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While corporations from Lowes to Harley-Davidson abandon their once-vaunted efforts at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their human relations, one company has dedicated itself so heavily to these efforts that its physically designed DEI into its new office.Virgin Media O2, the recently merged media and telecommunications company based in the U.K., has just opened a new headquarters in London, which has been designed specifically to accommodate diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Led by the architecture and design firm Gensler, the office covers the top six floors of an existing buildingfloors four through nineincluding some ground floor customer-facing retail space. And all of its 81,750 square feet have been carefully considered to meet the needs of an uncommonly wide range of users. The furniture is designed to accommodate a variety of human shapes, sizes, and mobility levels. Workspaces on each floor are positioned near windows offering the wellness benefits of natural light and great views. There are private workstations, where users can block out all sounds, and meeting rooms equally comfortable for people in wheelchairs, on two feet, or streaming in via video call. Informal meeting areas were designed on each floor to enable the kind of professional and social cross-pollination valued by large companies. Dubbed accidental meeting points or AMPs, theyre meant for small gatherings, informal discussions, or simply taking a tea break. Some also offer areas where employees can go to get work done away from their own workspace. With each floor themed according to one of VM O2s telecommunications servicesincluding sports broadcasts, gaming, music, and streamingAMPs are outfitted in different colors and designs. The gaming floor, for example, has a carpet resembling pixels; the sports floor has bleacher-style seating; and the black and white furniture on the music floor was inspired by piano keys. So people seeking more vibrancy or more quietude can go to the AMP that best fits those needs. One of the main ways in which to create and design space for everyone is making sure that you have variety, says Megan Dobstaff, a design director at Gensler who led the project.[Photo: Courtesy ofGareth Gardnerfor Gensler]Designing a DEI-centric officeTo develop the DEI design, Gensler collaborated with BW: Workplace Experts, and received significant guidance from VM O2 employee focus groups, DEI representatives, and an in-house brand team. These consultations helped shape how Genslers designers accommodated people with different sensory sensitivities, mobility levels, and neurodiverse conditions.Working with VM O2s DEI employee representative group, nicknamed Ultraviolet, was especially informative. They offered the designers specific examples of team members who had been undeserved or ignored by previous office environments. Accommodating them was often easier than expected, says Dobstaff: Adding easily controlled dimmers throughout the space on all floors and temperature controls to meeting rooms, testing colors for optimized tonal contrasts in furniture coverings so the edges would be visible to partially sighted people and others for those with color blindness. Theres no reason why we shouldnt be driving that forward, and making space purposeful for all the different types of people who are going to be using it, Dobstaff adds.In terms of specific accessibility and inclusion, VM O2s offices have gender-neutral toilets, also retreat rooms with blackout curtains for neurodivergent employees and visitors experiencing overstimulation or a panic attack. There are multi-faith rooms with Wudu facilities where adherents can wash their feet in gender-separate spaces and pray. There are sinks accessible to people of all statures, microwaves in the ninth-floor caf that can be opened by right-handed people and others for left-handed people, and cabinets that can be opened by people who have no hands.[Photo: Courtesy ofGareth Gardnerfor Gensler]Dobstaff says the project was more focused on diversity and accessibility than any other shed worked on but expects other projects to take DEI office design issues more seriously going forward.What it taught me is we should never just be making a design decision for an arbitrary reason, she says. Theres always some type of consideration that you could add basically to any design decision, whether thats sensory, whether thats visual, whether its accessibility, or cognitive. Theres always something.

