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April 2003
: Making Magis
: Made in Tokyo
: Room to Move
Observed
Boondocking at Wally World

Notes from Metropolis
Design Entrepreneurs: The Next Generation

Innovation is the lifeblood of architecture and interior design—and often the byproduct of youthful imagination.
Sounding Off
Wild Style
Outlet Mall
Cars to Kids
If These Walls Could Respond
Garbage Bags
A New Development
Internal Logic
The Anti-Brochures

In Production
Room to Move

Frighetto gave Sean Yoo the freedom to design. He gave them the Freedom sofa.

Far Corner
Richard & Me

Our columnist’s love for Richard Meier’s new buildings downtown is complicated by a little personal history.

Enterprise
To Buy Or Not To Buy?

Whirlpool and Viking show their wares in new Atlanta spaces—but none are for sale.

Perspective
In Defense of Mini-malls

A Valley Girl celebrates the much maligned building type on its 30th anniversary.

Object Lesson
Branded Architecture

At auto shows, the exhibition design is often flashier than the cars themselves.

Productsphere
Good Clean Fun

New looks for kitchens and baths.
Making Magis

With his controversial new design for the Italian manufacturer, Konstantin Grcic aims to topple the regime of consumer-friendly minimalism.

Best Thing Going

The Best Products showrooms were Post-Modern icons, giving the suburbs their own landmark architecture. An admirer asks, “Where are they now?”

Made in Tokyo

As huge Western-style developments near completion, two conflicting visions of the city are emerging.

Made in Tokyo: Photo Essay

Here is a selection of web exclusive images from the book Pet Architecture Guide Book by Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tsukamoto Architectural Laboratory, and Atelier Bow-Wow.

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