinking about it as a modern craft design. All things, not just architecture and interior design, are made by combining materials and production methods. This time, we decided to consider both aspects using the phrase "low environmental impact" as a prefix.Save this picture!Save this picture!Broadly speaking, "environmentally friendly" materials have high recycling and upcycling rates and minimize CO2 emissions in the manufacturing process as much as possible. However, the more you learn about them, the more you realize this is not as simple as it seems. This is because problems exist not only in how materials are produced but also in how much they are used. The environmental impact of fundamental materials is significant when considering the overall impact, but the materials we see and use in our daily lives should not be ignored either.Save this picture!Two fundamental materials used in modern architecture are steel and concrete, and the cement and steel industries are known to produce a substantial amount of CO2 emissions. The more fundamental the material, the more efficient its production needs to be. The word "efficient" is tricky because it means centralization, so naturally, CO2 emissions are concentrated in a specific area. Given this, research into green steel and alternative concrete, which emit less CO2 during production, is underway, as are efforts to recycle CO2 emissions.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Then, what about already existing recycled materials? While manufacturers are putting a lot of effort into developing materials with low environmental impact, recycling inevitably involves breaking down and remaking the material, resulting in color irregularities and making it difficult to create a homogeneous material. In addition, because it involves an extra step of collection, the cost is often relatively high. The same applies to environmentally friendly natural materials such as bamboo and cork, which have many unknown factors and are often costly and challenging to handle. It makes us realize how humans have evolved by developing convenient things requiring little effort. To begin with, determining a product's environmental impact requires much effort to visualize CO2 emissions, which means balancing effort and effectiveness is crucial.Save this picture!A building's composition can be roughly divided into architecture, interior, and furniture. Buildings are made to last longer and continue to exist for a long time. The concept of "vintage" applies to furniture, meaning one can still obtain pieces made in the 1930s. However, the interior is often renewed every 10 to 20 years, rather than every 100 years, because it has to keep up with tenant turnover and the renewal of electrical, air conditioning, and low-voltage equipment. Given this, we concluded that it would be better to keep the interior work to a minimum this time and concentrate on the furniture and fixtures to compose the space. We will use as much of the existing interior as possible and "create without creating as much as possible." In addition, transportation to procure materials can also impact the environment. So, we decided to proactively use materials sourced locally, such as the cardboard boxes that arrive at our office, the photocopy paper used in this project, and the formwork that our client used in the seismic retrofitting work on the same building.Save this picture!The production rules that were ultimately adopted for this project are summarized as follows:The existing interior should be reused as much as possible without new construction. For areas where construction is unavoidable, only low-impact, environmentally friendly materials are used. In addition, when making things, it is essential to simplify the production process as much as possible, use fewer materials, and consider ways to make it easier to recycle or upcycle in the future. Items that can be substituted with furniture should be made as furniture as much as possible, so they can be continuously used in the future. We should reduce the transport of goods and reuse waste materials from construction as much as possible.Save this picture!Floor – The OA floor system is an office floor system under which wiring can be routed. This system is used in most office buildings. This project reused the existing OA floor as much as possible. The common areas were finished with a recycled material called Rifmo, and the private areas were finished with particleboard, up to the height not subject to the restriction on interior material use, eliminating the need to use non-combustible materials.Save this picture!Wall – The walls were the most challenging part of the interior construction, while ensuring the non-combustibility of the interior. This was because we could not find environment-friendly materials that could replace conventional LGS (light gauge steel substrates) and glass (from a startup perspective, this may be a business opportunity.) For this reason, we used conventional LGS. Due to the restriction on interior material use, we chose particleboard for the common areas and Rifumo for the private areas, and finished the walls up to waist height. Particleboard is made by crushing waste wood and is used as a substrate. It is the only type among fiberboard materials (including OSB and MDF) that uses crushed waste wood. The glass on the upper half of the wall is attached directly to the LGS using screws, minimizing the amount of framing material used. No sealant is used, eliminating the need for sorting when upcycling. The glass details are designed for easy removal. All the plasterboard is made from upcycled circular plasterboard.Save this picture!Ceiling/lighting/air-conditioning – The ceilings in the common areas were dismantled to increase the ceiling height. In contrast, the ceilings in the private areas were reused without dismantling, reducing the work required to install the ceiling fixtures when constructing the private rooms. Things that can be reused, such as air conditioning and lighting, were adjusted and repositioned without additional work. The color temperature of the existing lighting was adjusted by simply attaching film and acrylic using paper clips known as "double clips." This reduced the cost of the B construction and made removing the film easier in the future, facilitating maintenance and warranty work.Save this picture!Save this picture!Furniture layout – Given that this office is for a community specializing in a specific field, the layout is designed to allow people to walk around the entire facility. Private rooms are arranged in a radial pattern around the central lounge, and nap rooms, phone booths, etc., are dispersed between the private rooms so that they are automatically exposed to information from surrounding areas. The lounge can be divided into separate areas by curtains and used for various events. This room has a flexible layout, with several layout patterns in mind, such as a conference for about 100 people or group work. We aimed to create a space where the furniture and design could be used as a starting point for conversation, with traces of thought given to the environmental impact in all fixtures.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JapanLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeDDAAOffice••• Published on May 01, 2025Cite: "0 Club Coworking Space / DDAA" 01 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029688/0-club-coworking-space-ddaa&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Cleo y Teo® nació con la idea de no ser "otro restaurante más" en Guadalajara. Desde el inicio trabajamos para construir una marca que celebrara la libertad de la cocina mediterránea, fusionando tradición y creatividad sin perder el alma. La estrategia de marca, el storytelling y la identidad visual giran alrededor de una premisa clara: "Entre el Origen y la Libertad." Cada detalle, desde el tagline "Comida Predilecta" hasta el diseño del logo, una sonrisa que abraza, busca transmitir cercanía, autenticidad y esa sensación de hogar que sólo un buen plato puede provocar. Mi enfoque fue crear algo fresco, genuino y con carácter. Un sistema visual sencillo pero con mucha intención: tipografía a medida, paleta de colores cálida y un símbolo que se siente humano. Cleo y Teo no sólo es un restaurante; es un espacio para romper la rutina, disfrutar de sabores con historia y crear momentos que se quedan contigo.