The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen.The new rules drew cautious praise from environmental groups, who said they would likely reduce planet-warming emissions but included loopholes that could still reward producers of dirty hydrogen.The administration is trying to ramp up hydrogen production to displace fossil fuels as an energy source for sectors of the economy that emit massive greenhouse gases, yet are difficult to electrify, such as long-haul transportation and industrial manufacturing, including steel-making.Most hydrogen today is made from natural gas, contributing to climate change. But hydrogen can also be made by splitting water with solar, wind, nuclear, or geothermal electricity, yielding little if any planet-warming greenhouse gases.A year ago, theTreasury Department proposed a tiered systemwhere firms that produce hydrogen by splitting water could qualify for the full credit of $3 per kilogram.Now, the final rule could also extend the full credit to firms that use natural gas to make hydrogen if they use technology to capture and sequester the emissions, and to firms that make hydrogen from natural gas alternatives sourced from wastewater, animal manure, and landfill gas. Hydrogen produced from coal mine methane would likely qualify for lower tiers of the credit.Administration officials said the credit is based only on the lifecycle emissions of the hydrogen production process, rather than on how the hydrogen is produced. The credit is part of theDemocrats Inflation Reduction Actpassed in 2022, but it has support from some Republican members of Congress.Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the act, along with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is the worlds most ambitious policies to support the clean hydrogen industry.The environmental group Earthjustice said the rules support clean hydrogen projects that by and large do not worsen climate and health-harming pollution. But the group said theyre also concerned that dirty hydrogen producers will enjoy the benefits of this important climate program, too.Conrad Schneider, senior director at the Clean Air Task Force, an advocacy group, said the final rules do benefit the climate. If the hydrogen qualifies for a credit, that means its being made with lower carbon emissions than the fossil fuels its displacing, he said.We have a number of industry sectors that are hard to decarbonize, aviation, marine shipping, steel production, that are currently using fossil fuels, he said. Having a tax incentive like this for the production of clean hydrogen will create a fuel that replaces those unabated fossil fuels and helps the climate.But Schneider said accurately tracking the emissions of hydrogen produced with natural gas could be impossible if the Trump administration weakens regulations on methane and emissions reporting requirements.The Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association includes more than 100 members involved in hydrogen production, distribution, and use, including vehicle manufacturers, industrial gas companies, renewable developers and nuclear plant operators. Frank Wolak, the associations president, said they are relieved the rules are finally in place. The big question now, he said, is whether the tax credit will move the industry forward and give firms the confidence to make investments, or whether the provisions work for some and not for others.Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

Greg Epstein is the Humanist chaplain at Harvard University and at MIT, where he advises students, faculty, and staff members on ethical and existential concerns from a humanist perspective. He has served for over 20 years in elected and appointed interfaith leadership roles as an advisor for the non-religious. He himself is an atheist, agnostic, Humanist.Tech has changed roles. It used to be a mere tool that people could use for bettering and strengthening humanity. Now, it has achieved a religiosity that threatens to make us the servant worshipers of a dangerous Big Tech agenda. We need to stop genuflecting to our black mirrors a hundred times a day and pull all that is digital down from the heavens, back into the toolbox.Below, Epstein shares five key insights from his new book,Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the Worlds Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation.Listen to the audio versionread by Epstein himselfin the Next Big Idea App.1. Tech has come to play a role in our lives that surpasses any industryTech has come to look more like a religion. If you compare the mythological kingdom of Silicon Valley to the size and scope of other world religions today, it would now be the biggest.We tend to say that tech is an industry, but that description makes no sense because theres no longer any major industry that isnt a tech industry. If a new religion of the traditional kind had emerged and acquired billions of devotees (and dollars) in the way that