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2008-1113
V.O.D. - The boutique store designed by POD - will be used as an art gallery for the opening reception entitled "The Dirt Is Red Here". This is the 2nd POD project to be multi-functional as designed. [HUS] was also designed to be be multifunctional (art gallery, live musical performances, lectures, film nights, fashion shows, product information sessions, cooking lessions and more).

2008-0710
[HUS] - The Scandinavian store designed by POD - will be featured in a segment called First Look New York on WNBC Channel 4 airing every Saturday at 7:30pm.

2008-0623
POD has been commissioned to design an apartment combination on the upper west side of Manhattan.

2008-0622
POD has been commissioned to design a townhouse renovation in Jersey City, NJ

2008-0611
POD has been commissioned to design a concept book for a new high-end retail store.

2008-0610
POD submitted a design proposal to the URBANTINE architecture competition. Click here for the URBANTINE web site info

2008-0530
POD submitted a design to the CONFLUX art festival. The web site to follow shortly! Click here for CONFLUX info

2008-0519
POD welcomes the summer interns for 2008. We are please to have Aimee Mariano, Cynthia Montalvan, Steven Santander, Cezary Szyperek and Stephanie Oliveira with us this summer.

2008-0518
This Sunday POD + The Dome Project will be in the Amsterdam Street Festival on the Upper West Side @ 83rd Street. Come and visit our booth, see what's going on and make some drawings! This is the first architecture/design office to be in any Street Festival and we look forward to seeing you there.

2008-0509
Hus been chosen by the editors of New York Magazine to join us as a featured retailer at the third annual New York magazine Best Bets event. The Best Bets event, based on the popular section in our magazine, features the editor’s picks of the best of New York in fashion, beauty, accessories, home décor, kids stuff and more. The event will take place on Wednesday October 15th from 11am – 8pm at The Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street between 6th and 7th avenues.

2008-0509
The exclusive web site LAUNCH for the CT-1 house (aka Stonewood Estate) has arrived! Click here for the new SALT-BOX architecture.

2008-0428
Columbia University GSAPP ::Alumni News has featured an article about the exhibition in Berlin with artist Michael Joo and Garret Linn. Click here to read the article

2008-0408
Brooks's latest collaboration with Michael Joo is featured in today's NEWS section at NJIT. Click here to read the article

2008-0328
The Texas based office of POD, POD DESIGN COLLABORATIVE is featured in the April Issue of the Advocate Magazine (www.advocatemag.com) for the Spring Design Issue. POD collaborated with Molly Magill of MOMOFANDANGO (www.momofandango.com) on the design of concepts focusing on three traditional ‘design dilemmas’ that were presented by the magazine. The design response focused specifically on rethinking standard, readily available materials, and how they can be reworked to create affordable and non-typical responses to everyday conditions of ‘WALL’, ‘TABLE’ and ‘MANTLE’. As with every project that we work on, the given design problem is not thought of as having a pre-existing solution, and this frees us as designers to think in new ways about even the most mundane situations. Cost and Situation are always key constraints in design, and by working collaboratively and being open to the power of limitations, the project bridges the worlds of interiors, textiles and buildings to create beautifully designed solutions that are affordable, chic, and novel.

2008-0314
Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (House of World Cultures) 3:00-8:00pm Re-Imagining Asia Exhibition opening & Conference

2008-0303
[HUS] has been featured in the Best of New York issue of New York Magazine which came out today! Grab your copy now while they last! [HUS] A Scandinavian Store designed by POD DESIGN is on Christopher Street in NY's West Village.

2008-0229
The V.O.D. boutique designed by POD DESIGN has been featured in Lucky magazine March 2008 issue. Grab your copy on newsstands now!

