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May 2013
: Design vs. Compliance
: Going With the Flow
: Street Smart
: Pedaling Up
: Graphic Force
: Minimal Al Fresco
: DUMBO Principle
: After the Floods
: Keeping Watch
: Thoughtful Roots
: New York Spring
: Brighten Up
: Memories of Gum Arabic
: Healing Machine
: Destination: Design New York
Notes from Metropolis
Design vs. Compliance

A stay in an “accessible” hotel room frustrates our editor-in-chief.

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Observed
Going With the Flow
Street Smart
Pedaling Up
Graphic Force
Minimal Al Fresco

America
DUMBO Principle

A Brooklyn developer asks for more height in exchange for a livelier public realm. A good deal?

Perspective
After the Floods

Living in Australia provides a glimpse into our climate-challenged future.

In Production
Keeping Watch

Evado Filip introduces a timepiece that will be a boon for anxious parents.

Materials
Thoughtful Roots

LV Wood finds the perfect locally sourced (and locally made) floor for any space.

Productsphere
New York Spring

The city’s weeklong celebration of design will be vibrant as ever this year.

Brighten Up

Today, there’s a perfect lighting solution for any kind of space.

Ben Katchor
Memories of Gum Arabic

“Having renounced the efficacies of email and private couriers, the patrons wait patiently on line.”
Healing Machine

A comprehensive, ongoing research effort, involving architects, designers, health-care professionals, and more than 30 manufacturers, has resulted in Patient Room 2020.

Destination: Design New York

Design Week activities kick off on May 10 and run for 11 event-filled days. As always, the festivities coincide with ICFF, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.

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