our current fervor for AI, social media, surveillance capitalism, and all things digital have, if everyone you knew suddenly started praying or worshiping at a traditional altar as often or as fervently as we genuflect before our stained glass black mirrors (at least 150 times a day, on average), then we would and should ask ourselves whether that new creed had taken on undue influence over our lives.2. Big Tech is dominated by some weird ideasBig Tech has become a basic feature of daily life, and it has come to be dominated by some extremelyweirdideas. Many of those ideas are weirdly theological. Like Way of the Future (WOTF), a religion founded by Anthony Levandowski, a former Google and Uber AI engineer who made hundreds of millions before being convicted for IP theft against Google, avoiding jail when Donald Trump pardoned him. Levandowski, upon filing paperwork to found a new church, told the IRS that his new faith focused on, The realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence, developed through computer hardware and software. He believes humans are creating something that will soon be a god that, like the jealous one in the Bible, will be angry to discover that we didnt start worshiping it sooner.I wish my book research hadnt turned up literally countless similar examples, like The Singularity. According to Ray Kurzweil, the AI legend who helped pioneer Googles Gemini, The Singularity is the supposedly fast-approaching moment when tech allows us to overcome death, making human life meaningful. This contradicts thousands of years of secular and religious philosophy by implying that life hasnt been meaningful until now.3. A new traditional religion dominated by strange ideas would be questionedWe desperately need more critical thinking about why Big Tech is selling such grand ideas and lofty ideals. Many of the most important weird tech ideas I explore inTech Agnosticdirectly influence the movement of billions of dollars.Heaven is a genuinely beautiful and meaningful concept for many. Im fine with that, even though I am among those who, like John Lennon, prefer to Imagine theres no such thing. The problem is that in the hands of infallible extremists or absolute monarchs, the concept can justify almost anything: Sure, society isnt fair or equitable or safe, your family is suffering, and the future looks bleak. But stop complaining and obey my commands, say such rulers. If you do, youll go to paradise. If not, go tothe other place.This classic theological trope appears in a 2003 essay, Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development, by Nick Bostrom, a former longtime Oxford professor who was among the worlds most decorated figures in AI until he was forced to close his Future of Humanity Institute in April 2024. In the piece, Bostrom argued that for every year that sufficiently advanced technology is not developed, and colonization of the universe is delayed, there is a corresponding opportunity cost of the trillions of hypothetical future digital lives that tech could bring to the universe.In other words, if you dont pump billions into the coffers of AI leaders now, youre denying the birth of billions of AI people in a celestial tech future. By doing so, you might be committing genocide. The influential tech billionaire investor and founder Marc Andreessen makes the same case in his famous 2023 Techno-Optimist Manifesto. He writes: We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. [. . . ]Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder.Yikes. Facing a claim like that, its harder to raise more earthly concerns like AIs huge carbon footprint amid the global climate crisis or AI disinformation harming democracy. Thats precisely the agenda behind Big Beliefs like Tech Heaven.4. We need a Renaissance of agnosticismOne of the biggest blessings skeptical Humanism can offer a world of tech-certainty, in which AI chatbots freely and frequently hallucinate garbage answers and advice (like Google Geminis suggestion to use glue to keep cheese from sliding off pizza), is that its honorable to admit not knowing an answer. Patient, thoughtful agnosticism may be slower, but it can help form better answers to lifes hardest questions, like Is the theology I believe in true? Or, How to govern a diverse society? Or, Should I glue mozzarella and sauce to my pizza crust? Okay, some questionsdohave easy answers.Seriously though, our society needs to be more proud of what my friend Lesley Hazleton, author ofAgnostic: A Spirited Manifesto, calls a spirited delight in not knowing.5. Technology belongs as a toolnothing moreThere is a deep beauty worth fighting for: Acknowledging, even celebrating, our limitations, imperfections, and mortality. Our flawed yet resilient capacity to love is valuable. We need to return technology to the status of tools that are in service to our deep and common humanity.This article originally appeared in Next Big Idea Club magazine and is reprinted with permission.

