Articles

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  Harlem Renaissance

  Yvette Leeper-Bueno and Adrian Bueno brave busted windows and burned-out blocks where they find the key to their future buried in the past but firmly entrenched in the present.

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  Urban Vessel

  "I'm used to spending time on boats," says New York based architect and interior designer Page Goolrick, who has been sailing competitively for 15 years. "It's influenced my design…

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  The Power of Paint

  Students are redesigning their environment under the guidance of Publicolor, a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 by industrial designer Ruth Lande Shuman.

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  J. Abbott Miller and Ellen Lupton

  "We thought design was this incredible discovery as a field, and yet no one was making it interesting. There was so much work to be done."

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  A Little Light Reading

  If your manuscript is far from being illuminated, it’s time to drop the task at hand and find a new lamp to read by.

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  101 Renovation

  The agony and ecstasy of home renovations, featuring case studies, caveats, and true confessions.

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  Teach Your Parents Well

  In May 2005, Susan Bodnar and David Schatsky asked architects Normal Projects to green their prewar apartment and their contemporary lives.

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  Public Defender

  Zoe Ryan has written art and design articles and books, helped curate shows at the MoMA and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and, most spectacularly, brought new life to the Van Alen Institute, New…

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  Rest Easy

  As the ill effects of many a mattress become crystal-clear, never before has the saying “You snooze, you lose” held more weight. Thankfully, there are some great options out there that…

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  Time Is on My Site

  In Galileo’s day, men counted their pulses to tell time. In 2 A.D., Ptolemy, who understood more about the movements of the sun and the earth than most of us do today, designed a tool called the…