2008-0227
Tonight! 7pm! Opening night of the new exhibit at [HUS] entitled "Organic Manhattan" by artist Ann Lindgren. [HUS] is a Scandinavian store that will change your life. It was designed by POD DESIGN to have flexible exhibitions from Scandinavian artists in the fields of art, fashion, furniture, film and music. [HUS] is located at 11 Christopher Street in New York City's West Village. The exhibit runs from February 27th-May 1st 2008

2008-0222
Re-ASIA exhibit at the Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt is set to open in Berlin on March 13th. This is Brooks Atwood's new collaboration with artist Michael Joo along with video artist Garret Linn. Click here for more information

2008-0212
Clay Odom will be on a panel discussion with Brad Bell entitled “The (r)Evolution of Digital Fabrication” on Tuesday February 19th at 6:30pm at the Dallas Architecture Forum

2008-0205
POD DESIGN is working on a new form of architecture they are calling "Sonictecture" - designing space(s) using sound. They will deploy this new technique in several new projects including the Listening Lab and The Dome Project.

2008-0201
POD DESIGN has designed a new bumper sticker "MIES IS MY MASTER BUT CORB IS MY LOVER" for all those architectural enthusiasts. Click here to get one!

2008-0124
POD DESIGN will be collaborating with sound designer and artist, Daniel Perlin on several new projects including the Listening Lab.

2008-0124
POD DESIGN is designing a house addition in the Hampton's scheduled to be completed the summer of 2008.

2008-0123
POD DESIGN to design The Dome Project's new home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

2008-0123
Classes has started. Clay Odom is teaching a drawing class at UTA and Brooks Atwood is teaching architecture studio at NJSOA.

2007-1121
The V.O.D. boutique was featured on "Daily Candy" in Dallas. Click here.

2007-1220
The V.O.D. boutique and POD DESIGN were featured on The University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture "Faculty News" section.

2007-1219
Steven Santander and Stephanie Oliveira start as winter interns and Anirudh aka "Rich" returns to the studio for the winter break.

2007-1217
Clay Odom is teaching a winter seminar at UTA entitled "Smart Systems: Dumb Units".

2007-1213
Brooks Atwood, along with Garret Linn, will be collaborating again with artist Michael Joo for three simultaneous new art installations in Berlin set to open March 21st 2008.

2007-1213
POD DESIGN has been selected to design the new Listening Lab at the League for the Hard of Hearing. This will be a new futuristic real world sound simulation experience to test hearing aid devices under real world conditions.

2007-1101
POD DESIGN has been featured in the ‘new doors’ section of Dallas’ Paper City Magazine this month (nov). Check it out.

2007-1001
The League for the Hard of Hearing has been featured on the ABC video podcast. You can watch the podcast, learn about the League and see parts of the interior. Check it out. Go to "VIDEO SHORTS" and on the pull down menu for "DAYTIME" choose "All My Children Podcast" Click here.

2007-0912
The opening reception for the "White Suite (Horizonless) video installation at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) in Berlin, Germany is September 12th. Brooks will be in Berlin for the installation, opening night Galla Event and conference. You can check out some images in the Projects section.

2007-0831
POD DESIGN has been featured on the NYC.com website with "Ideas For Sale". Check it out. Click here.

2007-0830
The new Fall website has finally launched. After many long nights and multiple trips to the grocery store, the new website is here. It's loaded on plenty of vitamins and will even record your favorite TV shows. Ok not really, but thanks for checking us out!

The kitchen cabinets are being installed in the CT-1 house.


2007-0829
Today is also Cynthia's and Rich's last day at POD DESIGN before they return to school. They had a great summer internship learning how to bake bread and mastering the skills needed to talk their way into VIP clubs and parties. Thanks for all of their hard work

2007-0827
Fall classes begin September 5th and both Brooks and Clay will be teaching fall architecture studios at NJIT and UTA respectively. They are over-prepared and ready to dance. Good luck to this falls batch of students

2007-0827
The new POD DESIGN website is being re-developed, re-thought and on vitamins and of course will be 100% sustainable and powered by solar energy

2007-0827
The floor and wall tiles are being installed at the CT-1 house and the kitchen will be installed on the 30th of August

2007-0806
The LNDSCP (landscape) project on 2nd St and Ave C was issued for final pricing

POD DESIGN to design a new high end retail store in Dallas called V.O.D. boutique


2007-0801
One of Mar's paintings was photographed for the possible inclusion into Marie Claire's Christmas magazine issue. You can check out her paintings on her website. Go to the "LINKS" section for the link

2007-0705
POD DESIGN to design a new 5,000 sf house in Southlake, TX