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February 2004
: The Importance of Artifact
: A New Coat of Paint
: Do-good Design
: Cabin Fever
: Scale and Whimsy
: The Power of Inadvertent Design
: Of Kahn and Ban
: Surface Values
: Dieter’s Top Ten
: Looking for Roma–ach
: Roma–ach’s Cuban Creations
Notes from Metropolis
The Importance of Artifact

Lessons learned from a memorial to another kind of terror.

Observed
A New Coat of Paint
Do-good Design

In Production
Cabin Fever

Canadian designer Cynthia Hathaway talks about designing her Memory Wallpaper.

Object Lesson
Scale and Whimsy

Michael Graves’s work for Target may be his most enduring legacy.

Letter From Lower Manhattan
The Power of Inadvertent Design

If it’s “Historic Authenticity” you want, don’t call in the designers.

Far Corner
Of Kahn and Ban

Our resident curmudgeon offers up his second annual valentine to things he loves.

Productsphere
Surface Values

From tiles to textiles, materials are more visually and functionally diverse than ever before.
Dieter’s Top Ten

Legendary industrial designer Dieter Rams discusses his iconic 606 Universal Shelving System.

Looking for Roma–ach

Exiled from his home, Cuban architect Mario Roma–ach lost his place in history. A fellow Havanan writes him—and the city’s Modern architecture—back into the canon.

Roma–ach’s Cuban Creations

Exiled from his home, Cuban architect Mario Roma–ach lost his place in history. A fellow Havanan writes him—and the city’s Modern architecture—back into the canon.

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