A jet-black cabin called Atelier Nyp has been built on the old foundations of a destroyed sheep shed by architecture practice Studio Bua in remote western Iceland.Named after Nypurhyrna mountain behind it, the cabin contains an artist's studio and guesthouse, perched overlooking the expansive Breidafjordur fjord that is a three-hour drive from Reykjavik.Studio Bua has completed a cabin in western IcelandAtelier Nyp is the latest addition to a cluster of former farm buildings on the remote site in Skardstrond that have been turned into a home, guesthouses and cultural spaces by Studio Bua, which has offices in London and Oslo.The cabin is designed with a deliberately simple volume to fit in with the other agricultural-style buildings on the compound. Its pitched roof is off-centre, nodding to the shape of one of the area's dominant mountain peaks.Atelier Nyp forms part of a cluster of old farm buildingsOne of the key parts of the client's brief was to reuse the remains of an existing sheep shed structure on site to minimise the amount of concrete required in the new building."We approached the project from the point of view of sustainability and to maximise the existing resources, both material and cultural," said Studio Bua co-founder Sigrn Sumarliadttir."We repurposed the concrete foundation from an existing sheep shed that had blown off in extremely bad weather, which in this part of the world is not uncommon," she added.The cabin has an off-centre pitched roofInside Atelier Nyp, there are two independent units within one space. The mountain-facing side is home to a kitchen and dining area with a workspace on the ground floor and accommodation for the artist client and her husband on the first floor, including a small office space.Meanwhile, on the other side of the building, there is a mini apartment with a double-height bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette to rent out to visitors. Next to the cabin is a dark green steel greenhouse, also designed by Studio Bua as part of a previous project.Read: Naturehumaine completes Quebec retreat for "well-being and rejuvenation""We are quite proud of how much we fit into this little building, and it somehow feels spacious on the inside," added Sumarliadttir. "We also like the elemental look, it seemed almost like a diagram of a building on the outside."According to Studio Bua, the client wanted the guesthouse to be ready for summer so to speed up construction, the structure was built using cross-laminated timber (CLT), which has been left exposed on the inside to create a warm finish.The cabin houses two independent units within one spaceIts exterior is clad in corrugated steel to protect against the harsh weather. The steel's black finish was chosen to distinguish it from its neighbours and emphasise the building's uncomplicated shape.In addition to the concrete foundations, Studio Bua also salvaged other items for Atelier Nyp, including an old stair from a historic building in Reykjavic and kitchen units from a fifties apartment block.An upper level contains a workspace and bedroom for the owner"We were working in a rural area where innovation and new ways of building are not highly visible," explained Sumarliadttir. "The more common way of doing things is demolishing the older structures and importing prefab buildings in complex materials.""In this site we have renovated several buildings to make a cultural centre that is accessible to everyone in the area and so could influence people to reuse and revalue the existing building mass and its history," she added.Other cabins recently featured on Dezeen include a white-painted retreat in Qubec with a matching metal roof and one with a hat-shaped aluminium roof in Sweden.The photography is courtesy of Studio Bua.The post Studio Bua creates "elemental look" for black cabin overlooking Icelandic fjord appeared first on Dezeen.

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If I were a betting woman, I would bet youre reading this on your phone, maybe sitting around your kitchen table or at your kitchen island. So, look around. What do you see? Is it a bright, white kitchen with a subway tile backsplash? (Hello, modern farmhouse!) Or perhaps you went a little more classic with butcher block countertops and green cabinetry. (For the love of cottagecore!) Regardless of what your kitchen looks like now, it was almost certainly influenced by the design trends of the time it was built or most recently remodeled.Whether youre planning a full kitchen makeover in the new year or are just curious how to easily make your kitchen feel a little less dated, youve come to the right place. I spend all year chatting with kitchen designers and writing about kitchens. Below, Ive compiled the top seven kitchen design ideas they are most excited about for 2025. From cabinetry refreshes to the comeback of a tried-and-true material, 2025 is shaping up to be a return to classic form for kitchen design. Read on to check out what designers and experts forecast as the top kitchen trends for 2025 (dont miss #7almost every expert we spoke