current issue celebrating 30 blog multimedia books events neocon next generation design competition state of design ceu new products designmart Connect with us		December 2008 Notes from Metropolis Experiencing Architecture By Susan S. Szenasy A Seattle awards program challenges the profession to rethink its values. Observed • Making a Mountain • A Bright Future? • Change Is In the Air • Home Sweet Hideaway • A New Old Thread • Gehry in a Box • New Colonialism • A Piece of Eden • Rooms of Their Own • The Met in a New Light • Raw Ground • Modernism on Wheels America Boomtown Blues By Karrie Jacobs ­Recent trips to Dubai and Shanghai have our columnist pondering how Jane Jacobs might react to these unbridled cities. Productsphere Pattern Recognition By Paul Makovsky New textures, colors, and furnishings for idiosyncratic interiors Raw Power By Paul Makovsky ­Designers get back to basics with stripped-down objects and surfaces. In Production Plastic Surgery By Belinda Lanks RKS Design molds a safe new material into a futuristic and functional drinking vessel. Materials Off-Track Glazing By Mason Currey A window system for obsessive minimalists offers sliding exterior walls without the unsightly floor track. Portfolio Off the Grid By Mason Currey ­A New Yorker’s minimalist landscape paintings draw on elemental forms of the built environment. Text Message Bertjan Pot Bertjan Pot talks about his job, what he’s embarrassed about, and his Sellotape collection—using his thumbs. Reference Page Reference Page: December 2008 By Suzanne LaBarre and Claire Levenson More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis. Rediscovered Masterpiece: The Ford Foundation By Mason Currey Anticipating many of today’s environmental and workplace issues, the 41-year-old Ford Foundation Building, by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, remains a remarkably prescient piece of civic architecture. Form Follows Performance By Stephen Zacks The German architect Stefan Behnisch pushes architectural form into new energy-efficient directions. Surface Treatment By Marya Spence Despite a nod to 1970s craft, Sam Buxton’s knotted interior for a new London bar echoes his high-tech approach to products. Reclaiming the Night By Véronique Vienne Yann Kersalé’s nocturnal illuminations have helped revitalize cities, parks, public spaces, and buildings all over Europe. Order This Issue Now! Past Issues Of Metropolis

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