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Industrial Evolution
A Norman Foster master plan has transformed a decaying German industrial port into a vibrant neighborhood. It’s not about a single dramatic image, but what Foster calls “incremental...
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Hertha Hurnaus04.21.09 -
Terra Ephemera
Whether spanning acres or encased in amorphous glass ecospheres, Paula Hayes's singular landscapes blur the boundary between art and nature—and redefine the relationship between art and...
written by: Amber Bravophotos by: Raimund Koch01.23.09 -
Plain and Sempé
A maker of unfussy, elegant design objects, Inga Sempé delights in things both great and small—even if she doesn’t own any.
written by: Michelle Hoffmanphotos by: Jessica Antola02.26.09 -
Leave it to Beavers
It’s not unusual for New Yorkers to have problems with their neighbors; after all, many a co-op brawl has started over a little late-night noise. But it is rare for the downtown crowd to have...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Raimund Koch01.25.09 -
The 9090
Alessi—In the 1970s, Alessi invested $300,000 to develop its first cooking appliance: a stovetop espresso maker by Richard Sapper. The northern Italian family business had made stainless...
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Alex Subrizi02.26.09 -
Steelwood Chair
Magis—The Steelwood chair from Magis is a product of experience—the suppliers who punch the sheet metal for the back, which adroitly supports four legs and a beech wood seat, are among...
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Erwan Bouroullec01.25.09 -
Little Field of Flowers
Nanimarquina—In 1987, Barcelona-based designer Nani Marquina established a textile and rug design studio. Since 1993, the company’s designs have been manufactured in northern India....
written by: Virginia Gardiner01.25.09 -
The Pi Table
Scrapile—Pull up a chair to one of Scrapile’s impossibly elegant dining tables and you’d never guess that the materials used to create it had once been destined for a landfill....
written by: Mark Lamsterphotos by: Eirik Johnson01.25.09 -
The Trabecula Bench
Freedom of Creation—In recent decades, computer-aided design (CAD) has transcended the screen, thanks to the advent of automatic fabrication, a process wherein three-dimensional objects take...
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Jens Passoth03.31.09 -
Wrong Woods
Established & Sons—The Wrong Woods furniture series is a collaboration between designer Sebastian Wrong and artist Richard Woods for Established & Sons. Wrong creates the object,...
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Jeremy Murch01.25.09 -
Pure and Symbol
Steeped in the past but firmly grounded in the present, the designs of Satyendra Pakhalé merge futuristic shapes with centuries-old crafting techniques.
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Adam Broomberg01.26.09 -
Letter Perfect
The alphabet is as easy as ABC, but for typographer Peter Bil’ak, the way language looks is a never-ending exploration.
written by: Kieran Longphotos by: Adam Broomberg01.26.09 -
Thibault’s Follies
Quebec City architect Pierre Thibault has designed three Habitats Légers, or Light Habitats—small structures installed in the landscape and meant as creative retreats. The first...
written by: Aaron Britt02.04.09 -
Tree's Company
Greening Los Angeles has long been Andy Lipkis’s dream. Greening his nonprofit’s Hollywood Hills campus is now a reality.
written by: Aaron Britt02.25.09 -
Pooling Our Resources
After disappearing almost 70 years ago, the New York floating pool is making a comeback.
written by: Tim McKeough02.25.09 -
101 Manufacturing
Manufacturing from conception to production and reproduction.
written by: Virginia Gardiner02.25.09 -
Design Junkie
"I guess from a young age I collected things that interested me—picked up bizarre things from the street, put them in boxes, or took them to my room."
written by: Michael Grozik03.04.09 -
The Lawn Goodbye
We sunbathe, picnic, and play sports on them. Our bare feet seem inexorably drawn to them. And for many of us, they’re the first thing we see when we step out the front door: lawns. It&rsquo...
written by: Arnie Cooperphotos by: Fritz Haeg02.26.09 -
Branching Out
Arborsculpturist Richard Reames has spent the past 16 years making more than 100 sculptures, chairs, pieces of furniture, tool handles, mailboxes, and fences out of living trees.
written by: James Nestorphotos by: John Clark02.26.09 -
Paperfold Lamps
Architects are notorious for being sticklers for detail. Often, and in the best cases, this leads to beautifully uncomplicated structures and well thought out product design.
written by: Laure Joliet03.17.09 -
Designing Detroit
If the Great Recession has an unofficial mascot, it's Detroit. Even though the once-mighty Motown has been in a slow-motion death-spin since the days of the K-car, the city's abandoned factories...
written by: David A. Greene03.18.09 -
Brazilian Design at the MoMA Store
The Museum of Modern Art's Design Store has been running regionally-sourced collections in their retails shops and online. Currently they've got an excellent array of products from Korea, and next...
written by: Sarah Rich03.30.09 -
Meat Stephanie Hensle
With all the pork belly, lardo and bacon-in-everything flying around these days, it was only a matter of time before swine made it into the realm of high fashion. For Stephanie Hensle, a recent...
written by: Aaron Britt04.02.09 -
Werner Sobek
Werner Sobek has seen the future, and it’s high-tech, green, and efficient. The architect, engineer, and teacher’s wandering intellect and belief in the power of design have left their...
written by: Sally McGrane04.14.09 -
Notes from the Underground
“I used to care about how buildings looked on the outside,” says Malcolm Wells, a charming, self-deprecating man with a bushy beard ...
written by: Hillary Geronemus04.20.09