to said these are going to be everywhere!). Get More Ideas for Your Next Kitchen Remodel: Jump to:Embrace Wood CabinetrySara Ligorria-TrampIn the kitchen of their new-build barn home, designers Anne and Richard De Wolf anchored the kitchen space with a dark stained oak island inspired by the bars of Irish pubs.Thats right. Put down your paint brusheswood cabinetry is back! Before you have flashbacks to the orange-toned oak of the 1990s, we definitely dont mean that. Think of rich, dark-stained woods, such as hickory and walnut, that feel sophisticated and luxurious. There is a noticeable shift from painted cabinets to warm, natural woods, particularly with sleek lines for a contemporary, yet warm feel, says Kiara Perdomo, the director of product and development at Nemo Tile + Stone. Weve been reporting on the rise of wood interiors all year, starting with this trend report touting the return of wood-paneled walls. Since then, a design-forward embrace of nature has only become more clear. In fact, Pinterest named eco-living aesthetics as a top trend for 2025, meaning woodsy interiors are just the beginning of environmentally minded interiors. Go All In On Muddy Paint ColorsAli Harper for Country LivingDesigner Jensen Killen chose a delightfully moody shade of sage green for the butlers pantry of an elegant Alabama home.And, whats best to pair with your brown wood cabinetry? (Or not quite ready to embrace the no-paint trend.) Color! But not just any colorand especially not white. This year, designers are asking everyone to check out the other side of their paint deck and work with muddier hues. Above, designer Jensen Killen chose a delightfully moody shade of sage green (French Gray by Farrow & Ball) to make a statement in this butlers pantry (see more on this trend below!). Caren Rideau, the founder of Kitchen Design Group, echoes the muddy sentiment well be seeing everywhere in 2025. We have recently left behind a vibrant era dominated by bright colors in home fashion, says Caren. Now, the recirculation of muted and muddy colors is emerging as a powerful alternative that creates a more serious palette, perfect for todays sophisticated aesthetic. The easiest way to incorporate these colors is to use them in kitchens with streamlined silhouettes, according to Caren. Keeping things simple allows the colors to truly take center stage. RELATED: 5 Paint Colors You'll See Everywhere in 2025And None of Them Are Beige! Choose Unique Cabinet FrontsCourtesy of Max Humphrey/David TsayNickel gap (similar to shiplap) cabinet fronts add texture to this Lake Tahoe kitchen by designer Max Humphrey. Here at Country Living, we love the Shakers and their design legacy. (Shaker-style has been a design standby for over a century for a reason!) But, in 2025, were ready to make room for new looks in the kitchen. I love a Shaker [cabinet door] frame as much as the next designer, but there are so many other options out there, says Oregon-based designer and author Max Humphrey. Ive been doing a lot of tongue-and-groove and nickel gap cabinet fronts recently, which is a way to add some visual interest and country-up a space, he says. RELATED: Our 25 Favorite Green Kitchen Cabinet IdeasRethink The Kitchen Island Kirsten FrancisStained dark walnut, the Carrara marble-topped work table grounds this white kitchen of designer Stephanie Perez.Its time to say goodbye to big, boxy, built-in kitchen islands. As the look of unfitted kitchens (a thoroughly British design ethos centered around the idea of compiling freestanding furniture pieces instead of built-ins) continues to gain popularity, designers are opting more and more for high-top work tables and oversized farm tables for their kitchen islands. We love the way the worn wood finish of an antique work table adds a perfect touch of rusticity to even the most industrial of spaces. And, if youre in want of something a little more durable than wood, take a note from designer Stephanie Perez who topped the work table island in her kitchen with a thick slab of marble, making it the perfect prep space. RELATED: Get More Design Inspiration With These 70+ Stylish Kitchen Island Ideas for Kitchens Large and SmallMake A Dramatic (Back)SplashCourtesy of Jackson Warren InteriorsAnother thing were ready to say goodbye to in 2025? Boring backsplashes. There are just too many fun material options to stick to the basics. Were also seeing experimentation in the scale and shape of backsplashes. For example, try extending your tile (or wood paneling or marble slab) backsplash all the way to the ceiling. The look is clean and adds a subtle-yet-luxurious element to the design, say Kiley Jackson and Aileen Warren, the duo behind Jackson Warren Interiors, who predict well see even more of these show-stopping backsplashes in 2025.Check out these kitchens with unique backsplashes for more inspo:CollectBut Dont ClutterBrian Woodcock for Country LivingFramed artwork, colorful cannisters, an antique rug, and a vintage vase bring aged character to this cottage kitchen designed by Holly Williams. Yes, you read that right! Bring on all the antiques, because they do, in fact, belong in the kitchen. Dont believe us? Just ask the National Kitchen & Bath Association. Their 2025 kitchen trend report, compiled from the responses of over 500 industry professionals, including their all-star group of designers on the official NKBA Design Council, outlines how these personality-driven kitchens are on the rise. Designer and member of the NKBA Design Council, Celerie Kemble of the design firm Kemble Interiors, agrees: Kitchens [should] feel like the other wonderful rooms in your house, she says. Her own home features a moody kitchen with appliances hidden by paneling, allowing the eye to take in the design and not the bright steel facade of a dishwasher. One easy way to make your kitchen feel a bit more personal? Channel your favorite space. We love the trend of kitchens feeling like apothecaries or libraries, or garden potting sheds, says Celerie. Just be sure to prioritize pretty and practical storage (glass apothecary jars, for example) to keep your space from feeling too cluttered. RELATED: The 100+ Best Places to Shop for Antiques and Vintage OnlineEmbrace New MetalsBecky Luigart-Stayner for Country LivingIn this cheery kitchen designed by Claire Zinnecker, a copper scallop-edge vent hood is the crowning moment. A kitchen rail below holds the homeowners copper cookware collection. Unlacquered brass has dominated kitchen design for the past four years, but in 2025 designers are beginning to look elsewhere on the finish chart. Top of our list? Copper! Were no strangers to an artfully arranged collection of copper pots (Martha Stewart does it best!), but, in 2024, we saw more and more designers taking it to kitchen surfacesthink copper vent hoods, countertops, and hardware. Other metal finishes we expect to see more of in 2025? Brushed gold, satin brass, and gunmetal are back, says Sarah Fishburne, the director of trend and design at The Home Depot. She recommends pairing these more daring metals with wood cabinetry and warm stone countertops, which she forecasts will overtake white marble in popularity this year. Put In The Work(Kitchen)Adam Albright for Country LivingIn this serene butlers pantry, a deep counter, plus a mix of open shelving, drawers, and cabinets provide storage and work space for homeowner Alyson Morgan.We have to end with the trend almost every expert we spoke to said would dominate kitchen design in 2025. Drumroll, please...work kitchens! (Also commonly known as butler pantries, dirty kitchens, orin British kitchenssculleries.) If youre lucky enough to have the extra roomconsider converting an underused closet, hallway, or powder room, these separated spaces are so more than just a walk-in pantry. Theyre hardworking and multi-purpose, often featuring additional appliances, a sink, additional built-in storage, and, sometimes, even pet stations. These small specialized rooms, as they were dubbed by the National Kitchen & Bath Association, are key to a well-functioning and well-designed kitchen. More Kitchen Design and Storage Ideas:Anna LoganSenior Homes & Style EditorAnna Logan is the Senior Homes & Style Editor at Country Living, where she covers design and decorating trends, home features, and gift guides. She also produces home features and styles content for the print magazine. When she isnt working, can often be found digging around antique shops for the perfect find. Follow her adventures on Instagram!

Were Quizgecko (quizgecko.com)an AI-powered quiz and flashcard platformand were looking for an experienced React Native Developer to help build and maintain our mobile application.This is a contract, remote-friendly position that will allow you to work from anywhere in the world. Please only apply if you have experience working remotely and are willing to work on a contract/freelance basis.You will be the sole developer for a popular iOS and Android app that is used by thousands of paying customers each day. Therefore, it is essential that you have at least 3+ years of React Native experience so you can hit the ground running.ResponsibilitiesDevelop and maintain features in our React Native mobile applicationBuild and submit new versions weekly to theCollaborate with our backend dev to integrate RESTful APIs and other servicesTroubleshoot and optimize app performance for a seamless user experienceWork with our QA tester to ensure qualityFollow best practices in code quality, version control (Git), and documentationCommunicate effectively with our team, providing regular progress updatesRequirementsProven experience with React Native (please share relevant project examples)Strong knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+)Experience working with GitExcellent problem-solving and communication skillsAbility to start soon and meet project deadlinesNice to HaveLaravel / PHP and web development experienceNative iOS/Android experience (Swift, Kotlin, Java)Why Work With UsFlexible hours and remote-first work (work from anywhere in the world)Opportunity to contribute to an innovative AI-driven productOpportunity to earn equity after 1 year